"The PartridgeFamily, the AddamsFamily, the Six Million Dollar Man, the Bionic Womaneverything that was ontelevision ended up on a lunchbox,"says AllenWoodall.
In recent years, Comic-Con has helped launch films such as Iron Man and Avatar to tremendous box office success.
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If Sony can earn blockbuster-style box office with the new Spider-Man at a much lower budget, it will have discovered the Hollywood version of the Holy Grail.
Many also had the support of the box office, including Spider-Man (No. 16) and Batman (No. 19), which both benefited from recent major motion picture reboots.
The 19-year-old striker weaved through the middle of a flat-footed Everton defence and, were it not for a reckless late tackle by last-man Hibbert on the edge of the box, he would have been one-on-one with Tim Howard.