The MCU’s Spider-Man franchise is the second most popular franchise of all time. Thanks to No Way Home that it’s only below Star Wars. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the standout installment in the Spider-Man trilogy, achieving nearly $2 billion at the box office.
The credit for its success goes to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. As they were already popular in previous Spider-Man sagas.
The series’ success is mostly because of Peter Parker’s lovable and quirky persona, which makes fighting crime even more intriguing. But do fans know Tom Holland’s Spider-Man movie beat both Maguire and Garfield’s Spidey flicks?
And with this, it can be estimated that the series is still going strong. So, where the Spidey trilogy stands today, it’s easy to say that the MCU has a lot of steam left.
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Beat Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Flicks
Netflix has recently commissioned an inaugural report — What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report (via Screen Rant), to track and analyze viewership metrics over the year.
It revealed that out of all the Spider-Man movies on Netflix this year, Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man: Far From Home has the most watched hours with 19.5 million. It outpassed both Tobey Maguire’s 2002 Spider-Man with 16 million viewing hours and Spider-Man 3 with 15.9 million viewing hours.
It also surpassed Garfield’s both Spider-Man movies — 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man with 12 million viewing hours and 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with 7 million viewing hours.
Holland’s portrayal definitely gave a youthful touch to the MCU. His high school setting and coming-of-age story made the franchise a true victory. His Far From Home earned a total of $1.1 billion.
The Future of Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield as Spiderman
The box office success of No Way Home and its multiverse exploration has sparked speculations that there would be a fourth Spider-Man movie in the future.
The fourth movie was first planned to be released in 2011. But director Sam Raimi was dissatisfied with the script and creative direction of Spider-Man 4. This led to internal disagreements and the project’s cancellation in that year.
Reportedly, Spider-Man 4 is set to reunite Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi, with production anticipated to begin in late 2024. While Tom Holland has teased stepping away, he remains attached to the project. If talked about another Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, he is reportedly being considered for Avengers: Secret Wars by Marvel President Kevin Feige.
