Spider told by the Roman poet Ovid in his "Metamorphoses", Arachne was a Lydian girl who challenged the goddess Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena destroyed her tapestry out of jealousy, causing Arachne to hang herself. In an act of mercy, Athena brought Arachne back to life as the first spider. Stories about the trickster-spider Anansi are prominent in the folk traditions of the Asante people of Ghana. In some cultures, spiders have symbolized patience due to their hunting technique of setting webs and waiting for prey, as well as mischief and malice due to their venomous bites.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse "The Equalizer 2". The film was then later moved up a week. The film held its premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2018, and featured a tribute to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. , "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" has grossed $42.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $20.5 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $62.9 million, against a production budget of $90 million. In the United States and Canada, "Into the Spider-Verse" was released alongside "Mortal Engines" and "The Mule", and was projected to gross $30–35 million from