Q 01/05

Who directed the 2002 Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire?

A) Sam Raimi

B) Bryan Singer

C) Jon Favreau

D) David Fincher

Answer · why

A) Sam Raimi

Raimi came to the job from the Evil Dead films and Darkman, and shot the film in Los Angeles and New York through 2001.

Q 02/05

Sam Raimi picked Tobey Maguire for Peter Parker after seeing him in which 1999 film?

A) Pleasantville

B) Wonder Boys

C) The Ice Storm

D) The Cider House Rules

Answer · why

D) The Cider House Rules

Maguire signed a three-picture deal and went on to play the role across the whole trilogy.

Q 03/05

Which actor played Norman Osborn in Spider-Man (2002)?

A) James Franco

B) Cliff Robertson

C) Willem Dafoe

D) J.K. Simmons

Answer · why

C) Willem Dafoe

Dafoe returned to the role nearly two decades later, again clashing with a Spider-Man in a New York finale.

Q 04/05

Spider-Man (2002) was the first film ever to gross how much in a single weekend?

A) $125 million

B) $100 million

C) $150 million

D) $175 million

Answer · why

B) $100 million

Its $114.8 million debut beat Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the biggest opening weekend to that point.

Q 05/05

Who composed the score for the first two Raimi Spider-Man films?

A) Hans Zimmer

B) James Horner

C) John Williams

D) Danny Elfman

Answer · why

D) Danny Elfman

Elfman had already written the theme for Raimi's Darkman and the Batman films' brooding fanfare before this job.

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