Entertainment | Spider-Man How Spider-Man Spent $75M $9 million on sets, costumes alone By Matt Cantor Posted Jun 23, 2011 2:17 PM CDT Copied Patrick Page, right, Jennifer Damiano and Reeve Carney appear onstage at the curtain call for the opening night performance of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) Amid injuries, delays, and firings, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has managed to eat through $75 million, New York state financial statements reveal. To put that in perspective: The play The Book of Mormon cost $9 million, reports the New York Times. Here’s where some of the money—and time—has gone: $4 million to rent the theater for two years before opening (most shows need it just months in advance) $9 million on sets, costumes, and, er, shoes $8 million borrowed to renovate the theater $6 million to stagehands $1.2 million a week in operating costs $1 million to lawyers Nine years in development “The bad news is that it was very expensive,” says a top producer. But “the good news is that we will not quit and we will make this a success and that’s that.” Click through for a detailed Spider-Man cost report. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Supreme Court ruling is a big blow to Planned Parenthood. Report an error