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'Spider-Man 3' swings to new heights
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May 7, 2007
Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, "Spider-Man 3," smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates yesterday.
That put it ahead of the previous record debut of $135.6 million set last summer by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," the Associated Press reports. With $59.3 million on opening day Friday, Sony's "Spider-Man 3" broke the single-day box-office record, also held by "Dead Man's Chest" with $55.8 million in its first day.
Since it began rolling out overseas on Tuesday, "Spider-Man 3" has taken in $227 million in foreign markets, bringing the film's worldwide total to $375 million. In just days, the movie has grossed $117 million more than its whopping $258 million production budget.
In just two days, it also nearly matched the $114.8 million opening weekend of 2002's "Spider-Man," which had held the debut record until "Dead Man's Chest" opened.
"Spider-Man 3" reunites director Sam Raimi, who also made the previous two installments, and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
The overall box office soared from "Spider-Man 3," with the top-12 movies taking in $176.6 million, up 77 percent from the same weekend a year ago, when "Mission: Impossible III" opened with $47.7 million.
Also among the records smashed by "Spider-Man 3" was a $4.8 million domestic gross at huge-screen IMAX theaters, topping the previous best of $3.6 million set by "300" in March.
Playing in a record 4,252 locations domestically, "Spider-Man 3" averaged a whopping $34,807 a theater.
Domestically, "Spider-Man 3" could enter its second weekend with $200 million already banked. The film has the market largely to itself for the next week and a half, with no major competition arriving until DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek the Third" May 18.
The gap between "Spider-Man 3" and the No. 2 movie - DreamWorks and Paramount's "Disturbia" at $5.7 million - was larger than any other movie's debut. "Disturbia," which had been No. 1 for three-straight weekends, raised its total to $59.9 million.
The weekend's only other new wide release, the romantic drama "Lucky You" from Warner Bros., bombed with $2.5 million to come in at No. 6.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through yesterday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers Llc:
1. Spider-Man 3, $148 million
2. Disturbia, $5.7 million
3. Fracture, $3.4 million
4. The Invisible, $3.1 million
5. Next, $2.8 million
6. Lucky You, $2.5 million
7. Meet the Robinsons, $2.46 million
8. Blades of Glory, $2.3 million
9. Hot Fuzz, $2.1 million
10. Are We Done Yet?, $1.7 million
May 7, 2007
Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, "Spider-Man 3," smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates yesterday.
That put it ahead of the previous record debut of $135.6 million set last summer by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," the Associated Press reports. With $59.3 million on opening day Friday, Sony's "Spider-Man 3" broke the single-day box-office record, also held by "Dead Man's Chest" with $55.8 million in its first day.
Since it began rolling out overseas on Tuesday, "Spider-Man 3" has taken in $227 million in foreign markets, bringing the film's worldwide total to $375 million. In just days, the movie has grossed $117 million more than its whopping $258 million production budget.
In just two days, it also nearly matched the $114.8 million opening weekend of 2002's "Spider-Man," which had held the debut record until "Dead Man's Chest" opened.
"Spider-Man 3" reunites director Sam Raimi, who also made the previous two installments, and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
The overall box office soared from "Spider-Man 3," with the top-12 movies taking in $176.6 million, up 77 percent from the same weekend a year ago, when "Mission: Impossible III" opened with $47.7 million.
Also among the records smashed by "Spider-Man 3" was a $4.8 million domestic gross at huge-screen IMAX theaters, topping the previous best of $3.6 million set by "300" in March.
Playing in a record 4,252 locations domestically, "Spider-Man 3" averaged a whopping $34,807 a theater.
Domestically, "Spider-Man 3" could enter its second weekend with $200 million already banked. The film has the market largely to itself for the next week and a half, with no major competition arriving until DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek the Third" May 18.
The gap between "Spider-Man 3" and the No. 2 movie - DreamWorks and Paramount's "Disturbia" at $5.7 million - was larger than any other movie's debut. "Disturbia," which had been No. 1 for three-straight weekends, raised its total to $59.9 million.
The weekend's only other new wide release, the romantic drama "Lucky You" from Warner Bros., bombed with $2.5 million to come in at No. 6.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through yesterday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers Llc:
1. Spider-Man 3, $148 million
2. Disturbia, $5.7 million
3. Fracture, $3.4 million
4. The Invisible, $3.1 million
5. Next, $2.8 million
6. Lucky You, $2.5 million
7. Meet the Robinsons, $2.46 million
8. Blades of Glory, $2.3 million
9. Hot Fuzz, $2.1 million
10. Are We Done Yet?, $1.7 million
