Spider - Man 2 - wikipedia Spider - Man 2 For other uses, see Spider - Man 2 ( disambiguation ). Spider - Man 2 Theatrical release poster Directed by Sam Raimi Produced by Avi Arad Laura Ziskin Screenplay by Alvin Sargent Story by Alfred Gough Miles Millar Michael Chabon Based on The Amazing Spider - Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko Starring Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dunst James Franco Alfred Molina Rosemary Harris Donna Murphy Music by Danny Elfman Cinematography Bill Pope Edited by Bob Murawski Production company Marvel Enterprises Laura Ziskin Productions Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date June 22, 2004 ( 2004 - 06 - 22 ) ( Mann Village Theater ) June 30, 2004 ( 2004 - 06 - 30 ) ( United States ) Running time 127 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $200 million Box office $783.8 million Spider - Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon. The first sequel to the 2002 film Spider - Man, it is the second film in Raimi 's Spider - Man film trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics comic book series The Amazing Spider - Man. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker / Spider - Man, Mary Jane `` M.J. '' Watson and Harry Osborn. Set two years after the events of Spider - Man, the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider - Man, while Dr. Otto Octavius becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles. Spider - Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment, which threatens to annihilate the city. Spider - Man 2 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30, 2004 and grossed $783.8 million worldwide, becoming the third highest - grossing film of the year. It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was also nominated for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. It received five awards at the Saturn Awards ceremony including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi. The film is often cited as one of the best superhero films of all - time, and its success led to the release of Spider - Man 3 in 2007. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Filming 3.3 Effects 4 Release 4.1 Home media 4.1. 1 Spider - Man 2.1 ( 2007 ) 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical reception 5.3 Awards and nominations 6 Legacy 7 References 8 External links Plot Peter Parker ( Tobey Maguire ), secretly the superhero Spider - Man, is estranged from both love interest Mary Jane `` M.J. '' Watson ( Kirsten Dunst ) and best friend Harry Osborn ( James Franco ), and additionally discovers his Aunt May ( Rosemary Harris ) is facing eviction. He also finds himself suffering temporary, but reoccurring losses of his powers, often in life - threatening situations. Harry, now head of Oscorp 's research division, is sponsoring a fusion power project by nuclear scientist Otto Octavius ( Alfred Molina ), who befriends and mentors Peter. While handling hazardous materials, Octavius wears a harness of powerful robotic tentacle arms with artificial intelligence. During a public demonstration that Peter and Harry attend, a power spike causes the fusion reactor to destabilize. Octavius refuses to shut down the reactor, which goes critical -- killing his wife and burning the inhibitor chip blocking the arms from his nervous system. Peter shuts the experiment down, destroying it in the process. At a hospital, doctors prepare to surgically remove Octavius ' harness. However, without the inhibitor chip the arms have developed sentience and attack them. Upon regaining consciousness and seeing the carnage, Octavius escapes and takes refuge at a harbor. Becoming increasingly influenced by the arms ' AI, he robs a bank in order to fund a second experiment. Peter and May coincidentally are there, and Octavius takes May hostage. Peter rescues her, but Octavius flees with stolen money. The Daily Bugle subsequently dubs the scientist Doctor Octopus. Mary Jane becomes engaged to astronaut John Jameson, son of Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson ( J.K. Simmons ). Peter suffers an emotional breakdown over his inability to balance his life, resulting in him powerless. He abandons his Spider - Man identity, returns to his normal life, and attempts to reconcile with Mary Jane. A garbageman brings Peter 's Spider - Man costume to Jameson, who takes credit for driving Spider - Man into hiding. Peter tells May the truth behind his Uncle Ben 's death and how he is responsible. May forgives him, but the rise in New York City crime rate worries Peter. Requiring the isotope tritium to fuel his reactor, Octavius visits Harry to demand it. Harry agrees in exchange for Spider Man 's life. He tells Octavius to seek Peter, who is supposedly friends with Spider - Man, but requests Octavius not harm him. Octavius locates Peter, tells him to find Spider - Man, and captures Mary Jane. Her endangerment leads to Peter 's powers resurfacing. Just as Jameson admits he was wrong about Spider - Man, Peter steals his costume back from the Bugle and goes after Octavius. As Peter battles Octavius, they fall onto a New York City subway train. Octavius sabotages the controls and leaves Peter to save the passengers, which he does at a great physical toll. When he faints from exhaustion, the grateful passengers save him from falling and bring him into the train, seeing his unmasked face but promising to keep their knowledge hidden. In vain, they try to protect him when Octavius returns to capture Peter, whom Octavius delivers to Harry. After giving Octavius the tritium, Harry prepares to kill Peter, only to be shocked to discover his real identity. Peter convinces Harry to direct him to Octavius ' lair. As Spider - Man, he arrives at the doctor 's waterfront laboratory and attempts to rescue Mary Jane discreetly. Octavius discovers him and they fight once again as the nuclear reaction swells. Peter ultimately subdues Octavius, damaging his tentacles. He then reveals his identity and persuades Octavius to let his dream go for the greater good. Octavius finally commands the tentacles to obey him, and sacrifices himself to destroy the experiment. Mary Jane sees Spider - Man 's true identity and feelings, as well as why they can not be together. Peter returns Mary Jane to John, and leaves. Harry is visited by a vision of his father in a mirror, pleading for Harry to avenge his death. Refusing to hurt Peter, Harry shatters the mirror, unintentionally revealing a secret room containing prototypes of the Green Goblin 's equipment. On her wedding day, Mary Jane abandons John at the altar and runs to Peter 's apartment. After they kiss, they hear police sirens, and Mary Jane encourages him go help as Spider - Man. Cast Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider - Man A superhero, a brilliant Columbia University physics student and photographer for the Daily Bugle. Juggling these separate lives means he briefly gives up his responsibilities as a superhero in a moment of adversity. When Maguire signed on to portray Spider - Man in 2000, he was given a three - film contract. While filming Seabiscuit in late 2002, Maguire suffered injuries to his back and Sony was faced with the possibility of recasting their lead. Negotiations arose to replace Maguire with Jake Gyllenhaal, who at the time was dating Kirsten Dunst, who portrayed Mary Jane Watson. However, Maguire recovered and was able to reprise his role, with a salary of $17 million. Maguire and Gyllenhaal would later play brothers in the 2009 film Brothers. Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane `` M.J. '' Watson A friend Peter Parker has loved since he was a child, yet he gave up the chance of being with her out of concern for her safety. James Franco as Harry Osborn Oscorp 's leader, Norman Osborn 's son and Peter 's best friend who resents Spider - Man for his father 's death. Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus A scientist and Peter 's role model who goes insane after his failure to create a self - sustaining fusion reaction. Octavius is bonded with his handling equipment, four artificially intelligent mechanical tentacles. Molina was cast as Octavius in February 2003 and immediately began physical training for the role. Raimi had been impressed by his performance in Frida and also felt he had the physicality. Molina only briefly discussed the role and was not aware that he was a strong contender, and was excited, being a big fan of Marvel Comics. Although he was not familiar with Doc Ock, Molina found one element of the comics that he wanted to maintain, and that was the character 's cruel, sardonic sense of humor. Rosemary Harris as May Parker Ben Parker 's widow and Peter 's aunt. J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson The miserly manager and editor - in - chief of the Daily Bugle who carries a personal vendetta against Spider - Man, whom he considers a criminal and does not want to accept him as the city 's hero. Donna Murphy as Rosalie Octavius Otto Octavius 's wife and assistant who died following the failed attempt to introduce her husband 's experiment. Daniel Gillies as John Jameson J. Jonah Jameson 's son, Mary Jane 's fiancé, astronaut and a national hero. Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors One of Peter 's college physics professors. He is a colleague of Octavius. Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin Harry Osborn 's deceased father who appears as a hallucination. Dafoe came up with the idea during promotion for Spider - Man, which he compared to King Hamlet haunting his son to avenge him. Elya Baskin as Mr. Ditkovitch Peter 's landlord. Mageina Tovah as Ursula Ditkovitch Mr. Ditkovitch 's daughter. As with the previous film, Bruce Campbell has a cameo appearance, this time as an usher in the doors of MJ 's show. Years later, Jeffrey Henderson who worked on the storyboards for the cancelled Spider - Man 4 movie, released information regarding which villains would appear within the movie. One of those included Bruce Campbell 's character 's progression into Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Spider - Man co-creator Stan Lee portrays a man on the street who saves a woman from falling debris during a battle between Spider - Man and Doctor Octopus, identified as `` Stanley Lieber '' in the film 's novelization ; Scott Spiegel portrays a man who attempts to eat some pizza Spider - Man is delivering, only to have it webbed from his hands. Joel McHale portrays a bank teller. Hal Sparks portrays an elevator passenger who has a conversation with Spider - Man. Donnell Rawlings portrays the New Yorker who exclaims that Spider - Man `` stole that guy 's pizzas '' and Emily Deschanel portrays a receptionist. Elizabeth Banks portrays once again Betty Brant, one of the Bugle staff and J. Jonah Jameson 's secretary, as well as Bill Nunn reprising his role as Robbie Robertson and Ted Raimi reprising his role as Hoffman. Daniel Dae Kim plays an assistant of Doctor Octavius working in his laboratory. Aasif Mandvi portrays Mr. Aziz, the owner of a local pizza store. Joey Diaz portrays a similar passenger. Vanessa Ferlito portrays one of Mary Jane 's co-stars. Joy Bryant appears as a spectator that witnesses Spider - Man in action. John Landis plays one of the doctors who operates on Doctor Octopus. Phil LaMarr portrays a train passenger who is most easily seen to the left of Spider - Man ( the viewer 's right ) while the hero uses webbing to slow the train down. Greg Edelman portrays Dr. Davis, the doctor at the University, that Peter Parker sees to talk about the loss of his superpowers. One of the men present at the public demonstration of Otto Octavius ' fusion power project is identified as Dr. Henry Pym in the film 's novelization. Production Development Peter Parker gives up being Spider - Man. Panel of `` Spider - Man No More ! '' which Raimi replicated for the film. Art by John Romita Sr. Immediately after finishing Spider - Man, director Sam Raimi with help from James Keltie segued into directing a sequel. In April 2002, Sony hired Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to write a script with Doctor Octopus, the Lizard and Black Cat as the villains. On May 8, 2002, following Spider - Man 's record breaking $115 million opening weekend, Sony Pictures announced a sequel for 2004. Entitled The Amazing Spider - Man, after the character 's main comic book title, the film was given a budget of $200 million and aimed for a release date of May 7, 2004. The following month, David Koepp was added to co-write with Gough and Millar. In September 2002, Michael Chabon was hired to rewrite. His draft had a younger Doc Ock, who becomes infatuated with Mary Jane. His mechanical limbs use endorphins to counteract the pain of being attached to his body, which he enjoys. When he injures two muggers on a date, this horrifies Mary Jane and in the resulting battle with Spider - Man his tentacles are fused together, and the fusion begins to kill him. In the script, Octavius is the creator of the genetically - altered spider from the first film, and gives Peter an antidote to remove his powers : this means when Octavius is dying with his tentacles, he wants to extract Spider - Man 's spine to save himself. This leads to the alliance with Harry in the final film. Beforehand, Harry and the Daily Bugle put a $10 million price on Spider - Man 's head, causing the city 's citizens to turn against him. Producer Avi Arad rejected the love triangle angle on Ock, and found Harry putting a price on Spider - Man 's head unsubtle. Raimi sifted through the previous drafts by Gough, Millar, Koepp and Chabon, picking what he liked with screenwriter Alvin Sargent. He felt that thematically the film had to explore Peter 's conflict with his personal wants against his responsibility, exploring the positive and negatives of his chosen path, and how he ultimately decides that he can be happy as a heroic figure. Raimi stated the story was partly influenced by Superman II, which also explored the titular hero giving up his responsibilities. The story is mainly taken from The Amazing Spider - Man No. 50, `` Spider - Man No More ! '' It was decided that Doctor Octopus would be kept as the villain, as he was both a visually interesting villain who was a physical match for Spider - Man, and a sympathetic figure with humanity, accompanied by the fact that the character had been repeatedly considered as a villain for the first film over the course of its 15 - year development. Raimi changed much of the character 's backstory, however, adding the idea of Otto Octavius being a hero of Peter, and how their conflict was about trying to rescue him from his demons rather than kill him. Filming The Spydercam Spider - Man 2 was shot on over one hundred sets and locations, beginning with a pre-shoot on the Loop in Chicago during two days in November 2002. The crew bought a carriage, placing sixteen cameras for background shots of Spider - Man and Doc Ock 's train fight. Principal photography began on April 12, 2003 in New York City. The crew moved on May 13 to Los Angeles, shooting on ten major sets created by production designer Neil Spisak. After the scare surrounding his back pains, Tobey Maguire relished performing many of his stunts, even creating a joke of it with Raimi, creating the line `` My back, my back '' as Spider - Man tries to regain his powers. Even Rosemary Harris took a turn, putting her stunt double out of work. In contrast, Alfred Molina joked that the stunt team would `` trick '' him into performing a stunt time and again. Filming was put on hiatus for eight weeks, in order to build Doc Ock 's pier lair. It had been Spisak 's idea to use a collapsed pier as Ock 's lair, reflecting an exploded version of the previous lab and representing how Octavius ' life had collapsed and grown more monstrous, evoking the cinema of Fritz Lang and the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Filming then resumed on that set, having taken fifteen weeks to build, occupying Sony 's Stage 30. It was 60 feet ( 18 m ) by 120 feet ( 37 m ) long, and 40 feet ( 12 m ) high, and a quarter - scale miniature was also built for the finale as it collapses. Filming was still going after Christmas 2003. A camera system called the Spydercam was used to allow filmmakers to express more of Spider - Man 's world view, at times dropping fifty stories and with shot lengths of just over 2,400 feet ( 730 m ) in New York or 3,200 feet ( 980 m ) in Los Angeles. For some shots the camera would shoot at six frames per second for a faster playback increasing the sense of speed. Shots using the Spydercam were pre-planned in digital versions of cities, and the camera 's movement was controlled with motion control, making it highly cost - effective. The camera system was only used in the previous film for the final shot. Effects Although roughly the same, costume designer James Acheson made numerous subtle changes to Spider - Man 's costume. The colors were made richer and bolder, the spider emblem was given more elegant lines and enlarged, the eye - lenses were somewhat smaller, and the muscle suit underneath was made into pieces, to give a better sense of movement. The helmet Maguire wore under his mask was also improved, with better movement for the false jaw and magnetic eye pieces, which were easier to remove. To create Doctor Octopus ' mechanical tentacles, Edge FX was hired to create a corset, a metal and rubber girdle, a rubber spine and four foam rubber tentacles which were 8 feet ( 2.4 m ) long, which altogether weighed 100 pounds ( 45 kg ). The claws of each tentacle, which were dubbed `` death flowers '', were controlled by a single puppeteer in a chair. Each tentacle was controlled by four people, who rehearsed every scene with Molina to give a natural sense of movement as if the tentacles were moving due to Octavius ' muscle movement. On - set, Molina christened his co-stars `` Larry '', `` Harry '', `` Moe '' and `` Flo '', with `` Flo '' being the top - right tentacle. Edge FX was only hired to do scenes where Octavius carries his tentacles. CGI was used for when the tentacles carry Octavius : a 20 ft ( 6.1 m ) high rig held Molina to glide through his surroundings, with CG tentacles added later. The CG versions were scanned straight from the practical ones. However, using the practical versions was always preferred to save money, and each scene was always filmed first with Edge FX 's creations to see if CGI was truly necessary. Completing the illusion, the sound designers chose not to use servo sound effects, feeling it would rob the tentacles of the sense that they were part of Octavius ' body, and instead used motorcycle chains and piano wires. Release Home Media The film was initially released on VHS and DVD on November 30, 2004. The DVD was available in both anamorphic widescreen and Pan-and - scan `` fullscreen '', as well as a Superbit edition and in a box - set with the first film. There was also a collector 's DVD gift set including a reprint of The Amazing Spider - Man # 50. The film was released on Blu - ray in October 2007 as a part of the Spider - Man : The High Definition Trilogy box set. It was also released separately on Blu - ray in November 2010 as well as the previous film as part of Sony 's Blu - ray Essentials Collection including both the theatrical release and the 2.1 extended cut. All three films were rereleased on Blu - ray as part of the Spider - Man : Origins set on June 13, 2017. Spider - Man 2.1 ( 2007 ) Spider - Man 2.1 DVD Cover An extended cut of the film, entitled Spider - Man 2.1, was released as on DVD and Blu - ray on April 17, 2007 and on October 30, 2007. The cut included eight minutes of new footage, with new special features not included in the original release, as well as a sneak preview of the then - upcoming Spider - Man 3. The cut featured 3 new, 1 alternate, and 11 extended scenes, and a featurette : `` Inside Spider - Man 2.1 '', detailing the making of the cut. Reception Box Office Spider - Man 2 opened in the United States on June 30, 2004 and grossed $40.4 million in its first day ; this broke the first film 's opening day record of $39.4 million until it was surpassed a year later by Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith ( $50.0 million ). The film also broke The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King 's record ( $34.5 million ) for the highest - grossing Wednesday of all time. It held the Wednesday record for three years until it was topped by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ( $44.2 million ). Its Friday - to - Sunday gross reached a total of $88.2 million, which was the highest Independence Day weekend, breaking Men in Black II 's record ( $52.1 million ), until it was broken seven years later by Transformers : Dark of the Moon ( $97.9 million ). In its first six days, the film had grossed over $180 million. The film also eventually went on to gross $373.5 million, becoming 2004 's second - highest - grossing film, behind Shrek 2. Worldwide, the film grossed $783.7 million, ranking as 2004 's third highest - grossing film behind Shrek 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Spider - Man 2 is the 28th highest - grossing film in the U.S. and Canada and sold an estimated 60,158,700 tickets in the US. Critical reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Spider - Man 2 has an approval rating of 94 % based on 261 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Boasting an entertaining villain and deeper emotional focus, this is a nimble sequel that improves upon the original ''. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, calculated an average score of 83 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating `` universal acclaim ''. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` A -- '' on an A+ to F scale. The film was placed at No. 411 on Empire magazine 's top 500 movies list. Chicago Tribune 's Mark Caro stated that Alfred Molina was a `` pleasingly complex '' villain, and the film as a whole `` improves upon its predecessor in almost every way. '' Kenneth Turan, of the Los Angeles Times, gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, and concurred with Caro when he stated, `` Doc Ock grabs this film with his quartet of sinisterly serpentine mechanical arms and refuses to let go. '' Roger Ebert, who had given the first film two and a half stars, gave Spider - Man 2 a perfect four out of four stars, calling it `` The best superhero movie since the modern genre was launched with Superman ( 1978 ) '', and praising the film for `` effortlessly ( combining ) special effects and a human story, keeping its parallel plots alive and moving. '' He later called it the fourth best film of 2004. '' IGN 's Richard George felt `` Sam Raimi and his writing team delivered an iconic, compelling version of Spider - Man 's classic foe... We almost wish there was a way to retroactively add some of these elements to the original character. '' In 2016, James Charisma of Playboy ranked the film # 9 on a list of 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals. Conversely, J. Hoberman, of The Village Voice, thought the first half of the film was `` talky bordering on tiresome '', with the film often stopping to showcase Raimi 's idea of humor. Charles Taylor believed, `` The script 's miscalculation of Peter 's decision feeds into the pedestrian quality of Raimi 's direction and into Maguire 's weightlessness... ( Maguire ) simply does not suggest a heroic presence '', and suggested that `` Dunst appears to be chafing against strictures she can not articulate. '' Awards and Nominations Main article : List of accolades received by the Spider - Man film series Spider - Man 2 won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for Best Sound Mixing ( Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger ) and Best Sound Editing, but lost to Ray and The Incredibles, respectively. The film won Saturn Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Fantasy Film, Best Special Effects, and Best Writer, while being nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Music. It was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards for Special Visual Effects and Sound, but lost to The Day After Tomorrow and Ray, respectively. The AFI listed the film as one of the 2004 's ten best films, and nominated it for positions on the lists of the top 10 fantasy films, the 100 most inspiring American films, and the 100 greatest American films. Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Outcome Academy Awards February 27, 2005 Best Sound Editing Paul N.J. Ottosson Nominated Best Sound Mixing Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger Nominated Best Visual Effects John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier Won American Film Institute Awards 2005 Movie of the Year Spider - Man 2 Won BMI Film and TV Awards May 18, 2005 BMI Film Music Award Danny Elfman Won British Academy Film Awards February 12, 2005 Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Sound Paul N.J. Ottosson, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush Nominated Orange Film of the Year Spider - Man 2 Nominated Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2005 Best Family Film Spider - Man 2 Nominated Best Popular Movie Spider - Man 2 Won Cinema Audio Society Awards February 19, 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Joseph Geisinger, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush Nominated Empire Awards March 13, 2005 Best Actor Tobey Maguire Nominated Best Director Sam Raimi Won Golden Trailer Awards May 25, 2004 Summer 2004 Blockbuster Spider - Man 2 Nominated Hugo Awards August 7, 2005 Best Dramatic Presentation -- Long Form Spider - Man 2 Nominated London Critics Circle Film Awards February 9, 2005 British Supporting Actor of the Year Alfred Molina Nominated MTV Movie Awards June 4, 2005 Best Action Sequence Spider - Man 2 Nominated Best Movie Spider - Man 2 Nominated Best Villain Alfred Molina Nominated People 's Choice Awards January 9, 2005 Favorite Motion Picture Spider - Man 2 Nominated Favorite On - Screen Chemistry Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire Nominated Favorite Sequel Spider - Man 2 Nominated Favorite Villain Movie Star Alfred Molina Nominated Satellite Awards December 17, 2005 Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama Alfred Molina Nominated Best Cinematography Bill Pope and Anette Haellmigk Nominated Best DVD Extra Spider - Man 2 Nominated Best Film Editing Bob Murawski Nominated Best Original Score Danny Elfman Nominated Best Overall DVD Spider - Man 2 Won Best Sound ( Editing & Mixing ) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Joseph Geisinger, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Susan Dudeck Nominated Best Visual Effects John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier Nominated Saturn Awards May 3, 2005 Best Fantasy Film Spider - Man 2 Won Best Actor Tobey Maguire Won Best Supporting Actor Alfred Molina Nominated Best Director Sam Raimi Won Best Writer Alvin Sargent Won Best Music Danny Elfman Nominated Best Special Effects John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier Won Best DVD Special Edition Release Spider - Man 2 Nominated Visual Effects Society Award February 16, 2005 Best Single Visual Effect of the Year John Dykstra, Lydia Bottegoni, Dan Abrams and John Monos Nominated Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture Colin Drobnis, Greg Derochie, Blaine Kennison and Ken Lam Won Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Act on Motion Picture Dan Abrams, David Emery, Andrew Nawrot and John Hart Won Outstanding Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Visual Effects Film Alfred Molina Won Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture John Frazier, James D. Schwalm, James Nagle and David Amborn Nominated Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture John Dykstra, Lydia Bottegoni, Anthony LaMolinara and Scott Stokdyk Nominated World Stunt Awards September 25, 2005 Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Man Chris Daniels and Michael Hugghins Won Best Specialty Stunt Tim Storms, Garrett Warren, Susie Park, Patricia M. Peters, Norb Phillips, Lisa Hoyle, Kevin L. Jackson and Clay Donahue Fontenot Nominated Best Work with a Vehicle Tad Griffith, Richard Burden, Scott Rogers, Darrin Prescott and Mark Norby Nominated Legacy Despite the many comic book super-hero movies which have followed after it, Spider - Man 2 still regularly tops rankings as one of the best - loved of the genre. In 2012, Ask Men wrote, `` This is the high - water mark for Spider - Man movies, and good luck to anyone who wants to top it. 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Question: when did the second spider man movie come out
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