BOX OFFICE: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Hits $400 Million Worldwide

Sweet!!! Bring on Venom!

We knew a sequel was coming last year, it's already confirmed for a May 2nd (I think) 2014 release date. However awesome news is still awesome.

Good News sequel will be better.

Hope it makes it past 650 mill WW.

Bring on the Kingpin!

"If this didn't get a sequel, chances would have been better that they may have sold the rights back to Marvel."

Yeah, keep dreaming.

@superotherside - yeah... more like "never", unfortunately.

Wow! I didn't expect it to make it that much.

Excellent news now if Sony could only integrate him into the Avengers 2 some how and then they could share a small profit from Marvel/Disney

thats already more than xmen first class and Batman begins

i don't think "going back to marvel studios" or "being under marvel studios" really means a damn besides the name. there were many people that hated the crap out of im2 and had sub-par things to say about their other movies. marvel folk work with all their marvel movies, not just their marvel studios movies.

Was there anyone thinking that it wasn't getting a sequel? Unless it had been savaged by critics or met with a complete shrug by audiences, it was never in question. They have a decent start which they can build on.

As for Marvel getting the rights back, the best bet for that was always Sony Pictures being sold off by the parent company. I'm not sure if Sony's electronic sales have perked up negating the need to do that or not yet.

@Jollem - I can speak for myself: I'd love it because so far Marvel Studios seem to have respect for the characters, making movies that are as close as possible to the source material, and still being good.

And yes, I think IM2 is good. Not bad, not awesome. Good.

Other studios (sony/fox/universal) tend to rape the characters.

I still think this movie was "meh." Not amazing, not bad, just meh. It's like it didn't know what kind of movie it wanted to be.

Of course this is spidey it shouldnt gross less that 700 mill.

Went to see this for the second time today, loved it just as much. It's awesome.

I don't understand why so many people are butthurt that Marvel doesn't have the rights. If they reach their agreement with Sony, they can still borrow Spidey for Avengers films, and will have an even greater say in the handling of the character, but this film was done very well with a lot of respect for the source material.

This film is tied for my favourite Marvel based film, along with Avengers. And I really wish people could look past which studio owns the property and just appreciate the film for it's own merits and quality. Sure, if they were [frick]ing up the characters in an unforgivable way, like how Fox treated the Fantastic Four, or Sony treated Ghost Rider, then maybe, maybe we should be getting annoyed and wanting those to go back to Marvel. But if the studio is treating them well, like Sony now is with Spidey, and it seems Fox is with X-Men (after a very up and down development of the series), then let them be.

Plus, I'd say Marvel needs the likes of Fantastic Four back more than they need Spider-Man.

@Rea1Dea1Stee1 Sony's gonna fight off that mother[frick]ing mouse until this franchise starts running on steam and dies. They'll be setting mouse traps, rat poison, and everything.

@ACira I bet you any money that if this film was made as is by Marvel Studios with the director, cast, and everything, no one would have a problem with it and would be praising the shit out of it.

Sony studios could still going under. It could crack a billion and a sequel could still be ify at this point. It really depends on how will the studios other films fare.

@Fogs - i totally respect your opinions. i liked iron man 1 and 2 pretty equally myself.
but, close as possible to the source material? i think that's just some magic trickery wool being pulled over eyes.
when was tony stark ever a spastic stand-up comedian?(i guess he is in the comics more now, but that's meta-media after the fact)
jarvis was a real human butler.
they didn't do a gamma bomb for the hulk.
bucky was a kid.
the donald blake aspect got turned into an easter egg.
i'm sure there are many more points towards marvel studios being as respectful as any other studio or company have been with cbm's.
i was thinking about doing an article on that fact but i think i'd rather just put up some drawings and avoid the wrath of the mighty fanpeoples :)

@Jollem: Good points! Staying true to the heart of the source material is much more important than being a slave to a character's print history...which is always a mess.

Was Thor actually Donald Blake in the movie? No. But he was sent to Earth and stripped of his powers to learn humility. It worked much better than having him turn into a lame doctor.

Sony has to make a spider-man movie every five years, if they don't that's when the rights revert back to Marvel

wish people wouldn't be so obsessed with a venom related Spidey movie..I wouldn't care if the new trilogy didn't include venom at all..don't get me wrong he's a fantastic villain but he's not the be all and end all of Spider-man, soooo many more villains could get their chance to shine on the big screen, I wanna see Scorpion or Kraven on the big screen.

If a sequel IS being made, I'd love to see them do Kraven or Mysterio.

if it wasnt for TDKR is would make about 850 million I reckon

but TDKR will dent it alot, I reckon it'll doing about 750 million

@comicb00kguy That's exactly what I want! Maybe introduce Norman and Dr. Ock at OSCORP too to set up #3. Mysterio and Kraven are just a different types of villains compared to Lizard, Goblin, Dr. Ock, Scorpion, Electro, Vulture, etc.

As far as Venom is concerned, I don't like it. He's cool in the comics, but his whole concept is the reason why Raimi's 3rd film sucked.

And rights reverting to Marvel? Not gonna happen unless Disney buys the rights back. They (Marvel) had a lot more input on this than before and Avi Arad is involved in both Marvel Studios and non-Marvel Studios. It's all about the filmmaker and in this case Sony did good!

Can't believe some of you are "meh" about it.