List of accolades received by the 2002–2007 Spider-Man film series
The first film in the franchise, "Spider-Man", was released to US theaters on May 3, 2002. Its story follows Peter Parker (played by Tobey Maguire), a high-school student who turns to crime-fighting in New York, under the alias of Spider-Man, after developing spider-like powers. The film sees him develop friendships with Harry Osborn (James Franco) and his love interest, Mary Jane Watson (portrayed by Kirsten Dunst). "Spider-Man" was praised for staying faithful to the comic series and for being an enjoyable movie, with Joe Morgenstern of "The Wall Street Journal" finding the film to be "unusually good" for its genre. Raimi's 2002 release topped the box office with ticket revenue totaling to $114.8 million. By the end of its theatrical run, it had grossed over $820 million.
Ultimate Marvel
Other films based on Marvel comics were also influenced by Ultimate Marvel, albeit in a less noticeable degree. The film "Spider-Man" was released in 2002, two years after the start of "Ultimate Spider-Man", and also provided a higher character development for Uncle Ben before killing him in Spider-Man's origin story, while also modifying the character's origin story, by writing a genetically-modified spider, instead of a radioactive spider, as the source of his spider-powers and replacing Mary Jane-Watson, as the main character's primary love interest. The series was rebooted with "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2012, and Sony asked Bendis for suggestions. He proposed that Spider-Man should use artificial web-shooters, as in the comics, instead of portraying the ability as a part of the character's mutation, through the form of organic web-shooters in his wrists, as was depicted in the Raimi trilogy. The film series also featured elements borrowed from his Ultimate counterpart's personality and background, such as the emphasis and focus on his parents and their subsequent disappearance, his father: Richard Parker being a scientist specialising in biology, who worked on a secret project/experiment regarding the procurement of a special serum that was intended to cure terminal illnesses (which is depicted as being derived from the blood of genetically-modified spiders, which is encoded to the bloodline of Peter's family, instead of the Venom symbiote in the comics) his signature wise-cracking and motor-mouthed sense of humour, his uncle's speech on responsibility and subsequent argument with Peter, moments before his death, a genetically-modified spider being responsible for Peter's spider-powers, his relationship with Gwen Stacy mirroring his relationship with Mary Jane-Watson from the comics,
the villains featured in the films being modeled after their Ultimate counterparts. The 2007 sequel "" is based on the "Ultimate Galactus Trilogy", in particular the design of Galactus. The franchise was rebooted in 2015 with "Fantastic Four", which is strongly based on the first arcs of "Ultimate Fantastic Four".