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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It made it so that Super hero movies were not longer just for nerds and children. It made them mainstream. While there were always super hero movies they were never something you had to see to understand peoples cultural vocabulary.
Was it a great movie from an artistic perspective, probably not, but it was certainly cultural touchstone that elevated the public perception of a genre that moved on to dominate the box office for nearly a decade.
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I would attribute that more to Spider-Man (2002).
It may not seem like a big deal now, but it was the first movie ever to break a $100M opening weekend.