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The Amazing Spider Man had a worldwide gross of $757,930,663, significantly lower than the original saga. But what was the budget of the superhero movie? The Amazing Spider-Man cost $230 million to make. The film focuses on Peter Parker's search for answers to his parents' disappearance and the beginning of his superhero career as Spider-Man.
Initially hunted by the New York police led by George Stacy, father of his friend Gwen, Peter is forced to confront, at the same time, also with Dr. Curt Connors, transformed into the monstrous Lizard, whose purpose is to make all human beings similar to lizards and start a stronger and more evolved species.
The reboot received mostly positive reception, with critics praising Andrew Garfield's performance, visual style, James Horner's score, direction, and realistic reimagining of the titular character, but criticized the number of underdeveloped storylines, noting numerous cut scenes.
The film was a box office success, grossing $758 million worldwide, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2012.
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man
Andrew Garfield plays Peter Benjamin Parker / Spider-Man: a student with a passion for photography who is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains its powers.
He becomes the superhero known as Spider-Man. In this version, the character makes use of the web-shooters that appeared in the comic. Garfield was the first actor to be confirmed in the film; the Parker of this film differed greatly from the one played by Tobey Maguire in the Raimi trilogy, as, in the narrative context of the new adaptation, the character delves into his past to seek answers about the disappearance of his parents; moreover, more than a science buff, he presents himself as a nerd.
Filming began January 6, 2011 in Los Angeles, the film is the first Hollywood production shot entirely in the RED Epic Camera and is shot in 3D at 5K resolution. Filming lasted 90 days, including two weeks in New York, although the bulk of filming took place in Los Angeles at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, the gymnasium of St.
John Bosco High School, Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Mid-Wilshire and various locations in South Pasadena, San Pedro and Woodland Hills.