Spider-Man (film)

Spider-Man is a 2010 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Vanderbilt. It is the fourth * film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released in the United States on July 23, 2010.

The film stars Andrew Garfield, Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, Mehcad Brooks, Chris Zylka, Laura Harrier, Sally Field, and Martin Sheen. The film received mixed reviews, with praise as a comic book adaptation that would appeal to fans. A sequel, Spider-Man: Power, was released on July 3, 2012.

Cast

 * Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Kate Mara as Mary Jane Watson
 * Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino
 * Mehcad Brooks as Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon
 * Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson
 * Laura Harrier as Liz Allan
 * Sally Field as May Parker
 * Martin Sheen as Ben Parker

Box office
Spider-Man earned $327.9 million in the United States and Canada and $461.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $789 million. It was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2010. The film was released with Ramona and Beezus on July 23, 2010 in North America. It earned $31.6 million on its first day, including $3.4 million from Thursday night previews. The film debuted at number one, earning $83.2 million.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 68% based on 312 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Spider-Man may not take its wonderfully fun premise as far as it could have, but this adaptation should catch most – if not all – of the franchise's fans." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on reviews from 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

* This film, along with its first two sequels, were retroactively added to the MCU when Sony and Marvel Studios entered a joint agreement to allow them to use Spider-Man in their films.