The film was released on April 24th, 2011 in Japan and May 6th, 2011 worldwide, and received mixed to positive reviews. Reviewers called the film a "breath of fresh air from the awful experience that was Spider-Man 3" and "the best Spidey film since the second one". The film's worldwide gross intake totaled about $801,384,865, over $1,000,000 dollars ahead of Spider-Man 3's intake from 2007. The success of the film inspired Columbia Pictures to start a new Spider-Man trilogy, beginning with the fourth one, with the announcement of Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6, set to be released in 2014 and 2016, respectively.