On a high school field trip, high school student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider. He wakes up the next morning with incredible superpowers. After witnessing the death of Uncle Ben, Peter Parker decides to put his new skills to use in order to get rid of evil But someone else has other plans. The Green Goblin sees Spider-Man as a threat and he must destroy him even if it means that the Green Goblin has to target Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. The first movie to gross $100m dollars in its opening weekend in the B.O. • Nominated for 2 '03 Oscars® for Best Sound and Best VFX. starring Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemark Harris, and J.K. Simmons; also starring Gerry Becker, Bill Nunn, Jack Betts, Stanley Anderson, and Ron Perkins. Sam Raimi directs from the screenplay by David Koepp; Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Produced by Laura Ziskin and Ian Bryce; Executive Producers: Avi Arad and Lee. Music by Danny Elfman. VFX designed by John Dykstra. a Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin production for Columbia Pictures. Filmed around New York City and in Los Angeles from January 8 - June 30, 2001. Approved [#37531]/rated PG-13 for stylized violence and action. Motion Picture: © 2002 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved Spider-Man character: ® & © 2002 Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved