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Trivia: This film nearly had a completely different story. Marvel originally wanted Kraven to be the main antagonist, but Sony refused, as they wanted to establish Kraven in his own upcoming solo film before allowing him to appear in an MCU film.

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Trivia: This is just the second film to feature the character of Matt Murdock aka Daredevil, and both films happen to feature Jon Favreau in a supporting role. According to Charlie Cox, this film had a deleted scene in which Happy Hogan is giving a deposition and states his memory is a little foggy, a reference to Murdock's law partner, Foggy Nelson, whom Favreau played in 2003's Daredevil.

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Trivia: An extended version of the film was released to theaters in September 2022. It features 11 additional minutes of footage, including a new post-credits scene that shows Doctor Strange's spell erased Peter Parker from videos with his classmates.

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Trivia: Jamie Foxx apparently didn't know that Tobey Maguire's and Andrew Garfield's returns were meant to be a secret, and he nearly spoiled it by taking a picture of the two together with Tom Holland and posting it on Instagram before a crewmember stopped him.

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Trivia: This film ended up being banned in China due to Sony's refusal to remove or obscure the Statue of Liberty from the final battle.

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Trivia: Jon Watts is the first director in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to complete a trilogy of films.

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Trivia: Following the release of the film, Guinness World Records recognized Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe as having the longest careers portraying live-action Marvel characters, clocking in at 19 years and 225 days, surpassing the 16 years and 232 days record previously held by Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart for their respective roles of Wolverine and Charles Xavier from the X-Men franchise. This record was later reclaimed by Patrick Stewart, and then surpassed by Wesley Snipes.

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Trivia: The tattered purple hoodie that Green Goblin wears over his flight suit makes him more closely resemble his comic book counterpart.

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Trivia: Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield snuck into a theater together to watch the film.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Prior to the final battle, the Tobey Maguire version of Spider-Man complains about his sore back. Maguire nearly had to drop out of Spider-Man 2 because of back injuries.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Although it was the film's worst kept secret, whenever asked, Andrew Garfield would deny, sometimes vehemently, that he would be appearing in it.

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Trivia: During one of his shows, J. Jonah Jameson advertises his own brand of health supplements. This is likely a reference to far-right discredited conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who likewise would advertise his own health supplements on his show.

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Trivia: Peter disrupts Strange's spell 5 times, resulting in the same number of multiversal villains appearing in this universe. Strange initially erroneously states that Peter disrupted the spell 6 times. This is likely a reference to the supervillain team that Spider-Man frequently faces in the comics: the Sinister Six.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Near the end of the film when the fabric of reality has been torn open and Spider-Man villains from other universes are preparing to enter, one of the silhouettes shown is of the Rhino in a more comic book accurate outfit than the mechsuit he donned in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. A silhouette of Scorpion is also visible just before Rhino.

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Trivia: Electro is surprised to learn that Spider-Man isn't black because he is from Queens and helps other people. He then ponders that there may be a black Spider-Man in another universe, a reference to Miles Morales.

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Trivia: The title of Flash Thompson's book is "Flashpoint." This is likely a reference to the DC Comics crossover event of the same name, which similarly deals with familiar characters from alternate universes.

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Trivia: This was the first post-pandemic film to both earn more than $100 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend and at least $1 billion globally. Even with an ongoing pandemic, it managed to have the second highest domestic opening of all time at $260 million. It was also only the third movie to earn at least $800 million at the domestic box office.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Prior to the film's release, unconfirmed reports stated Charlie Cox would appear in the film as Matt Murdock, reprising his role from the Netflix series Daredevil. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige practically spilled the beans days before the release, stating that if the day ever came that Marvel would use the Daredevil character in their films, Cox would be playing him. The episode of Hawkeye that premiered the day before this film's release all but confirmed this, as Vincent D'Onofrio was revealed to be reprising his role as Kingpin from the aforementioned Daredevil series.

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Trivia: At one point in the film, Ned makes a promise to Peter that he will never turn into a supervillain and try to kill him. This is a reference to Ned Leeds in the comics being one of the men to take up the mantle of Hobgoblin.

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Trivia: This is the first live-action Spider-Man film to not be released during the summer movie season.

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