The point is, there are now at least three Oscar winners in the cast of a "Spider-Man" movie, proving that we live in a golden age of ... well, something.
Winnie was hoping the film would be a hit, not only because he is a devout Spider-Man fan, and it's a movie he has waited nearly his whole life to see, but also because its success could increase his net worth by several zeros.
Videogame publisher Activision (nasdaq: ATVI - news - people) already has a successful franchise of Spider-Man games and has a new release coming to tie in with the movie.
In a recent study Orbach maintains that studios and movie theaters could improve revenues by charging more for early screenings of highly anticipated films such as Spider-Man.