Official Spider-Man 3 Box Office Thread - Predictions and Forecasts

[The Caped Knight]

Spider-Man 3 IMAX Grosses Over $20 Million
Source: IMAX Corporation
June 5, 2007


IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience" has grossed more than $20 million worldwide since premiering on May 4, 2007. The picture continued its heroic box office performance by reaching the $20 million milestone faster than any other 2D digitally re-mastered IMAX release, between its opening on May 4 and June 3, 2007. Spider-Man 3 is currently playing on 84 domestic IMAX® screens and 34 international IMAX screens, the largest opening in IMAX's 40-year history. The film's overall worldwide box office total is now more than $844 million, making Spider-Man 3 the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise and the highest grossing movie in Sony Pictures' history.

"We're very impressed by the box office success of 'Spider-Man 3' in IMAX venues," said Rory Bruer, President, Domestic Distribution, Sony Pictures Releasing. "The IMAX release clearly has been well-received by Spider-Man fans, and we anticipate they will continue to fill theatres around the world to experience 'Spider-Man 3' in a unique and compelling way."

"Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures and the Spider-Man filmmakers delivered an incredible film to the IMAX® theatre network, and we are so pleased to have partnered with them again," added Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "The film's record-breaking success is a testament to a formula that is well-suited to IMAX's format, and the audience response further demonstrates demand for that 'wow' factor."

Spider-Man 3 is directed by Sam Raimi, who also directed the first two blockbuster installments of the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. The picture reunites the cast led by Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco. To date, the "Spider-Man" series has surpassed $2.4 billion in worldwide box office receipts.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5807

 

[rashad]

Spider-Man 3 IMAX Grosses Over $20 Million
Source: IMAX Corporation
June 5, 2007


IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience" has grossed more than $20 million worldwide since premiering on May 4, 2007. The picture continued its heroic box office performance by reaching the $20 million milestone faster than any other 2D digitally re-mastered IMAX release, between its opening on May 4 and June 3, 2007. Spider-Man 3 is currently playing on 84 domestic IMAX® screens and 34 international IMAX screens, the largest opening in IMAX's 40-year history. The film's overall worldwide box office total is now more than $844 million, making Spider-Man 3 the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise and the highest grossing movie in Sony Pictures' history.

"We're very impressed by the box office success of 'Spider-Man 3' in IMAX venues," said Rory Bruer, President, Domestic Distribution, Sony Pictures Releasing. "The IMAX release clearly has been well-received by Spider-Man fans, and we anticipate they will continue to fill theatres around the world to experience 'Spider-Man 3' in a unique and compelling way."

"Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures and the Spider-Man filmmakers delivered an incredible film to the IMAX® theatre network, and we are so pleased to have partnered with them again," added Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "The film's record-breaking success is a testament to a formula that is well-suited to IMAX's format, and the audience response further demonstrates demand for that 'wow' factor."

Spider-Man 3 is directed by Sam Raimi, who also directed the first two blockbuster installments of the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. The picture reunites the cast led by Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco. To date, the "Spider-Man" series has surpassed $2.4 billion in worldwide box office receipts.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5807

I posted this on the previous pages but it got lost.

 

[DarthAlani]

Hopefully that hot chick will show her **** in transformers. I love ****. Titanic was pg-13 and show boobies for like 5 minutes. Transformers is pg-13 so maybe a nice pair of cans will bring in some more money.

 

[StylishHokie21]

$20 million on IMAX? That's pretty impressive.

 

[Donald Thomas]

IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience" has grossed more than $20 million worldwide since premiering on May 4, 2007. The picture continued its heroic box office performance by reaching the $20 million milestone faster than any other 2D digitally re-mastered IMAX release, between its opening on May 4 and June 3, 2007. Spider-Man 3 is currently playing on 84 domestic IMAX® screens and 34 international IMAX screens, the largest opening in IMAX's 40-year history. The film's overall worldwide box office total is now more than $844 million, making Spider-Man 3 the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise and the highest grossing movie in Sony Pictures' history.

Aloha,
Well this says it all. If Spidey 3 is the highest grossing film in SONY HISTORY, we might as well go home and wait a few years for Spidey 4. It's a done deal.
I plan to go see the movie in IMAX in two weeks.
Spidey rules

 

[TLH]

How can you be so sure though? I mean Spiderman3 is doing AMAZING! at the Box Office and trust Me, I defenitley don't think it's going to stop here. As I have said befor, I'm with The Gaurdian on this one.

How can I be so sure Spidey 3 won't make $350 million in June? Because at Spider-Man 3's current rate of box office production it won't gross $30 million in the remaining 25 days this month. It would have to gross over $1 million bucks per day. It made $750k today. You do the math.

It MIGHT reach $350 million, but not in June, if at all.

Let's work this out:

Tue (750k) Wed (750k) Thur (750k) = $2.25 million
Fri (1.2 million) Sat (2.0 million) Sun (1.3 million) = $4.5 million
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Total box office gross after week of the 10th
$325,750,000 million

Mon (500k) Tue (500k) Wed (500k) Thur (500k) = $2 million
Fri (850k) Sat (1.2 million) Sun (900k) = $2.95 million
------------------------------------------------------------
Total box office gross after week of the 17th
$330,700,000 million

Mon (350k) Tue (350k) Wed (350k) Thur (350k) = $1.4 million
Fri (600k) Sat (900k) Sun (600k) = $2.1 million
------------------------------------------------------------
Total box office gross after week of the 24th
$334,250,000 million

Mon (200k) Tue (200k) Wed (200k) Thur (200k) = $800k
Fri (400k) Sat (650k) Sun (400k) = $1.450 million
------------------------------------------------------------
Total box office gross after week of the 30th
$336,500,000 million

And I'm even counting July 1st as a day in June.

Won't happen, sorry to say. I'd love to see it happen but it just simply won't. The numbers will not permit.

 

[Stupify_me]

How can I be so sure? Because at Spider-Man 3's current rate of box office production it won't gross $30 million in the remaining 25 days this month. It would have to gross over $1 million bucks per day. It made $750k today. You do the math.

It MIGHT reach $350 million, but not in June, if at all.

Not to mention the huge theater drop that is soon to come.

 

[chaseter]

After FF comes out next week, SM3's screens will drop even more and I am sure come Harry Potter next month, it will be on 1 screen or totally gone.

 

[Downhere]

Don't forget that at the end of its run it goes to the cheap theaters and makes some extra cash that way.

 

[Stupify_me]

Don't forget that at the end of its run it goes to the cheap theaters and makes some extra cash that way.

Have you ever seen how much movies actually bring in at those theaters? it isn't even equal to the numbers on their last week most of the time. 99% of movies are lucky if they make 2M off of the cheap theater run.

 

[spider-neil]

no IMAX in the UK

what's that all about
the next scheduled movie on IMAX is harry potter in august

 

[Carp Man]

Have you ever seen how much movies actually bring in at those theaters? it isn't even equal to the numbers on their last week most of the time. 99% of movies are lucky if they make 2M off of the cheap theater run.

By the time it gets to the cheep theaters, all that money goes to the movie houses anyway, and its a small % of the total take. Couple of million if that.

 

[Carp Man]

Not to mention the huge theater drop that is soon to come.

It has dropped 922 theaters in last 2 weeks.

 

[shinlyle]

IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience" has grossed more than $20 million worldwide since premiering on May 4, 2007. The picture continued its heroic box office performance by reaching the $20 million milestone faster than any other 2D digitally re-mastered IMAX release, between its opening on May 4 and June 3, 2007. Spider-Man 3 is currently playing on 84 domestic IMAX® screens and 34 international IMAX screens, the largest opening in IMAX's 40-year history. The film's overall worldwide box office total is now more than $844 million, making Spider-Man 3 the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise and the highest grossing movie in Sony Pictures' history.

Aloha,
Well this says it all. If Spidey 3 is the highest grossing film in SONY HISTORY, we might as well go home and wait a few years for Spidey 4. It's a done deal.
I plan to go see the movie in IMAX in two weeks.
Spidey rules

Yep....let the Spider-Man 4 specualtion begin! at thi point, Sony would be foolish NOT to pursue another sequel, with or without the current cast and crew.

 

[Visionary]

The film's overall worldwide box office total is now more than $844 million, making Spider-Man 3 the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise and the highest grossing movie in Sony Pictures' history.

This is what I'm talking about folks. This was a task I seriously didn't think SM3 could accomplish. To think that SM3 is still making millions across the globe, so it will do even better.

You have no idea how many people told me that this film wouldn't out gross SM2 worldwide, or even make it pass 700M (and I believed it). Needless to say, their mouths are forever shut!

 

[Advanced Dark]

I think if the actors contracts had been extended for one more film and they had split this story up into Spidey 3 & 4 and they were 2 hours each...it would have made even more.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I prefer one movie in this case. As seen in DMC and AWE and the Matrix Sequels, b-t-b movies don't always end up good or at least one part is lackluster (I liked DMC but not AWE).

LOTR is different, so don't bring it up! Those were books.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

This is what I'm talking about folks. This was a task I seriously didn't think SM3 could accomplish. To think that SM3 is still making millions across the globe, so it will do even better.

You have no idea how many people told me that this film wouldn't out gross SM2 worldwide, or even make it pass 700M (and I believed it). Needless to say, their mouths are forever shut!

I told you to be optimistic....it was worth it,wasnt it? t: t:

 

[dodus]

I think if the actors contracts had been extended for one more film and they had split this story up into Spidey 3 & 4 and they were 2 hours each...it would have made even more.

I agree. It didn't work for Pirates, but that's because Pirates didn't have enough substance to justify two movies. If Spider-man had done it, I think it would have got more of a Lord of the Rings type reception.

 

[dodus]

LOTR is different, so don't bring it up! Those were books.

Whoops...didn't catch that in time! t:
I know what you mean, but I think as movies, they're actually not that different. Jackson and Raimi have a LOT in common, and they both (usually) put a compelling story up front and center, which is why serialized films work for them. What brought people back to the Matrix and Pirates, IMO, was less because the story and more of just liking the ingredients of the first movie.

 

[Advanced Dark]

LOTR were books. Spidey came from comic books. There's lots of substance and source material to spread out over doznes of films over a very long period of time.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

I dont think if the story was spread in two movies that it would've made this kind of money....the whole hype that the movie had/has was/is based on the fact that it had 3 villains with Venom being one of them...if Venom wasnt in the movie this would've made SP2 type of money at best..i mean SP2 was as good as a movie can be from a critics stand point but it made less money that the first one,because the action and the villain were just ok for the average audience....but Battle Royale...you have Spidey + 3 villains going at it for 10-15 minutes...now that sells tickets

 

[bingy13]

I dont think if the story was spread in two movies that it would've made this kind of money....the whole hype that the movie had/has was/is based on the fact that it had 3 villains with Venom being one of them...if Venom wasnt in the movie this would've made SP2 type of money at best..i mean SP2 was as good as a movie can be from a critics stand point but it made less money that the first one,because the action and the villain were just ok for the average audience....but Battle Royale...you have Spidey + 3 villains going at it for 10-15 minutes...now that sells tickets

But Spider-Man 3 will probably end up with a smaller domestic box office than SP2...but yeah you're right...on the worldwide market, Spider-Man 3 has kicked everyone's butts.

 

[Kmack]

I dont think if the story was spread in two movies that it would've made this kind of money....the whole hype that the movie had/has was/is based on the fact that it had 3 villains with Venom being one of them...if Venom wasnt in the movie this would've made SP2 type of money at best..i mean SP2 was as good as a movie can be from a critics stand point but it made less money that the first one,because the action and the villain were just ok for the average audience....but Battle Royale...you have Spidey + 3 villains going at it for 10-15 minutes...now that sells tickets

I also think SM3 faired well at the box office b/c it was the first blockbuster of the Summer. May releases usually guarantee’s major success.

 

[Spider-Fan]

LOTR were books. Spidey came from comic books. There's lots of substance and source material to spread out over doznes of films over a very long period of time.

But it isn't the same thing. Comics build upon each other in a different way. Comic stories are much more contained than a book trilogy like LOTR is. By trying to span the movie into two, you run the risk of running out of story to tell. That is why books are different. They are already there and expanded upon. Comic stories are more contained like movies.

Spider-Man 3 felt very much like a comic arc to me. Thats another thing I liked about it. I feel it would have been thin if done in two movies.

Also, Sergeant couldn't think of a good halfway climax.