May 5, 202624 years ago this week, Spider-Man, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, hit theatres. It debuted with $114.8M, the first film in history to open above $100M. It grossed $821.7M worldwide and launched a trilogy. Maguire’s latest appearance as the original web-slinger was in No Way Home.
May 5, 2026Italian Monday numbers are in: The Devil Wears Prada 2 starts off the week with 1.05M€, Michael with 380k€
May 5, 2026Hoot turns 20. The $15 million family comedy bombed with $8 million ($15 million adjusted) & $11 million in DVD sales; Roger Ebert wrote that it “has its heart in the right place, but I have been unable to locate its brain”.
May 5, 2026WRATH OF MAN open 5 years ago this week. Directed by Guy Ritchie starring Jason Statham, the $40 million action thriller film grossed $104 million
May 5, 2026THE MUMMY RETURNS open 25 years ago this week. Written and directed by Stephen Sommers, it’s the sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy. Like its predecessor, The Mummy Returns was a commercial success, grossing $436 million against $98 million budget.
