When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. We’re counting down from No. 20 and will present the data en masse Monday. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 THE FILM : Another big-budget effort that was designed to gross a billion dollars, and didn’t. The 3D film sure opened huge — a $91.6 million opening weekend when it bowed May 2 — and yet Sony is again overhauling the Spidey franchise, for the third time. How did the movie really do? THE BOX SCORE : Here are the costs and revenues as our experts see them: THE BOTTOM LINE : Some say that this has to be … [Read more...] about No. 18 ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ – 2014 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament