Spider-Man in film dates back to 1977, the rights belonging to Marvel until 1999, when Sony bought them for $7 million. He has been Marvel's most successful character in the cinema industry ever since.
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Probably not, but a whopping $1.1 Billion loss has seen the company forced to sell the merchandising rights for the big screen version of Spider-Man.