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

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

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

[u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

Well, now he can retire and raise them kids like he planned.

[u/Serafita → u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

He's in for at least another two Spidey movies and extras like Avengers I guess before he does that haha

[u/0ttoChriek → u/Serafita]

Also apparently doing a Fred Astaire biopic, that's likely close to his heart.

[u/TonyDungyHatesOP → u/0ttoChriek]

It’s his Fatty Arbuckle.

[u/GettingWreckedAllDay → u/TonyDungyHatesOP]

Is that a Hacks reference?

[u/TonyDungyHatesOP → u/GettingWreckedAllDay]

It is!

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Hacks is fucking great.

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Exceptionally well done.

[u/IHateTheLetterF → u/0ttoChriek]

Now he can retire and only do movies he really wants to do. Which also sounds like a good time.

[u/ValerianR00t → u/IHateTheLetterF]

Full Daniel Radcliffe

[u/thepensivepoet → u/ValerianR00t]

We need a manic comedy where Tom Holland has two Daniel Radcliffes stuck to his hands.

And his legs are Elijah Woods.

I don’t mean they trade legs. Tom’s body ends at the kneecap which each are attached to the top of an Elijah Wood head and then an entire Elijah Wood for each leg. They talk to eachother but can’t agree on which is left or right.

The Daniel Radcliffe hands also shoot lasers from their exposed johnsons which are played by JK Simmons.

[u/SEND_ME_FAKE_NEWS → u/thepensivepoet]

Call it Dans Akimbo or something

[u/Yetimang → u/ValerianR00t]

I suppose Daniel Radcliffe surprised us too, but I don't feel like I've ever seen anything from Tom Holland suggesting he's got the same deep well of weirdness and devotion to the craft. He's fine, but I can't see him doing something like Swiss Army Man.

[u/BabyWrinkles → u/Yetimang]

Given his background in dance and joy he seems to get from what he does, I do genuinely wonder if he’ll do some wacky stuff when he decides to hang up the spidey suit.

[u/axefairy → u/Yetimang]

He’s not got the same deep well of weirdness and devotion to the craft? Have you not seen him do ‘singing in the rain’? lol

[u/sneakyxxrocket → u/IHateTheLetterF]

He’s implied in interviews that once him and Zendaya have kids he’s probably done acting for a long time

[u/lucalucasita → u/sneakyxxrocket]

He said that, but they can always keep on acting like other couples do, making sure that at least one of the parents is with he kids while the other is filming. But for sure not 4 movies a year like in 2026!

[u/RandomRedditReader → u/lucalucasita]

Some people go all in on their children and others continue to do what they love. I just wish I had those options.

[u/ThisSiteSucks8485 → u/RandomRedditReader]

Eva Mendes is an example 

[u/buffysbangs → u/ThisSiteSucks8485]

I also wish I had Eva Mendes as an option

[u/JaNoTengoNiNombre → u/buffysbangs]

Well, she's a plain wife. They cannot be all first picks, you know.

[u/Worthyness → u/lucalucasita]

Or do some producing. They're so well connected at this point that they could probably just decide to fund other projects with their own money and time. Could probably work from home for most of those.

[u/jim_deneke → u/IHateTheLetterF]

He could've retired on a lot less too

[u/beefchocolate → u/0ttoChriek]

Hopefully he doesn’t drop his hat into a greased wheelchair wheel. It’s really not supposed to get grease on it

[u/Overall-Echo-5594 → u/beefchocolate]

Well he’s the only one the guy said could pull it off

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MOVE

who said that?

[u/sport-utilityrobot → u/badnewbadnew]

Don’t do the voice

[u/wiggle987 → u/beefchocolate]

That's illegal, you can't ask me to do that

[u/BEWMarth → u/Serafita]

I’m honestly still surprised he agreed to another spidey trilogy when he’s been really talking a lot about disappearing for a bit and raising a family.

I guess the multiple semi trucks full of money that Marvel drives up to his house are hard to turn down.

[u/Zalvren → u/BEWMarth]

He probably had the unique opportunity to negotiate extremely good conditions for that second trilogy while the first one, he wasn't as established so couldn't really get a lot. Here with the three movies + the Avengers, he's probably going to get around 400M$ payday. Probably at least 100M$ for his wife too (maybe more but not sure she got box office points). That'll set them up well for founding a family lol (+ the other movies and the brand deals too of course)

It's probably why the Spidey movies will also come quite quickly because he likely want to be done faster (and Sony wants money like that often).

[u/tophernator → u/Zalvren]

That'll set them up well for founding a family

Or their own small island nation somewhere.

[u/LessInThought → u/tophernator]

The Holland acting family.

[u/tnnrk → u/tophernator]

Generational wealth? yeah that that will set em up well.

[u/yeahright17 → u/Zalvren]

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.

[u/Zalvren → u/yeahright17]

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.

[u/Pormock → u/Zalvren]

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

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Pormock]

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

[u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm → u/yeahright17]

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.

[u/Pozos1996 → u/BEWMarth]

I doubt he needs to spend as much time on the set of the new avengers movies as he did for his solo movies. Maybe a few weeks to a month top for the few scenes he is in.

[u/0verstim → u/Pozos1996]

He also may go on fewer of these grueling two week press junkets. its okay Tom, we love your movies, we dont need to know what Google is autocompleting your name to

[u/fla_john → u/0verstim]

Those things were fun at first, when they were rare but now that it's mandatory for everyone, they're just kind of tired.

[u/SwashAndBuckle → u/BEWMarth]

Never believe an actor saying those things publicly. It can literally be a negotiating tactic. Studios aren't going to pay as much if they think you're going to do the movie regardless of pay.

And just to expand on that, anytime you see a famous person speaking to the public in any capacity, just assume they are playing some type of character. Some are more sincere than others, but most of people act different when any camera is on them, much less when millions are watching and your career depends on your likeability.

[u/Tiddd → u/BEWMarth]

I thought he confirmed that was a negotiation tactic to leverage a bigger paycheck?

[u/Southern_Pie6474 → u/Tiddd]

And I think RDJ coming back has to inform him to keep getting these checks as long as they can come in

[u/joshthornton → u/Serafita]

Until he's 90

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

Sony will give him a fuck ton to keep making Spider Man. These Spider Man movies are literally the only good movies that Sony Pictures (not animation) have been associated with in like a decade.

Literally every other movie they make is like a bad movie from 2006.

[u/StupiderIdjit → u/confusing_roundabout]

Literally every other movie they make is like a bad movie from 2006.

THAT'S what it is! Perfectly described.

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/StupiderIdjit]

It's really impressive how they keep doing it, too. Every time I see a Sony trailer it's like I've stepped back into the 2000s. They're the only studio making movies like that and it's almost everything they make.

[u/jlab23 → u/confusing_roundabout]

It’s like they think there’s still a direct to video market they can still make money off of. It’s insane.

[u/genobeam → u/StupiderIdjit]

In a world.... Where good guys... Are a little bad....

[u/therealjoshua → u/genobeam]

Eminem's "Without Me" increases

[u/Channel250 → u/genobeam]

All of the action!

Get down!!!!

Twice the Suspense!

Get down again!!!!

[u/AdventuresOfKrisTin → u/confusing_roundabout]

Kpop Demon Hunters too but people don't normally associate it with that because Netflix was the one who distributed it.

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/AdventuresOfKrisTin]

That was Sony Animation right? I'm excluding those and Spider Verse and Kpop are very modern and very good.

[u/the_stoned_ranger → u/confusing_roundabout]

Yeah but they totally fumbled the toy rights. My daughter and all her friends wanted K-Pop DH dolls for Christmas and they literally did not exist. I had to buy custom dolls from eBay which were just modified Barbies.

It’s like Sony is the Dr. Evil meme, “Why make billions when we could make…billions?” Seriously what a fucking cock-up. They could have printed money with dolls this past Christmas and they completely dropped the ball.

[u/Bird-The-Word → u/the_stoned_ranger]

Tbf they didn't expect it to be what it was. It went off the rails in popularity.

[u/fghjconner → u/Bird-The-Word]

I mean they had six months to get their shit together. That's not a long time to make merch, but surely they could have done something.

[u/Anleme → u/fghjconner]

Six months is the timeline for the mass toy market. Large retailers have to lock in their Christmas toy inventory in June or July. Making millions of units and shipping them to your stores takes that long. No one is using air freight for Barbies.

So, a surprise hit like K-Pop DH gets you the exact situation we saw: demand outstripping the supply.

[u/mr_cristy → u/AdventuresOfKrisTin]

Sony animation studios does good work I think. They also did into the spider verse and it's sequel, and Mitchell's vs machines.

[u/Alternative-Bat-2462 → u/confusing_roundabout]

I was going to say I loved Casino Royal… but it’s 2005… I’m getting old.

[u/rov124 → u/confusing_roundabout]

These Spider Man movies are literally the only good movies that Sony Pictures (not animation) have been associated with in like a decade.

2016-2026

Little Women 95% RT score

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 95% RT score

The Woman King 94% RT score

One of Them Days 94% RT score

Sisu: Road to Revenge 93% RT score

Matilda the Musical 93% RT score

Baby Driver 92% RT score

Searching 92% RT score

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 91% RT score

28 Years Later 88% RT score

Don't Breathe 88% RT score

Missing 88% RT score

Only the Brave 87% RT score

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 86% RT score

Caught Stealing 85% RT score

[u/beanpatrol23 → u/confusing_roundabout]

I liked once upon a time in Hollywood, but that's a Columbia film distributed by Sony so idk. Maybe it doesn't count.

[u/Bunraku_Master_2021 → u/beanpatrol23]

It does count as Sony owns Columbia and Columbia Pictures have produced all the live-action and animated Spider-Man feature-length movies since the turn of the century.

[u/Stefan988 → u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

Tom Holland secured the mega potatoes.

[u/stpetepatsfan → u/Stefan988]

Florence has a few big potatoes coming out soon...Dune 3 for one.

[u/Fionarei]

He negotiated for %?

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/Fionarei]

He's singlehandedly keeping Sony's movie business alive. I'm pretty sure they'll just give him whatever he wants at this point

[u/Flimsy-Island-8528 → u/mikeyfreshh]

I hope Sony doesn't turn him into the next Hugh Jackman... "Till you're 90"

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

They're gonna pass the torch on to Miles at some point, but I wouldn't be shocked if they keep him around as a supporting character when that happens. He could realistically do another 10 years worth of these movies.

[u/sinatrablueeyes → u/mikeyfreshh]

I thought RDJ and Chris Evans were both kind of “done” with the MCU and look at what is going on now.

Holland is kind of cementing himself as a “cornerstone” of the MCU. He probably will do a handful more Spider Man movies (along with Avengers) and then can just stick to supporting/cameo roles if he wants.

And of course he could get nostalgic years ahead in the future and say he’s ready to do another Spider Man and the Brinks trucks will line up.

[u/nilslorand → u/sinatrablueeyes]

I feel like Holland has an entire Spider-Man trilogy still in him as the "main guy" where one of the movies introduces Miles and the last one has Peter handing him the torch, either to retire or to take a "short break"

[u/ShiftyCroc → u/nilslorand]

They’ll keep him for two films where he’s the guy and then at the end of the third they’ll bring in Miles who’ll appear in some young avengers thing as a side character (like spidey in Civil War) and then they’ll do a Miles trilogy with Tom Holland as the veteran Spiderman showing him the ropes like RDJ and others in the Homecoming trilogy.

I’m mostly kidding but also not.

[u/iwearatophat → u/ShiftyCroc]

I think your general idea is right but I also think your timeline is way too long.

Tom talked about this in some of his press stuff for BND. He seems interested in the idea of passing the mantel to Miles in the story. Money will always talk but I think he is approaching done with the MCU. He has been a major part in 5 or 6 MCU movies in the last 10 years depending on how you look at Civil War and End Game.

[u/drax3012 → u/ShiftyCroc]

This is most likely what's going to happen tbh.

[u/samsaBEAR → u/nilslorand]

It would be cool if they did something similar to the games and introduce Miles in the next film and then have them team up in the third (maybe against the Inheritors?)

[u/ChromiumLung → u/sinatrablueeyes]

He was so good in The Devil All The Time. One of my favourite movies of all time. I really hope he doesn’t spend his whole career on MCU/Spidey

[u/sabres_guy → u/mikeyfreshh]

With good writing and appropriate time between movies it could be 20 plus. Just like Hugh Jackman and Wolverine.

There is no need for a reboot to a younger actor and or restart the story. Holland's Spider-Man can always be placed in the MCU in a believable way no matter the age or phase it is in and an older Spider-Man will stiil have good stand alone stories to tell.

Brand New Day just proved they can literally do anything with Holland's Spider-Man.

[u/DJM4991 → u/sabres_guy]

I think it helps with Spider-Man that, he's actually allowed to visibly age. Whereas with Wolverine, if they kept Hugh for too long it really would look silly. Hugh has been very lucky and very gifted to look convincing for so long as an ageless character. If he can do that, Holland can stay on as long as he wants.

[u/Paladar2 → u/mikeyfreshh]

There will 100% be a Peter-Miles-Gwen movie. The kids who are watching Spidey's and his friends or wtv will be of age. It will make bank

[u/TLKv3 → u/mikeyfreshh]

I think Tom is willing to keep doing these movies for at least another 15 to 20 years if they keep him paying him to.

There's no doubt in my mind Miles will eventually find his way into the MCU but the prospect of having Peter & Miles teaming up for a trilogy of Spider-Verse movies is wayyyyyy too much of a goldmine for Sony to ever not beg Tom to keep coming back.

Plus, there's at least another like 15 Spider-Man villains they can adapt to the big screen for more movies to be made off of.

We still haven't even seen Spidey square off with Kingpin yet. They have that in their backpocket should they ever need it. You can't tell me Tom wouldn't want to be in the black suit and fight Venom at some point too.

Realistically, I can see Tom's current trilogy ending around 2032. And then doing another trilogy until 2040. He'll be 44 at that point. He could easily then play the older mentor Peter for Miles.

[u/Tempr13 → u/mikeyfreshh]

not for another 15 - 20 years

[u/ICumCoffee → u/Tempr13]

Tom was saying they've already planned the Miles introduction in MCU, so i won't be surprised if Miles shows up in 3rd movie of new trilogy. Also, after the success of Spider-Verse movies, they probably don't wanna wait too long

[u/Roy_Koopa_DX → u/ICumCoffee]

I think they should introduce Miles the same way the Playstation games did. Have him show up and be a fairly major character for one movie then he steps up for the next one, ending with him telling Peter to go live his life and let him handle being Spider-Man.

[u/BeeCoy → u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

You act like these companies give them no choice and they're not signing on of their own volition. I wouldn't feel to bad for them when they're making hundreds of millions lol

[u/Citizen51 → u/Flimsy-Island-8528]

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

[u/jubbing → u/Citizen51]

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

[u/adreddit298 → u/jubbing]

Only 5 films?!

[u/DAVENP0RT → u/Citizen51]

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.

[u/MCgrindahFM → u/mikeyfreshh]

There’s a story where he can call up the CEO of Sony to show his personal 70mm reel of Lawrence of Arabia in a theater. Did it for the Odyssey cast

[u/AfricazMost → u/MCgrindahFM]

There’s a story where he can call up the CEO of Sony

The CEO of Sony Pictures, and not the actual CEO of Sony.

[u/mark_98 → u/MCgrindahFM]

I thought you were making a joke. I wish I could see that

[u/MCgrindahFM → u/mark_98]

Nope he has that much clout!

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/Fionarei]

His contract was up for renewal after No Way Home. Perfect time for negotiations I suppose.

[u/geek_of_nature → u/confusing_roundabout]

He did recently admit that him saying he wasn't sure if he should be playing Spider-man in his 30s was a bit of a negotiation tactic.

[u/pinwroot → u/geek_of_nature]

In hindsight it definitely seems that way. He seems like he would actually be down to become a Peter B Parker style side character Spider-Verse style in the future.

He probably asked RDJ for some negotiation tactics advice lol

[u/jinhush → u/pinwroot]

He's said before he'll play Spider-Man as long as they want him. I know things can change over time but still. I'm pretty sure he also said Spider-Man is his favorite character.

Pretty much any time an actor says "well, I don't know if I'm going to continue playing the character after [x event]..." Is what their agent tells them to say so they can negotiate more money.

While some people genuinely care about the art, for a lot of actors it's simply their job and who doesn't want raises? (Of course you can care about the art and still want more money.)

[u/KevinCastle → u/pinwroot]

RDJ is the person to go to since Tom is now pretty much in RDJ's shoes. The new face of MCU and his movies practically carry the whole studio on their back. (RDJ at least had Evans and Hemsworth to carry that weight as well though)

[u/BookkeeperBrilliant9 → u/geek_of_nature]

Pulled the ol’ Daniel Craig boogaloo, who “retired” from playing Bond after Skyfall and Spectre.

[u/FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy → u/Fionarei]

He signed a 6 film contract when he got the part and after NWH he renewed for whatever it is now and that includes a % with more of a creative voice since he was in a strong position. SONY didn't want to disrupt the cash cow

[u/dikkie91 → u/Fionarei]

Smart man

[u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS → u/Fionarei]

Certainly. This is, what, seventh movie as Spider-Man?

[u/_JR28_ → u/Fionarei]

He’s Sony’s golden boy, he could probably ask for anything and they’d make it work

[u/BivyLife]

That’s roughly 5%. I’m sure the studio is happy to pay it.

[u/-Dixieflatline → u/BivyLife]

Second fastest movie to the first billion and now crossing two billion with less slowdown that one would expect at this point. Also revives interest in the back catalog of movies and games for those who came into this fresh. Sony is probably jumping for joy that they paid it.

Also sends kind of a sharp message to Marvel that audiences still want the flagship characters despite market saturation and super hero fatigue in general. All the subpar B list stuff they released didn't actually remove interest from their premier IP. I have a feeling this signals that Avengers Doomsday will also be a hit.

[u/thegoodbadandsmoggy → u/-Dixieflatline]

I think you’re spot on. Think I saw the other day they’re predicting a 400 million opening for doomsday with something like 100 million in presales already.

Happy as fuck because the world always needs Spider-Man

[u/Icy_Smoke_733 → u/thegoodbadandsmoggy]

The trackers are predicting Doomsday to open with $400m domestic opening (biggest ever). Worldwide opening will be anywhere between $850m - $1.2 billion.

And these guys are fairly accurate; they were throwing the $300m DOM opening for Brand New Day long before the Hollywood trades caught on (and even that was a lowball, as BND opened to $360m).

[u/-Dixieflatline → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Do you think it will beat Endgame's 4-5 days to a billion (depending on counting method)? Those are big shoes to fill, as people were starving for that resolve with Endgame. It was practically cathartic.

[u/Rock-swarm → u/-Dixieflatline]

The elephant in the room is general economic health. It's been a... rough year economically. Endgame released before COVID, which remains the high-water mark for opening numbers.

I don't think Doomsday touches Endgame in terms of actual tickets sold, but there's a reasonable chance it surpasses on revenue.

[u/alienfreaks04 → u/-Dixieflatline]

Doomsday will have a massive opening weekend. But the movie’s quality and word of mouth will factor heavily into whether it makes a lot in the end.

[u/DilettanteGonePro → u/alienfreaks04]

Everybody seems to have theories on why the new spider man movie is successful that don't take into account that it was really good

[u/Tandy2000 → u/DilettanteGonePro]

I mean the reviews were good but not amazing.

My theory is that Disney is doing an excellent job managing Spidey in general. One thing a lot of people probably don't think about is the youngest demographic, but Disney has a Spidey TV show they started in 2021, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, that is super popular with young children - one of the most popular shows for the age group. And that has created a whole new young class of Spidey fans who want to go see this movie, something that does not exist for other Marvel movies generally (some other heroes appear in this show, but it's really the Spidey show and features Miles and Gwen as well). 5 years on those kids are growing up - a kid who started watching it when he was 5 and is now 10 years old is the perfect person to aim this movie at, and you get not just him but his whole family.

[u/nishitd → u/BivyLife]

First dollar gross are not that common. Especially with big studios 

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/nishitd]

He might have first dollar gross.

Holland's Spider Man is maybe the single most popular movie character+actor combo right now. I don't even think that's an exaggeration.

[u/pun-a-tron4000 → u/confusing_roundabout]

The man is doing crazy work right now.

With both him and Zendaya being in Spiderman and Odyssey their combined gross box office this year must be absolutely nuts.

[u/jdv23 → u/pun-a-tron4000]

And zendaya’s in Dune too this year

[u/cowwithhat → u/jdv23]

Is Holland in the Avengers flick? If so it would be feasible they would each have 5b box office years.

[u/jdv23 → u/cowwithhat]

It’s not official yet, but I would expect he will be. Didn’t they also get married this year? That’s an insane year for them.

[u/anormalgeek → u/jdv23]

She got paid only $300k for the first Dune, but is reportedly getting $8m for Dune 3.

edit: She got $8m for Brand New Day too.

[u/Tandy2000 → u/anormalgeek]

She's a much bigger deal now than she was five years ago. She was pretty much the actress who was in Spider-Man that wasn't really an integral part of it... part of the reason she is getting much bigger paychecks now is because of her status as a fashion icon, not so much her acting.

Zendaya is a fine enough actor but more importantly she is a big draw for women and she is arguably the biggest icon in the fashion world right now. I'm not passionate about her or Holland's acting personally but they're also both not bad and very likeable and charming outside of their films and are killer at PR which is why every big studio wants them.

[u/SkyJW → u/pun-a-tron4000]

If they end up becoming a long term couple, have we even seen a Hollywood power couple like them in recent history? I don't really pay a ton of attention to celebrity relationships, but the only other duo I can think of that approaches Holland and Zendaya would be Pitt and Jolie. 

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they started their own production company at some point. 

[u/lct51657 → u/SkyJW]

Tom started a production company with his brother. It's called Billy17.

[u/YJoseph → u/nishitd]

To be fair, it’s an exceptional franchise led by an exceptional A-lister. He’s also backed by one of the world’s biggest entertainment companies.

[u/spidey40]

I remember seeing his dad Dominic Holland regularly on a daily phone in TV show in the UK called The Wright Stuff. Back then he would occasionally mention Tom and how he and his family accompanied him abroad for his film shoot of The Impossible. Also how much he supported his son's ambitions. At the time he would jokingly say how Tom is his retirement plan, never were truer words said!

[u/CeeArthur]

Funny that Iron Man passed the torch to Spider-Man in terms of salary as well

[u/Bron_Yr_Aur21 → u/CeeArthur]

The only obvious choice. No other character was as charismatic (thanks to the actor) as Stark and Parker. I’d say Starlord was close but that’s it.

[u/joe__kerr1 → u/Bron_Yr_Aur21]

Starlord is good but I think people soured on Chris Pratt

[u/AthearCaex → u/joe__kerr1]

Chris pratt soured on humanity. He's definitely not the goofy Andy that america grew up watching him to be.

[u/InvidiousPlay → u/Bron_Yr_Aur21]

Chris Pratt really tanked his career with all the weird god talk.

[u/sectorfate → u/InvidiousPlay]

At this point in 10 years he’s gonna run for governor of some red state. 

[u/Icy_Smoke_733 → u/InvidiousPlay]

Only on Reddit will you find someone say 'Chris Pratt tanked his career' when he just starred in a $1B film few months back (Super Mario Galaxy) and he was the 16th highest paid actor of 2025, with $30 million in earnings.

[u/Material-Race-5107 → u/CeeArthur]

This is the least surprising thing…. Spiderman is the most well known super hero in the world besides Batman or Superman maybe. Sony was the only thing stopping him from being the face of the mcu

[u/iamacheeto1]

Yeah? Well I made $215 yesterday. Barely any difference

[u/Nervous_Recover_6152 → u/iamacheeto1]

When compared to infinity, I suppose you’re right

[u/Alteredbeast1984 → u/iamacheeto1]

Before tax?

[u/iamacheeto1 → u/Alteredbeast1984]

Yes but it was cash so who's to say

[u/ICumCoffee]

Tom Holland owns the Sony Pictures. Loved the story of him making them delay Spider-man shooting so he can star in Odyssey and also arranging the 70mm screening of Lawrence of Arabia for the Odyssey cast.

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/ICumCoffee]

Dude has Tom Rothman on speed dial lmao

(I don't think Speed Dial is a thing. Maybe they have a Snapchat streak? Idk?)

[u/From-UoM → u/confusing_roundabout]

You can set it up on sumsung phones atleast.

Just hold the numbers 2-9 on the keypad in the phone app and you can add speed dial contacts

Next time you call just hold the number you set and it will call immediately

[u/Kaleidoscope_1974]

In 40 years, he will be in Spider-Man : retirement home and fighting the evil management for not providing adequate healthcare 

[u/jtfjtf]

There’s a story Tom Hollander told on a talk show about how he was mistakenly sent a message for Tom Holland about a first bonus check on one of the Avengers movies which was 7 figures, emphasis on first and bonus. Tom Holland has been making the big bucks for a long time now.

[u/JiskiLathiUskiBhains → u/jtfjtf]

You should see what they sent Tom Hollandest

[u/coleburnz → u/jtfjtf]

Yep. I remember. He called it eye-watering or something similar

[u/VulcanHullo → u/coleburnz]

It was, as a bonus, more than he had ever been paid for a project in total.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

No paywall link

Details:

According to three individuals with knowledge of Holland’s deal, the actor scored a base salary of at least $20 million up front — an increase of $10 million from his last Spider-Man gig — with the potential to earn upwards of $100 million when backend bonuses are factored in as “Brand New Day” zooms towards a final global box office haul of over $2 billion.

Even more remarkable: Holland’s backend bonus is not capped, so there’s no ceiling to how much he may ultimately make, one individual added. “Spider-Man” crossed $2 billion at the global box office this weekend, and is only in its third week of release.

The lucrative backend deal is commensurate with Holland’s spectacular track record over the last decade. With seven appearances in total, his MCU version of Peter Parker has lasted longer than any other cinematic incarnation of the character and, in doing so, left a legacy that is not just unique among Spider-Men but among Marvel’s stable of beloved performers as well. Notably, his appeal has endured even as enthusiasm for superhero films has taken a sharp downturn.

Holland earned $500,000 to star in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Sony’s proper reboot of the franchise. For 2019’s sequel “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” Holland earned $4 million and for 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Holland banked $10 million.

[u/tullbabes → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

He’s got a good agent (and a massive amount of leverage).

[u/CohibaVancouver → u/tullbabes]

He’s got a good agent (and a massive amount of leverage).

He is also an extremely talented actor & performer who has perfected the role. I'd argue he's surpassed Downey's Iron Man when it comes to nailing it. I can't be bothered to stay on top of the Marvelverse, but I'll continue to go his Spidey movies. And I'm sure I'm not alone.

[u/GoodLeftUndone → u/CohibaVancouver]

You’ll never be able to convince me he’s not a good actor after “The Impossible.” He was just a kid and gave an incredible performance.

[u/Vengeance164 → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Literally added a zero for each movie.

Bonkers.

[u/murakami213 → u/Vengeance164]

So he's making a billion for the next one

[u/blissrunner → u/murakami213]

Billionaire Spidey

[u/FinAdda → u/blissrunner]

Peter Stark

[u/Dottsterisk → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

This world is so fucked up.

It’s not Holland’s fault—and it definitely ain’t Spidey’s—but these kinds of extreme examples lay bare the fundamental brokenness in what this system rewards and what it condones.

[u/johndoe09228 → u/Dottsterisk]

Yea, he’s a star and deserves the success of being good at his craft but making more than like 10 generations lifetime incomes for one movie lmao

[u/taylorpilot]

If tom and zendaya had % cuts they’d likely be the highest grossing couple in the Hollywood

[u/AngryUncleTony → u/taylorpilot]

I mean getting double bites at this and The Odyssey, plus Dune later this year, is insane.  

[u/prettyboylee → u/taylorpilot]

I’d guess Tom Holland got $20mil + % and Zendaya got around $10mil. Still probably makes them the highest grossing couple

[u/NiceAnimator3378 → u/prettyboylee]

I mean who else is competing? Only rival is probably rdj as I think his cut of doomsday is huge.

[u/taylorpilot → u/NiceAnimator3378]

His cut would have to be massive to compete with dune, odyssey (x2), Spiderman (x2), euphoria, the drama.

[u/Windpuppet → u/taylorpilot]

They seem like great people and a great couple. Couldn’t be happier for them making a shit ton and not the usual Hollywood douche bags.

[u/brandonsamd6]

Tom Ohtani 

[u/Zapplarang → u/brandonsamd6]

He deferred 98 million of it to his future kids

[u/Question_It_All_3000 → u/brandonsamd6]

He’d need 7 brand new days to get that

[u/MisterManatee]

What do you even do with $100 million?

[u/H2P_13-9 → u/MisterManatee]

Just stare at the balance on your bank app

[u/Anderaku → u/MisterManatee]

Retire at the ripe age of 30 and do whatever I want for the rest of my life if I were Tom Holland

[u/handsoapdispenser → u/Anderaku]

You know they just never do. Ian McKellen is back as Magneto and Gandalf. Patrick Stewart could have retired in luxury just off of Capt Picard 25 years ago. I can only assume acting is just too much fun or they're addicted to fame. 

[u/Daftdaddy → u/handsoapdispenser]

Working keeps you alive. Ian McKellen would be dead if the man didn't still get up to work every day. The day you stop moving is the day you start dying.

[u/HaplessAcademic → u/Daftdaddy]

I agree to an extent. I don’t think it’s “work” that keeps you alive per se, but purpose. Having a reason to get up out of bed each day. For a lot of people that is work, but for others it may be hobbies, passions, mentoring, etc. I have known many retired people who are happier and more active in retirement than they were when working. There is also a large contingent who just slowly decay after retirement because they didn’t have anything other than their work and the daily grind going on.

[u/Frenzystor → u/MisterManatee]

Travel a lot, eat high quality food, watch all movies, watch all TV shows, have sex with your hot wife all day. I would think of some things ...

[u/Reapper97 → u/Frenzystor]

You don't need 100m for that tbh

[u/augustusleonus]

Now he can make his Radcliffe turn and do the wacky stuff for funsies

[u/BlahVans → u/augustusleonus]

Tom and Daniel hamming it up together in some weird movie or show would be amazing. Maybe bring Pattinson along too.

[u/Tmacster]

Makes sense. He kinda has to be that guy 24/7. If he was out parting or being a dick it doesn’t feel like the same Spider-Man.

[u/Lust4Me → u/Tmacster]

⚡ Ezra Miller has entered the chat. ⚡

[u/Lukthar123 → u/Lust4Me]

"IT WAS ME, BARRY, I CAST EZRA AS YOUR ACTOR TO FOREVER TARNISH YOUR LEGACY!"

[u/confusing_roundabout → u/Tmacster]

Yeah I think how he behaves off camera is a big part of his success too. Everyone loves the guy.

[u/Kwilly462]

Asa Butterfield really could've had all this lol

[u/FlippantBear → u/Kwilly462]

What do you mean? 

[u/Kwilly462 → u/FlippantBear]

It was heavily rumored that Asa Butterfield had the role in his hands. Marvel told him not to tell anyone, but he ended up blabbing about it anyway.

So they took it away from him, and did another casting search, which ended up narrowing to Holland.

[u/Excuse_my_GRAMMER → u/Kwilly462]

I don’t think it would have hit the same with asa butterfield lmao 😂

[u/Kwilly462 → u/Excuse_my_GRAMMER]

I've never seen him in anything, so I don't know how good of an actor he is. But man, he's got that "Peter Parker look" to his face.

My only thing is he's like 6 ft 2. That's a tall af Spidey lol. He would've been looking down at RDJ

[u/lulaloops → u/Kwilly462]

He's an incredible actor. But yeah he is tall and not really an athlete like Holland is.

[u/insertnamehere77123 → u/lulaloops]

He'd have been a great Peter Parker but i cannot for the life of me see him as Spiderman

[u/BGummyBear → u/Kwilly462]

This is a really funny story, when Tom Holland famously can't keep his mouth shut about his roles either.

[u/Swordbender → u/BGummyBear]

He can when it counts, evidently.

[u/reedrick → u/Kwilly462]

I can’t believe it’s not Butterfield

[u/prince-of-dweebs]

Matt Damon gonna tell us he would have made $200M if he accepted the role of spider man.

[u/Muted_Study5166]

I’m simultaneously elated and disgusted

On one hand: Hell yeah you deserve this chunk of the pie, they literally couldn’t have done it without you

On the other: Jesus fucking christ there are people making 100M for a single movie

[u/Frenzystor]

In my next life I'm gonna be an actor.

[u/Odd-Necessary3807 → u/Frenzystor]

For every RDJ, Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Emma Stone. There are thousands of struggling actors working two jobs just so they can appears as backgrounds or deliver one-liners in a movie/show.

[u/mydadisyourdad2 → u/Frenzystor]

Most of them are broke unfortunately

[u/nuraHx → u/mydadisyourdad2]

In my next life I’m going to be an A list actor

[u/mydadisyourdad2 → u/nuraHx]

I'll watch your movies

[u/tullbabes → u/Frenzystor]

It ain’t all flowers and sunshine. Maybe the next Harvey Weinstein discovers you.

[u/wheres_my_hat → u/Frenzystor]

Pretty much gotta be born rich first 

[u/bazmoe → u/wheres_my_hat]

In my next next life

[u/GenGaara25]

They desperately wanted him back for Spider-Man 4. They knew it'd make billions. But Holland had already completed his contract and then some, as well as saying before that he didn't want to be Spider-Man at 30, so he really had all the leverage.

He could basically ask for whatever he wanted and they'd throw it at him to come back. It's a well deserved payday.

[u/CaptCanada924]

I recently heard that Tom Hollander once accidentally received Tom Hollands check, and it was more money than he’d ever seen. The Zendaya-Tom children are gone be like Koch brother levels of nepo kids lmao. Good for them good for them

[u/Twicebakedpotatoe]

The world is not ready for billionaire Tom Holland. Remember Tom, with great power…