Summary
- Tobey Maguire's portrayal of Spider-Man is the favorite among Netflix audiences, with a total of 59.5 million viewing hours across his films.
- Maguire's popularity demonstrates the cleverness of "No Way Home's" multiverse storyline, tapping into nostalgia and offering a powerful emotional arc.
- Maguire's return in "No Way Home" allows for a unique dynamic between the different Spider-Men and plays a crucial role in the resolution of the movie's plot.
Netflix streamed 11
Spider-Man movies in 2023, and it's clear from data the service collected that there is one version of Spider-Man fans love more than the others. The movies streamed include Sam Raimi's classic Spider-Man trilogy, Marc Webb's inventive The Amazing Spider-Man duology, the MCU's Home trilogy, and the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. These four iterations of Spider-Man have famously been brought to life by Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, and Shameik Moore, respectively, and as Spider-Man continues to grow in popularity with the help of Sony's Spider-Verse and the MCU, it's interesting to see which take on the beloved hero audiences love more.
In its inaugural "What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report," Netflix revealed which Spider-Man is most popular with its subscribers. The report aggregates data from viewing hours across its shows and movies, and it's clear that Netflix watchers love Spider-Man, as they watched over 100 million hours of Spider-Man movies in the span of six months. Since each film is devoted to a specific iteration of Spider-Man—with the exception of No Way Home, which famously features Maguire, Garfield, and Holland portraying Peter Parker—it's easy to ascertain which Spider-Man actor Netflix audiences favor based on which films racked up the most viewing hours.
Related All 12 Spider-Man Movies Ranked Spider-Man has starred in twelve films over four decades. Here's every Spider-Man movie ranked, including both live-action adventures and animation. Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man Is Netflix's Favorite
With a whopping 59,500,000 viewing hours accumulated across the five films he stars in, it's clear that
Tobey Maguire is Netflix audiences' favorite Spider-Man. Maguire was able to garner so many hours by leading his own popular trilogy and starring in both the regular and extended versions of the widely successful No Way Home, both of which garnered significant viewership for the service. Tom Holland comes in second with 48,900,000 hours viewed, Garfield in third with 36,200,000, and Shameik Moore in last with 12,500,000 hours. Read the total breakdown of watch hours below:
Title
Watch Hours
Spider-Man
Spider-Man (2002)
16,000,000
Tobey Maguire
Spider-Man 2
10,400,000
Tobey Maguire
Spider-Man 3
15,900,000
Tobey Maguire
The Amazing Spider-Man
12,000,000
Andrew Garfield
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
7,000,000
Andrew Garfield
Spider-Man: Homecoming
12,000,000
Tom Holland
Spider-Man: Far From Home
19,500,000
Tom Holland
Spider-Man: No Way Home
6,500,000
Tom, Tobey, Andrew
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Extended Edition)
10,700,000
Tom, Tobey, Andrew
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
12,500,000
Shameik Moore
Here are the totals:
Actor
Total Hours Watched
Tobey Maguire
59.500,000
Tom Holland
48,900,000
Andrew Garfield
36,200,000
Shameik Moore
12,500,000
These numbers demonstrate that even though it's been 21 years since the first Spider-Man movie, and he has been succeeded by three different Spider-Men,
Netflix audiences still have a great affinity for Maguire's portrayal. Though Maguire's Spider-Man portrayal is not the first time the beloved hero has been brought to life on the big screen, he is the one that remains in the general public's cultural memory, the one contemporary audiences grew up with, and his successors have credited him as being a source of inspiration for how they created their own versions of Spider-Man. The massive success of No Way Home confirmed just how much audiences look up to him as a hero.
Maguire's Popularity Proves Why No Way Home's Multiverse Was So Clever
Maguire's popularity lays bear the cleverness of No Way Home's mutliverse story. Ever since the concept of the multiverse was first introduced to the MCU, fans hoped for the possibility of an epic crossover between Holland, Maguire, and Garfield. Each actor brought something incredibly unique to their Peter Parker, and, considering Spider-Man typically works alone, there was a great opportunity for the three of them to team up and bounce ideas off of each other. Considering No Way Home premiered 19 years after Spider-Man, there was already a lot of nostalgia built up for Maguire, so his return in No Way Home felt like catching up with an old friend.
Seeing how Maguire's Peter aged and the life lessons he learned was a powerful emotional arc in the movie, and without it, No Way Home's plot would have been resolved in a completely different way. Maguire's Peter understands firsthand the despair and rage Holland's Peter feels over the death of Aunt May because he experienced the same when he lost Uncle Ben. He is able to stop Holland's Peter from crossing an unthinkable line and reminds him what it means to be Spider-Man. Because some viewers grew up watching Maguire's Peter make and grow from plenty of mistakes, the
Spider-Man wisdom seems well-earned.
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