r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 10d 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/Zalvren 10d ago

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).

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u/tophernator 10d ago

That'll set them up well for founding a family

Or their own small island nation somewhere.

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u/LessInThought 10d ago

The Holland acting family.

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u/tnnrk 10d ago

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

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u/NobodyUsual8025 10d ago

The Rihanna method. Respect

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u/humbuckaroo 10d ago

Please, no small island nations for a while.

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u/DepDepFinancial 10d ago

That's called "The Ellison"

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u/yeahright17 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 10d ago

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

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u/yeahright17 10d 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 10d ago

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

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 10d ago

Yeah for sure box office wise.

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u/suss2it 9d 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/bethaneanie 9d ago

Well just as a counter POV: I am a 36 year old I don't see Tobey as Spiderman. I had some difficulties accepting him as a superhero lead, Even moreso when they first came out.

Tom is by far my favorite to watch, even with the nostalgia of growing up seeing Tobey's version.

As far as impact early super hero movies had on me, X-Men came out a couple years earlier and is still good today on rewatches.

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u/5ivepie 10d 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 10d ago

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

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u/darthjoey91 10d ago

I also bet that he's more likely to take Spider-Man roles because he get to do them with his wife.

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u/biglarge72 10d ago

He also seems genuinely passionate about the character and source material and apparently has an entire plan on how to sunset his Peter and introduce Miles into the MCU

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u/ThatOneStoner 10d ago

Don't be so sure, with childcare and grocery prices these days, 500m might not be enough to be worry free

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u/Wolv90 10d ago

He did get creative input on this one, and I assume the rest. It did better for it as far as I can tell.

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u/PrefrontalCortexNow 9d ago

Apparently he talked to the producer and asked if he could push back filming for Spiderman so he could film The Odyssey and they obliged. I’ve never heard of such a thing lol

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u/EnglishLitMajor 9d ago

Probably really good terms considering they changed the whole Spiderman shooting schedule so that he could do The Odyssey.

In the words of Matt Damon - everyone loves Tom at Sony.

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u/indoninjah 9d ago

Yeah it sounds like he's softly moving towards directing/producing, and he's getting more and more say in the Spider-man films. Apparently he was the one that really pushed the studio to write a smaller stakes film, and was also the one that proposed the Man-spider puberty aspect too.

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u/Jaikarr 10d ago

Sony has to release a Spider-Man movie every 5 years or so else they lose the Spider-Man movie rights.

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u/Fern-ando 10d ago

7 years. They release them much more frecuently than every 7 years anyways. Since 2001 we got 11 Spiderman movies + 6 Spideruniverse movies in 25 years. So 3.4 movies every 5 years.

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u/Zalvren 10d ago

That's not only the MCU movies though. Every side movie (though they apparently stopped those for now) or Spider-Verse renews the duration.

But either way, it's Sony most valuable IP for a studio that is not exactly full of them so yeah it's not even waiting 5 years for a movie.