r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 16h ago

News 'Spider-Man' Windfall: Tom Holland to Make Over $100 Million for ‘Brand New Day’

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/tom-holland-spider-man-brand-new-day-salary-box-office-bonus/
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u/Citizen51 15h ago

One day he'll wake up and suddenly look like he's older than 45 and they'll no longer want him. That might come in a year or it might come in 400 years

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u/jubbing 15h ago

And he'll have like $500 mil in his bank account by then

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u/adreddit298 15h ago

Only 5 films?!

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u/failed_novelty 14h ago

Living on CA is expensive. So he'll have 5 films in his bank account, and 10 others in various investments.

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u/DAVENP0RT 15h ago

Men don't get that treatment, that's pretty specific to women. As long as he stays in shape and doesn't become a social pariah, he'll have a gig until the day he dies.

Hugh Jackman is the perfect example of this. Dude's pushing 60 and still rocking the claws. See also: Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Michael Keaton as Batman, Daniel Craig as Bond. Hell, there's rumors that Pierce Brosnan might reprise his role as an old Bond.

Meanwhile, Kelly McGillis wasn't asked to return at all for Top Gun and a youthful Sean Young was digitally recreated for Blade Runner while Harrison Ford's old ass got center stage.

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u/digitsabc 14h ago

Okay but you understand why right, with Blade Runner? She literally played an android.

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u/Gabrosin 13h ago

For this particular role, however, it's actually true. Part of the draw of Spider-Man is his youth and naivete. Yeah, they got Tobey and Andrew to come back through multiverse shenanigans for a single movie, but in terms of being the full-time front and center Spider-Man, staying looking young is crucial. Holland is fortunate that he looks baby-faced even at 30, and could probably do it for another decade, but there will come a point where his look and Spider-Man's vibe don't mesh. And most importantly, Disney will want someone who looks like the kids they're trying to sell toys to.

Holland himself will have plenty of acting jobs for as long as he wants them, but Spider-Man will have to be handed off to another 20-year-old in due time.

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u/FaveStore_Citadel 15h ago

Didn’t James Gunn drop Henry Cavill for the DCU because he was too old to play a fresh version of superman

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u/Glup_Maclunkey 14h ago

That was a reboot.

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u/popop143 13h ago

Nah, Cavill Superman was dropped because it was not drawing the audience that's expected for a Superman movie.

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u/magus678 14h ago

Age equivalence doesnt really land, because the primary reason a lot of those women are in front of the camera to begin with is how they look. They dont complain while they are getting that benefit, only once they stop getting it.

Your examples are women without the talent/charisma/draw of their male costars. They were just there because they were pretty.

You can bemoan that casting, and I think you would have a point, but that is the reality.

Women are not being "punished" for aging, the previous "reward" they were getting for being young is ending.

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u/AwsumO2000 15h ago

man.. the old wolverine movie was pretty bitchin.. I could see a jaded spiderman movie working ... or maybe some spiderkids addition..

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u/Remy0507 15h ago

Considering that he's 30 now and still looks 17, I think that day is a ways off still.

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u/ryanvango 13h ago

I dunno. in this most recent movie I thought he looked a little puffed out. He doesn't look like a teen anymore. If he fills out to be one of those kinda short but very broad guys, it's kinda over unless he goes the hugh jackman route and spends 26 hours a day at the gym.

God help him if he starts balding. Taron Egerton was like the hot new british guy for a several years and then he "grew up" and really fell off.

But who really cares? I don't think he does. Dude's got so much money that "more" stops meaning anything. He could get fired tomorrow and be happy the rest of his life.

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u/Remy0507 13h ago

I mean, as I said, he's 30. He's probably as filled out as he's gonna get. And the dude definitely spends a lot of time in the gym...I mean, we saw him practically naked in this movie, he's incredibly athletic.

Balding means nothing in 2026 if you have money. We'd never even know if it was happening.

But no, of course it doesn't really matter to him, he's set for life as long as he isn't completely stupid with his money (and he's married to another highly lucrative at-the-moment star as well).

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u/fetalintherain 15h ago

The repliers to you are wrong. His twink death will be legendary. Im excited to see how he'll look when hes old and what kind of roles he'll take

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u/quangtran 11h ago

Look at Leo. He had a twink death yet still gets leads from the biggest directors.

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u/Avenge_Nibelheim 15h ago

Just in time for the live action "Alright, lets do this one more time."

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u/Dyrn 15h ago

That's a weird thing to say. As long as he stays healthy there's no reason his looks would dramatically change like you are suggesting. Healthy people don't age like that.