As expected, Spider-Man 3 smashed multiple box-office records this weekend.
- Three-day opening (domestic): $148 million
UPDATED 5/7/07: $151 million
Previously held by last summer’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, with $135.6 million.
- Three-day opening (foreign): $227 million
UPDATED 5/7/07: $351 million
Previously held by 2005’s The Da Vinci Code, with $155,000.
- Worldwide weekend opening: $375 million
UPDATED 5/7/07: $382 million
- Biggest opening day (domestic): $59.3 million
Also previously held by Dead Man’s Chest, with $55.8 million.
- Biggest IMAX opening (domestic): $4.8 million
Previously set by 300 in March, with $3.6 million.
Production on the Sam Raimi-directed sequel reportedly cost $258 million.
In other news, today marks the last day of Spider-Man Week in NYC. Below are photos of ads around town; the last image is a Spidey sighting of the webslinger on a fire escape in Union Square.
