SPIDER-MAN 3 FINAL TALLY LARGER THAN ESTIMATED
Mon, May 7, 2007
Spider-Man 3’s weekend gross was slightly higher than originally estimated. Sony has upped the initial $148 million opening weekend to $151 million. In addition to the record breaking opening in the U.S., the film broke records in 28 other countries including Canada, Japan and China.
According to Jeff Blake, vice-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, eighty percent of the world wide movie audience saw Spider-Man 3. The film is on route to becoming one of only three other films to break the one-billion dollar mark. The only other films to hit such a milestone are Titanic, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. ”I don’t think it will come close to beating Titanic, because that film made its money in unique ways, over a longer period of time,” said analyst Gitesh Pandya of boxofficeguru.com. ”But from what I’ve seen this weekend I expect it to pass one billion dollars.”
The phenomenal success of the film prompted Sony executives to predict the franchise would continue. ”There’ll be a fourth and a fifth and sixth and a seventh” said Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ”As many stories as Peter Parker has to tell we’ll do sequels.” As for reports that this may be the last film for stars Maguire and Dunst and for director Sam Raimi? “I’d love to have the whole gang back,” said Pascal. “We’ve been a family making these last three movies together, but we will be making more Spider-Mans.”
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