<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $200--230 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $757.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Amazing Spider - Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider - Man, and sharing the title of the character's longest - running comic book . It is the fourth theatrical Spider - Man film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, and a reboot of Sam Raimi's Spider - Man 2002 - 2007 trilogy preceding it . The film was directed by Marc Webb . It was written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves and it stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider - Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curtis Connors, Denis Leary as NYPD Captain George Stacy, along with Martin Sheen and Sally Field as the uncle and aunt of Peter Parker, Ben Parker and May Parker . The film tells the story of Peter Parker, a teenager from New York who becomes Spider - Man after being bitten by a genetically altered spider . Parker must stop Dr. Curt Connors as a mutated lizard, from spreading a mutation serum to the city's human population . </P> <P> Development of the film began with the cancellation of Spider - Man 4 in 2010, ending director Sam Raimi's Spider - Man film series that had starred Tobey Maguire as the titular superhero . Columbia Pictures opted to reboot the franchise with the same production team along with James Vanderbilt to stay on with writing the next Spider - Man film while Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves helped with the script as well . During pre-production, the main characters were cast in 2010 . New designs were introduced from the comics, such as artificial web - shooters . Using Red Digital Cinema Camera Company's RED Epic camera, principal photography started in December 2010 in Los Angeles before moving to New York City . The film entered post-production in April 2011 . 3ality Technica provided 3D image processing, and Sony Pictures Imageworks handled CGI . This was also the final American film to be scored by James Horner and released during his lifetime, before his death in 2015 from an aircraft accident . </P>

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