1 ▁million ), ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁broken ▁seven ▁years ▁later ▁by ▁Trans form ers : ▁Dark ▁of ▁the ▁Moon ▁($ 9 7 . 9 ▁million ). ▁In ▁its ▁first ▁six ▁days , ▁the ▁film ▁had ▁gross ed ▁over ▁$ 1 8 0   mill ion . ▁The ▁film ▁also ▁eventually ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁gross ▁$ 3 7 3 . 5   mill ion , ▁becoming ▁ 2 0 0 4 ' s ▁second - high est - g ross ing ▁film , ▁behind ▁Sh rek ▁ 2 . ▁Spider - Man ▁ 2 ▁is ▁the ▁ 2 8 th ▁highest - g ross ing ▁film ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Canada ▁and ▁sold ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 6 0 , 1 5 8 , 7 0 0 ▁tick ets ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁On ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁Spider - Man ▁ 2 ▁has ▁an ▁appro val ▁rating ▁of ▁ 9 3 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 7 1 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 8 . 3 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" Bo ast ing ▁an ▁entertain ing ▁villa in ▁and ▁deeper ▁emot ional ▁focus , ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁nim ble ▁sequ el ▁that ▁impro ves ▁upon ▁the ▁original ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁normal ized ▁rating ▁to ▁reviews , ▁calculated ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 3 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁