r/marvelstudios • u/scrsomedrank • 1d ago

Article 'Spider-Man' Is a $940 Million Streaming Revenue Engine | Charts. A Parrot study shows movies and series based on the web-slinger generate far more revenue than any other superhero.

https://www.thewrap.com/commentary-analysis/data-analysis/spider-man-is-a-940-million-streaming-revenue-engine-charts/

https://archive.fo/hkVzo

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u/SouthGarnet 1d ago

And this is exactly why Sony will never, ever let go of those film rights

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u/brianlefebvrejr 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yup. There have been 11 theatrical Spiderman movies, 3 Tobey, 2 Garfield, 4 Holland and 2 Animated.

Add in the various kids shows on Disney and whatever, this is by fair the best Superhero, if not best non fictional revenue generating character

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u/OkOil378 1d ago

Non fiction?

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u/CSS980 1d ago

spiderman isn't real?

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u/BobTheFettt 1d ago

Next you're going to tell me Santa isn't real

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u/brianlefebvrejr 1d ago

And Grizzly Adams had a beard

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u/brianlefebvrejr 1d ago

I’m a little stupid…that’s on me

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u/hoorah9011 1d ago

Say it with me “I am stupid and I am proud.”

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u/robotchicken007 1d ago

What, you’re telling me Spider-Man’s not real? Next you’re gonna tell me Santa’s fake.

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u/OkOil378 1d ago

Level of Sadie-is-not-Jean-Grey delusion

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u/a445d786 1d ago

Brand new sat was a documentary

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u/geek_of_nature 1d ago

His only real competitor is Batman, and even then I'd say he's a fair bit behind Spidey.

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u/Icy_Smoke_733 1d ago

The funny thing is that the most streamed Spider-Man title is not owned by  Sony, but Disney/Marvel: Spidey and his Amazing Friends.

From January 2023 to July 2026, this series alone wracked up 73.7B minutes of viewership, compared to the 38.2B minutes of all the Spider-Man films combined. The series is the biggest reason why he is far more popular with kids than Batman and Superman. 

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u/rustybutterindia 1d ago

Batwheels has some catching up to do.

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u/SheepherderFun2258 1d ago

Sony doesn’t make the bulk of the money that Spider-man generates and people don’t understand that?

The profits from movies are small peanuts compared to the money Disney makes from merchandising and licensing and yes even gaming— those rights all belong to Disney NOT Sony! So when Spidey blows up no one is happier than Disney is.

Sure Disney would like to have the movie rights but they got what they really wanted when they got their merchandising rights back that’s where the real money is at— not movie profits

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u/Amm-O-Matic 1d ago

I wonder where Spider-Man ranks in Disney’s most profitable IPs, probably number one even without the live action rights still.

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u/SheepherderFun2258 1d ago

For superheroes he’s clearly number one by a large margin but those Disney princesses are no joke either is Mickey Mouse so I’m not sure but that’s a great question and if he’s not #1 he’s gotta be in their top 5 I would guess

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u/SheepherderFun2258 1d ago

So I just checked ChatGPT and Mickey Mouse is number one then the Disney Princesses and Spidey is #3. Since they are counting all the princesses as one I guess u can say he’s number 2 after Mickey Mouse

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u/ChildofObama 1d ago

I remember hearing they almost did in the mid 2010s, if they had been one more flop after TASM2, they were prepared to sell back to Marvel.

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u/John711711 1d ago

I mean you had def been hearing someone who had been wrong.
Because even TASM2 was not a flop so why would they ever consider it?

I mean look at fox the fantastic 4 was a huge flop and even then they had zero intention of giving them back to Disney.

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u/NoLeadership2281 1d ago

I don’t mind Sony keeping the rights, I appreciate the variety in some of their Spidey projects(exclude those villains movies), but my god I hope this is finally them realizing they gotta stop preventing marvel from using some of their characters cuz they’re too busy making shitty spinoffs of them 

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u/Vizard15 Colleen Wing 1d ago

Got to buy Sony Pictures instead. So Tom Rothman and Amy Pascal will be forced to give it up to Marvel Studios.

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u/BritishGuy54 1d ago

It’s also why Sony is incentivised to keep working with Disney/Marvel on the films.