He bought an electric saw and some lumber to patch the second-floor gallery, but every time he was halfway through a board a fuse would blow in the spider-haunted circuit box in the kitchen.
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.
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.