"Movies hadn't been doing the sort of opening-weekend business that's fairly common – even expected – today. The first Harry Potter came out about six months before us and it was this phenomenon from Day one. It was so wild because it was a new thing at that moment – and I'm not saying that hasn't happened in movie history, but at the time that was a big jump. and then that happened with us. People didn't anticipate [2002's Spider- Man] to be like that. Leading up to it you start to get reactions and people tell you, you know, what the tracking is and what range your opening weekend box office is likely to be. but for me it was kind of unexpected. So much shifted in my life the weekend the movie came out. it was shocking."
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Tobey Maguire, "The Amazing Andrew Garfield" VMan, May 9, 2012; as quoted in "Spider-Man': Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire talk", Entertainment Weekly, Darren Franich, (May 9, 2012).
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Spider-Man (2002 film)
Spider-Man is a 2002 film based on the eponymous Marvel comic starring Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe. It tells the story of Peter Parker's first year as Spider Man. This movie was released in theaters on May 3, 2002 in United States.
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