Avi Arad
As CEO and president of Marvel Studios, Avi Arad, a self-professed comic book fanatic, was largely responsible for the groundswell of interest in superheroes on both television and in film. Starting off as a toy designer, his successful track record - a line of X-Men action figures were massive bestsellers - allowed Arad to branch out into television animation, producing cartoon series such as "Spider-Man" (Fox, 1994-98). He put himself on the map as executive producer on successful feature film adaptations of "Blade" (1998), "X-Men" (2000), "Spider-Man" (2002) and "The Hulk" (2003). Aside from his filmmaking duties, the multi-talented Arad also oversaw the merchandising lines from these movies, in addition to those from the epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. While some efforts like "Elektra" (2005) proved less satisfactory, hits on the order of "Iron Man" (2008), bore out Arad's assertion that, if done right, comic book heroes provided nearly limitless franchise - and merchandizing - opportunities. It was Arad's passion and vision that not only placed him at the table of Hollywood's elite filmmakers, but also helped transform a company once perilously close to bankruptcy into an entertainment juggernaut at the forefront of pop culture evolution.
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Avi Arad
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Producer | - | 2025 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kraven the Hunter | Producer | - | 2024 |
39% |
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Venom: The Last Dance | Producer | $51.0M | 2024 |
10% |
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Borderlands | Producer | $15.5M | 2024 |
95% |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Producer | $381.2M | 2023 |
15% |
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Morbius | Producer | $73.6M | 2022 |
41% |
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Uncharted | Producer | $147.7M | 2022 |
93% |
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Spider-Man: No Way Home | Executive Producer | $814.1M | 2021 |
58% |
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Producer | $213.5M | 2021 |
91% |
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Spider-Man: Far From Home | Executive Producer | $390.9M | 2019 |
97% |
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Producer | $190.2M | 2018 |
30% |
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Venom | Producer | $213.5M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan and Jane: Genesis | Producer | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan and Jane: Tale of Two Jungles | Producer | - | 2017 |
92% |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming | Executive Producer | $334.4M | 2017 |
43% |
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Ghost in the Shell | Producer | $40.5M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Air Bound | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gamba | Executive Producer | - | 2015 |
50% |
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Producer | $202.8M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Robosapien: Rebooted | Producer | - | 2013 |
71% |
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The Amazing Spider-Man | Producer | $262.0M | 2012 |
18% |
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Producer | $51.8M | 2011 |
29% |
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Punisher: War Zone | Executive Producer | $7.9M | 2008 |
68% |
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The Incredible Hulk | Producer | $134.5M | 2008 |
94% |
|
Iron Man |
Producer, Executive Producer |
$318.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Doctor Strange | Producer | - | 2007 |
10% |
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Bratz | Producer | $10.0M | 2007 |
37% |
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Producer | $131.9M | 2007 |
63% |
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Spider-Man 3 | Producer | $336.5M | 2007 |
28% |
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Ghost Rider | Producer | $115.8M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie | Executive Producer | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther | Executive Producer | - | 2006 |
56% |
|
X-Men: The Last Stand |
Producer, Executive Producer |
$234.4M | 2006 |
27% |
|
Fantastic Four | Producer | $154.7M | 2005 |
14% |
|
Man-Thing | Producer | - | 2005 |
11% |
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Elektra | Producer | $24.4M | 2005 |
24% |
|
Blade: Trinity |
Producer, Executive Producer |
$52.4M | 2004 |
93% |
|
Spider-Man 2 | Producer | $373.4M | 2004 |
29% |
|
The Punisher |
Producer, Co-Producer |
$33.7M | 2004 |
63% |
|
Hulk | Producer | $132.1M | 2003 |
85% |
|
X2 | Executive Producer | $214.9M | 2003 |
43% |
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Daredevil | Producer | $102.5M | 2003 |
90% |
|
Spider-Man | Executive Producer | $403.7M | 2002 |
57% |
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Blade II | Executive Producer | $81.6M | 2002 |
82% |
|
X-Men | Executive Producer | $157.3M | 2000 |
58% |
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Blade | Executive Producer | $70.0M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 31% | Tarzan and Jane | Executive Producer | 2017-2018 2024 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Spider-Man | Executive Producer | 1994-1998 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures | Executive Producer | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Mutant X |
Creator, Executive Producer |
2001-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Incredible Hulk | Executive Producer | 1996-1997 |