Trivia: Peter Parker says 'tally ho' before swinging on his web for the first time. In the director's cut of Army of Darkness, also directed by Sam Raimi, near the end, Ash says the same thing before swinging on a rope to knock Evil Ash off the castle top. (00:26:25)
Trivia: Subliminal product placement? During the Thanksgiving dinner scene, as Peter clings to his bedroom ceiling, a drop of blood gathers on his arm. The sound of the blood falling and hitting the floor sounded a lot like the famous ketchup splat from the Carl's Jr. TV ads. No guesses as to which fast food chain features Spider-Man toys with its children's meals. (01:23:00)
Trivia: There are many "green" references in the movie, foreshadowing the Green Goblin. In the beginning, Aunt May says, "Will you pass me that green plate," to Uncle Ben. Uncle Ben paints the kitchen green, and most of the decorations at the graduation are green.
Trivia: Hugh Jackman was going to have a cameo as Wolverine, but it was scrapped because they couldn't find the costume from X-Men. "We really tried to get me to come on and do something, whether it was a gag or just to walk through the shot or something. The problem was, we couldn't find the suit. And so when they were in New York when I was there, we couldn't get it together."
Trivia: In addition to his brother Ted playing the supporting role of Hoffman, director Sam Raimi's other brother Ivan and his family appeared as extras in the background at the beginning of the film, though they aren't visible as they are out of focus in the distance. Ivan is a screenwriter who often works with Sam, and in addition to a co-writing credit "Spider-Man 3", also did uncredited re-writes on both this film and "Spider-Man 2."
Trivia: Director Sam Raimi was an enormous "Spider-Man" comic-book fan growing up. Such a huge fan, his parents even hired a local artist to paint him a Spider-Man mural on his bedroom wall as a childhood birthday present. Producer Avi Arad stated that, in addition to Raimi's fun, quirky directorial style, part of the reason he was hired was due to his lifelong love of the character.
Trivia: The scene in the burning building with Green Goblin and Spider-Man plays out very similar to the scene in "Back to the Future 2" with Griff and Marty Jr. They both ask "are you in, or are you out?" and then reply "wrong answer." Goblin is also standing with his bomb behind his back, the way Griff stands with his bat behind his back.
Trivia: Screenwriter David Koepp originally intended for the film to feature Gwen Stacey, whom he planned on killing off in the second film. However, as the script progressed, it was decided that Stacey would be left out in favor of Mary Jane Watson, whom is Peter Parker's main love interest in the comics.
Trivia: Up until the release of "Spider-Man: No Way Home," this was the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise domestically. It managed to hold the record for nearly a full 20 years.
Trivia: When Marvel was going through bankruptcy in the late 90's, they gave Sony the opportunity to purchase the film rights to their entire catalogue of available characters for $25 million. Sony declined, thinking no-one cared about Marvel's other characters, and settled on just purchasing the rights to Spider-Man and his supporting characters for $10 million.
Trivia: During the fight sequence between the Green Goblin and Spider-Man towards the end of the film, Willem Dafoe accidentally hit Tobey Maguire on the chin with one blow.
Trivia: Before being cast in the title role, Tobey Maguire had never read a "Spider-Man" comic.
