Spider-Man Series Ranked by All-Time Best: 'Brand New Day' Box Office Success Ranks First; Ratings Place It 3rd to 6th

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Every time a new Spider-Man film is released, fans have made it a ritual to re-evaluate which entry in the series is the best of all time.

With the release of 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' lists ranking the entire Spider-Man franchise by overseas media outlets and online communities have emerged once again, revealing starkly divergent rankings across different sources.

The total number of Spider-Man films spans 14 entries, including Sam Raimi's three-film trilogy with Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield's two-part 'The Amazing Spider-Man' series, Tom Holland's four MCU films, and the animated 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' series, combining both live-action and animation.

Yahoo Entertainment compiled an integrated ranking of all live-action and animated Spider-Man films by aggregating scores from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic. The animated films 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' and 'Across the Spider-Verse' took the top two spots, while among live-action films, 'Spider-Man 2' (2004) claimed the highest position. 'No Way Home' followed in second place, with 'Brand New Day' securing sixth spot just below 'Homecoming.' The Andrew Garfield-led 'The Amazing Spider-Man' series ranked ninth and eleventh (last).

In contrast, the American outlet Inside the Magic produced a completely different ranking of all 14 films, including animated entries and Avengers crossover works.

While both outlets agreed that 'Spider-Man 2' is the best film, 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' (2014), which received widespread criticism, surprisingly ranked second in Inside the Magic's list. 'Brand New Day' placed third, surpassing not only 'No Way Home' and 'Homecoming' but also the animated 'Into the Spider-Verse.'

1st: Spider-Man 2

2nd: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

3rd: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

4th: Spider-Man

5th: Spider-Man: No Way Home

6th: Spider-Man: Homecoming

7th: Spider-Man: Far From Home

8th: Captain America: Civil War

9th: The Amazing Spider-Man

10th: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

11th: Avengers: Infinity War

12th: Spider-Man 3

13th: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

14th: Avengers: Endgame

The outlet explained its decision to rank 'Brand New Day' third by stating, "Instead of a multiverse-level spectacle, the choice to bring Peter Parker back to earth restored what makes Spider-Man, Spider-Man."

The only point where both outlets agreed was that 'Spider-Man 2' is the best live-action film. However, Variety's ranking placed a different film at number one.

1st: Spider-Man

2nd: Spider-Man 2

3rd: Spider-Man: No Way Home

4th: Spider-Man: Homecoming

5th: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

6th: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

7th: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

8th: Spider-Man: Far From Home

9th: The Amazing Spider-Man

10th: Spider-Man 3

11th: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Variety ranked the original 2002 'Spider-Man' as the best live-action film, placing 'Spider-Man 2' second. None of the three outlets agreed on the number one spot.

The differences in rankings also stem from varying evaluation criteria. Yahoo focused solely on solo Spider-Man films, while Inside the Magic included Avengers crossover titles, assigning lower ranks to entries with less Spider-Man screen time.

Meanwhile, if the scope expands beyond the Spider-Man series to include all MCU films, the rankings shift again. According to Forbes, 'Brand New Day' holds a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 89%, placing it outside the top 10 among all MCU films and tying for 11th with 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'Civil War.'

However, its audience score stands at 98%, making it tied for first place alongside 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' as the highest-rated MCU film by audiences. While critics and viewers diverge in their reactions, the box office performance is unquestionably among the best in history.

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