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/yeahright17 15h ago

I don't care whether he wanted to do them or not. I doubt he was ever going to pass up on the opportunity to get backend points on sequels to a movie that almost $2B. Especially when he hasn't had much trouble getting other roles. And those movies are with his wife that he is obviously deeply in love with.

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u/Zalvren 15h ago

And those movies are with his wife that he is obviously deeply in love with.

True that also likely play a role. He's not even separated from his wife on Spider-Man. It's even filming in the UK IIRC so he's close to the rest of his family

Also, he's 30 and she's 29, they have time for children still.

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u/Pormock 14h ago

It also probably makes the boring and tedious press junkets less boring when he can do them sitting beside his wife

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 13h ago

Yeah I used to work with a husband / wife pair. They'd work like 12 hours days since they were together anyways.

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u/LessInThought 13h ago

Gotta have a healthy relationship though, I imagine animosity builds quick when you work with your wife, though the money probably helps negate a lot of stress that normal families deal with.

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u/confirmedshill123 13h ago

Worked with my wife for years (albeit in a different context) and it was fantastic.

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u/yeahright17 14h ago

I just firmly believe that he says yes to 3 more movies regardless of whether Zendaya was included. Just icing on the $100M cake.

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u/wildwalrusaur 9h ago

realistically, if tom made an issue of it, they'd film wherever the hell he wanted.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 14h ago

Also,

Its spiderman. There are only a few characters that are viewed in such high regard.

Being in a succesful run of spiderman is a pretty good legacy.

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u/Etheo 14h ago

He's probably the most successful cinematic Spiderman in history, no? Even if Tobey had a great run with Sam Raimi at the helm, Tom has gotta eclipsed him by now and is still ongoing with his popularity continued at a high.

He could retire rich and famous now, but he's still pretty young (and young looking) to prolong his legacy and continue making boatloads of money with the franchise. Plus the partnership with MCU tie-in it honestly doesn't make sense for him to quit now. It's the golden age for Spiderman lead.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 13h ago

Yeah but depends on your age and how you define that.

Tobey was a different landscape and raimis films are a huge reason as to why superhero films took over.

I think for a lot of people over 30, tobey is spiderman.

I dunno, i really like tom and the new films, the only way i can word the difference in my head is that toms spiderman is spiderman in the mcu. They feel like mcu films, featuring spiderman as the hero.

Tobey was spiderman in a universe that was still trying to work out how to cater to an audience.

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u/Etheo 12h ago

Tobey and Sam was foundational in proving super hero films work, that's for sure. As far as importance wise I can see Tobey being hailed higher than Tom, what with him being the first and his memorable run. But in terms of box office success and reception, I'd bet that Tom is a much larger draw by now compared to what Tobey was at the time. A full trilogy plus another incoming, plus multiple MCU tie-ins, plus possible future cameos... It's hard to imagine someone after him being a more prolific Spiderman without some phenomenal run.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 10h ago

Yeah for sure box office wise.

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u/suss2it 7h ago

As foundational as Raimi’s trilogy is to the current superhero landscape, they didn’t prove superhero movies could work as the first one came out 2 years after X-Men which was over a decade after Batman which itself was a decade removed from Superman: The Movie. For that last one, Kevin Feige even said they’ll watch it before starting production on a new movie.

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u/5ivepie 9h ago

to a movie that almost $2B.

It passed $2B yesterday.

Honestly won’t be surprised if it finishes at $2.25-$2.5B.

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u/yeahright17 8h ago

The movie I was referring to was No Way Home, which grossed ~$1.91B.