Spider-Man 2

He does whatever a spider can, plus he can gross over $821 million worldwide. His name is SPIDER-MAN and after years of legal battles that kept the Marvel comic from coming to the big screen, in 2002 olâ webhead scaled tall buildings with a single computer keystroke, fought the Green Goblin (and won) and lost his heart to Mary Jane. Even a run-in with singer Macy Gray left the hero unscathed, which is exactly why it didnât take much arm wrestling to get director Sam Raimi back onboard for a second go-around.

"They didnât have to convince me," admits Raimi. "I really wanted to do it. Iâve always loved the Spider-Man character and always loved the Marvel comic books. To make the movie of Spider-Man is a dream come true for a director. At the end of SPIDER-MAN, I still loved the characters and was curious what would become of them. That meant I should do the sequel."