Highest grossing movie reboot

Of the increasing number of movies that have been “rebooted” – that is, had their continuity discarded and started anew – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) proved to be the most successful, grossing $757,890,267 (£471,460,000), according to The-Numbers.com, as of 14 October 2012. This figure puts The Amazing Spider-Man ahead of major movie reboots such as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) on $703,545,589, Man of Steel (2013) on $667,999,518 and Godzilla (2014) on $508,172,193.