I don’t know why anyone would think it’s even close, as a franchise, Spider-Man has had more movies and spin-offs (see what I did there) than anything else. The only one that comes close is X-Men and box office there hasn’t been stellar.
The movies aren’t the reason for Spiderman’s popularity, they are a result of it. Spiderman is omnipresent in “children culture” in a lot of countries worldwide. Growing up they will get to know that character even if they don’t consume any specific movie, show or comic.
I don’t know why anyone would think it’s even close, as a franchise, Spider-Man has had more movies and spin-offs (see what I did there) than anything else. The only one that comes close is X-Men and box office there hasn’t been stellar.
From boxofficemojo.com:
Spider-Man - 2002 - $825,802,095
Spider-Man 2 - 2004 - $784,543,400
Spider-Man 3 - 2007 - $891,679,447
Amazing Spider-Man - 2012 - $758,707,722
Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 2014 - $716,916,608 Homecoming - 2017 - $880,960,014
Into the Spider-Verse - 2018 - $393,602,435
Venom - 2018 - $856,085,161
Far From Home - 2019 - $1,132,705,055
No Way Home - 2021 - $1,952,732,181
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - 2021 - $506,813,864
Across the Spider-Verse - 2023 - $690,824,738
Venom: Last Dance - 2024 - $478,930,404
Madame Web - 2024 - $100,498,764
Kraven The Hunter - 2024 - $61,989,190
15 films in 22 years. $11,032,791,078. Average $735,519,405.2 per film.
X-Men - 2000 - $296,339,528
X2 - 2003 - $407,711,549
Last Stand - 2006 - $460,435,291
Origins: Wolverine - 2009 - $373,062,864
First Class - 2011 - $352,616,690
The Wolverine - 2013 - $414,828,246
Days of Future Past - 2014 - $746,045,700
Apocalypse - 2016 - $543,934,105
Deadpool - 2016 - $782,837,347
Logan - 2017 - $619,180,476
Deadpool 2 - $785,896,632
Dark Phoenix - 2019 - $252,442,974
New Mutants - 2020 - $49,169,594
Deadpool & Wolverine - 2024 - $1,338,073,645
14 films in 25 years. $7,422,584,641
Average $494,838,976 per film.
The movies aren’t the reason for Spiderman’s popularity, they are a result of it. Spiderman is omnipresent in “children culture” in a lot of countries worldwide. Growing up they will get to know that character even if they don’t consume any specific movie, show or comic.
Oh, very much so. Marvel’s Superman.
Isn’t Spider-Man merch alone like $1B per year?
Wouldn’t surprise me… the balloons though…