Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 has grossed $ 20 million so far at the Imax

The Imax corporation has released the box office figures for Spider-Man 3, and there's some good news for Sony: the worldwide gross is already $ 20 million, with Spider-Man 3 now being very close to the total gross of the most successful Imax feature of all time, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which made almost $ 21 million worldwide. It probably won't be long before that record is broken. So it seems like we finally have some positive Spidey 3 box office news on our hands again...

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Threequels losing steam at the box office

Hollywood is becoming a little bit worried about it's high profile threequels. Because while Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Shrek 3 and Spider-Man 3 all opened huge, they have been losing visitors at an alarming rate. After only five weeks, the American weekend gross for Spider-Man 3 has sunk below $ 10 million, and even though the gross is still well past the $ 300 million, the final total for Spider-Man 3 won't come close to that of the earlier movies. Which is pretty bad if you consider that Spider-Man 3 broke the opening weekend record and grossed well above the opening weekend of the other two Spider-movies. Pirates 3 is still number 1 at the box office, but it lost 62.4 percent of its opening weekend audience, which, even for such a big blockbuster, is a huge percentage. And Shrek 3? It lost another 50 percent of its audience, rapidly eroding as well. Both Pirates and Shrek have passed the $ 200 million, and will probably also sail past $ 300 million, but even $ 350 million seems to be too far away, let alone the totals of previous installments. The reason? I'm guessing that bad word of mouth is really hurting these movies. Though the score of Pirates at IMDB is still a 7.5, it's going down by the week, while the other two movies are even below the 7. If the other threequels released this summer aren't much better than these three movies, then it doesn't bode well for the future of the big blockbuster threequel.

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Watch Shia and Megan talk Transformers, diss Spider-Man

Reuters has a small clip up from the press conference Transformers stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox gave. In it, you can see Fox talk about what it was like to act with co-stars that weren't really there, while LaBeouf goes on to belittle the Spider-Man franchise. He explains how many big action scenes there were in the Spider-Man movies, and then claims that in just one Transformers movie, there is more than in all the Spider-movies combined. I hope he does realize that it's not just about the action though. Click through for the clip, and try not to be too annoyed by the voice presenting the clip, which is a bit too eager in putting pronunciation on e-ve-ry sin-gle vo-wel of the words he speaks.

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Spider-Man looking for writers

Sony studios is looking for a writer for the fourth Spider-Man movie. David Koepp seems to be a frontrunner, since rumor has it he was already contacted about writing a fourth Spidey-flick already in January. It makes sense when you consider that he also wrote the first part. Still, other writers are also being considered. It's not necessary for the fourth movie to follow directly in the footsteps of the three earlier movies, since Sony Pictures is looking more for a James Bond style franchise, where each new part is more or less stand alone. "If you want the kind of longevity we're hoping for with Spider-Man," Sony Pictures CEO Amy Pascal told IF Magazine, "you have to think of them as stand-alone movies, not '1-2-3-4'. They're sort of like the James Bond stories."

Spider-Man 3 still leading in International box office

In the United States, Shrek the Third rules, but outside of America, it's still Spider-Man 3 who's at the top. The movie made almost $ 50 million in it's third weekend, a good chunk more than it made in the past weekend in the US. This is mainly thanks to the fact that Shrek the Third only opened in 4 international markets, where it did make a very good $ 13.3 million. The international total for Spider-Man 3 now stands at $ 465.1 million, with the worldwide total now a gigantic $ 747 million. It's possible that Spidey is still on top next weekend as well, as Pirates of the Caribbean 3 will only open in nine countries. The $ 1 billion mark does seem quite far away for Spider-Man 3 though, which sees it's US gross rapidly diminish week by week.

Spidey still leading, but not as strongly anymore

The success of the third Spider-Man movie certainly has two faces. In America, the gross of the movie dropped 60 percent when compared to last weekend's gross, which is a pretty big, though not entirely unexpected drop. Big sequels like this normally do a large chunk of their business in the opening weekend. And even with 60 percent cut off, the movie still made 60 million dollars. This means that the movie is still running ahead of the box office gross at this point that the two earlier Spidey-movies had, but the lead is shrinking so fast that analysts are expecting the final gross to end below the earlier movies' grosses. Outside America, it's a whole different story, as the movie is running at full steam to already pass the gross of the two earlier movies next week. Still, we will have to wait and see how big a blow a certain green ogre is going to hand out next weekend, when Shrek The Third opens worldwide.

George Lucas says: "Spider-Man 3 is silly"

Adding his name to the growing list of people criticizing the latest Spider-Man movie, George Lucas has told an interviewer for Fox News that he thinks the movie is silly. "It's silly. It's a silly movie. There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?" Then he goes on to say: "People thought Star Wars was silly, too, but it wasn't." I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who have a different opinion on that... Still, it doesn't happen that often that movie directors so openly criticize their colleagues, so let's wait and see whether or not Sam Raimi is going to come with a reaction to this bit of news.

Adding his name to the growing list of people criticizing the latest Spider-Man movie, George Lucas has told an interviewer for Fox News that he thinks the movie is silly. "It's silly. It's a silly movie. There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?" Then he goes on to say: "People thought Star Wars was silly, too, but it wasn't." I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who have a different opinion on that... Still, it doesn't happen that often that movie directors so openly criticize their colleagues, so let's wait and see whether or not Sam Raimi is going to come with a reaction to this bit of news.

Review: Spider-Man 3

I'm guessing that you have already read one or two other reviews for the third Spider-Man movie, since they are hard to miss nowadays. I'm also guessing that you got the general consensus, that Spider-Man 3 is a bit disappointing after the first two movies in this series. I would love to be the bringer of good news and tell you that all these other critics are wrong, and that Spider-Man 3 is in reality an amazing movie, where every dollar of it's reported $300 million budget shows. But sadly, I only bring more bad news. Because even though Spider-Man 3 is by no means a bad movie, it's also not as good as what we have seen before. Director Sam Raimi has tried too hard to make this third movie something extra special, but that hasn't turned out all that well, with the result that Spider-Man 3 is too long, with too many villains and too many emotional moments. Actually those emotional moments wouldn't have been that bad if they worked. But they don't.

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I'm guessing that you have already read one or two other reviews for the third Spider-Man movie, since they are hard to miss nowadays. I'm also guessing that you got the general consensus, that Spider-Man 3 is a bit disappointing after the first two movies in this series. I would love to be the bringer of good news and tell you that all these other critics are wrong, and that Spider-Man 3 is in reality an amazing movie, where every dollar of it's reported $300 million budget shows. But sadly, I only bring more bad news. Because even though Spider-Man 3 is by no means a bad movie, it's also not as good as what we have seen before. Director Sam Raimi has tried too hard to make this third movie something extra special, but that hasn't turned out all that well, with the result that Spider-Man 3 is too long, with too many villains and too many emotional moments. Actually those emotional moments wouldn't have been that bad if they worked. But they don't.

Top 10 most anticipated summer blockbusters of 2007

The past weekend, summer season officially started, and it started with a bang. Spider-Man 3 broke every possible record, which means great things for all the other big movies that are coming up this year. Some weeks ago, I asked you guys and gals which ones of the summer blockbusters you were most looking forward to, and you responded in great numbers. It was a pretty close race at the top of the list, with two of the threequels duking it out for the top spot, and with the rest of the big summer movies only following at a respectable distance. Click through to see which movies you most want to see this summer!

Continue reading "Top 10 most anticipated summer blockbusters of 2007" »

The past weekend, summer season officially started, and it started with a bang. Spider-Man 3 broke every possible record, which means great things for all the other big movies that are coming up this year. Some weeks ago, I asked you guys and gals which ones of the summer blockbusters you were most looking forward to, and you responded in great numbers. It was a pretty close race at the top of the list, with two of the threequels duking it out for the top spot, and with the rest of the big summer movies only following at a respectable distance. Click through to see which movies you most want to see this summer!

Poll: Now that Spider-Man 3 is in the cinemas, which upcoming superhero movie do you look forward to?

Spider-man 3 is the movie that was on top of a lot of people's most wanted lists from the moment it was announced, but now that it's out in theaters, we need a new movie at the top of our most wanted list. And since there are many superhero movies coming up, with some looking better than others, I'd like to know which one of these you would most like to see. Is it Iron Man? The Incredible Hulk? Underdog? Well, maybe not that last one, but there are plenty of others coming up that look interesting enough. You know the routine, the poll is in the right column of this screen, and it's waiting with baited breath for your vote!