Tobey Maguire rumored to be returning in Spider-Man 4 — made bulk of his fortune from the franchise

A whirlwind of excitement and speculation surrounded the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2024. With Deadpool & Wolverine becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, and Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom, fans have been busy celebrating and speculating about other possibilities. One of the most viral rumors is the one suggesting a return of the original Spider-Man of Tobey Maguire making a return to the MCU. 

Amidst all the buzz surrounding the 2027 film, "Avengers: Secret Wars", rumors suggest that Maguire’s Spider-Man, along with four others played by iconic actors, may appear in the film. 

Maguire previously surprised fans after Marvel and Sony brought his character back in "Spider-Man: No Way Home". But Raimi shared some bad news earlier this year.  “Well, I haven’t heard about that yet. I did read that, but I’m not actually working on it yet," Raimi said in an interview with CBR during WonderCon.

Despite the former Spider-Man director quashing the rumors, fans have kept the conversation and the hopes alive.

Maguire rose to fame as Marvel superhero “Spider-Man” in three blockbuster films starting in 2002. His acting career began in 1989 at the age of 14. With the success of "Spider-Man," Maguire became one of the highest-paid actors in the world in the 2000s.

Actor Tobey Maguire has an estimated net worth of $75 million as of May 2024, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Recently Maguire was spotted grooving at Beyonce’s “Renaissance concert” along with his best mate Leonardo DiCaprio. The two are seen dressed casually sporting black caps.

Maguire’s biggest paydays have come from playing Spider-Man. For the first Spider-Man film, which was released in 2002, the actor was paid $4 million. However, after the film’s massive success, Maguire negotiated his salaries for the following sequels. For “Spider-Man 2”, he received a salary of $17.5 million, plus five percent of the film's box office gross collections. Then for the final "Spider-Man 3" film, he pocketed a salary of $15 million and a larger piece of the backend, at 7.5 percent. The other major paycheck that Maguire received was $12.5 million for the film “Seabiscuit", as per Celebrity Net Worth.

For his surprise appearance in the film "Spider-Man: No Way Home", Maguire was reportedly paid $1 million. 

Maguire established his production company “Material Pictures” in 2012 with partner Matthew Plouffe. The company produced several films, including “Brittany Runs a Marathon” which was bought for $14 million by Amazon, as per Hollywood Reporter.

Material Pictures has also co-produced films like “Good People (2012)”, “Pawn Sacrifice (2014)”, and “Babylon (2022)”.