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'''Spider-Man 3''' is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the ''Spider-Man'' film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, and Topher Grace.
The film begins with Peter Parker basking in his success as Spider-Man, while Mary Jane Watson begins her Broadway career. Harry Osborn still seeks vengeance for his father's death, and an escaped convict, Flint Marko, falls into a particle accelerator and is transformed into a shape-shifting sand manipulator. An alien symbiote crashes to Earth and bonds with Peter, influencing his behavior for the worse. When the symbiote is abandoned, it finds refuge in Eddie Brock, Jr., a rival photographer, causing Peter to face his greatest challenge.
''Spider-Man 3'' was commercially released in multiple countries on May 1, 2007, and released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on May 4, 2007. Although the film received generally mixed reviews from critics, in contrast to ''Spider-Man 2's highly positive reviews, it broke most of the opening weekend records, both in the United States and in foreign markets, including records held in IMAX theaters.
Peter Parker has begun to feel secure in his life and plans to propose to Mary Jane. One night in a park, while Peter and Mary Jane are on a date, a small meteorite crashes nearby, and an alien symbiote oozes out, attaching itself to Peter's moped. Meanwhile, escaped convict Flint Marko falls into a particle accelerator, which fuses his body with the surrounding sand. The result allows him to shape shift at will. Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, who seeks vengeance for his father's death, which he believes Peter caused, attacks him. The battle leaves Harry with short-term amnesia, making him forget his vendetta.
Later, during a festival honoring Spider-Man for saving Gwen Stacy’s life, Marko attempts to rob an armored car, and overpowers Spider-Man. Captain Stacy later informs Peter and Aunt May that Marko is the one who killed Ben Parker, and a vengeful Peter waits for Marko to strike again. The symbiote bonds with his costume while he is asleep; Peter discovers that not only has his costume changed, but his powers have been enhanced as well. The black suit also alters Peter's personality, making him more violent, exemplified by a near lethal attack on Marko during a battle underground.
The shift in Peter's personality alienates Mary Jane, whose stage career is floundering, and she finds solace with Harry. Harry recovers from his amnesia, thanks to his father's ghost, and forces MJ to break up with Peter. After Mary Jane leaves Peter, stating she is in love with another man, Harry meets him at a restaurant and claims to be the other man. Later, Peter finds him at the Osborn mansion. With the help of the black suit, Peter is victorious in a brutal fight, which leaves Harry's face disfigured. Influenced by the suit, Peter exposes and humiliates Eddie Brock Jr., a rival photographer at the ''Daily Bugle'', who sells fake pictures of Spider-Man.
In an effort to make MJ jealous, Peter brings Gwen to the nightclub where Mary Jane works and Peter gets into a fight. In the scuffle, he accidentally knocks MJ to the floor. Peter realizes the symbiote-suit is changing him for the worse. He runs out of the nightclub and goes to a church bell tower to be rid of it. Initially he is unable to pull the suit off, but the sound waves from the church bells weaken the symbiote, freeing Peter. Eddie Brock is at the same church praying for Peter’s death and the symbiote falls from the tower and takes over his body. The newly-powered Eddie finds Marko and suggests that they join forces to destroy Spider-Man.
The pair use Mary Jane as bait to force Spider-Man to confront them. Peter approaches Harry for help, but is turned down and leaves. However, Harry learns the truth about his father's death and arrives in time to rescue Peter, teaming up against Brock and Marko. As the fight progresses, Brock attempts to impale Peter with the glider, but Harry sacrifices himself and is fatally wounded. Peter recalls how the church bell's toll weakened the symbiote, and frees Eddie from it by clanging several pipes together. Peter throws a pumpkin bomb at the symbiote just as Eddie, who has grown attached to its power, attempts to re-bond with it. Eddie and the symbiote are apparently destroyed in the explosion.
After the battle, Marko tells Peter that he had no intention of killing Ben Parker, and that it was an accident born out of a desperate attempt to save his daughter's life. Peter forgives Flint, who dissipates and floats away. Peter and Harry forgive each other as Harry dies with Mary Jane and Peter by his side. Afterwards, Peter and Mary Jane begin to mend their relationship.
★ 'Tobey Maguire' as 'Peter Parker / Spider-Man': A brilliant physics student at Columbia University and photographer for the ''Daily Bugle'' who leads a double life as the superhero Spider-Man, protecting New York City from crime. As he grows arrogant with the city starting to embrace him for the first time in his career, an alien symbiote attaches itself to Peter's costume and influences his behavior for the worse.
★ 'Kirsten Dunst' as 'Mary Jane Watson': Peter Parker's girlfriend and a Broadway actress, whom he has loved since childhood. Mary Jane loses her job after bad reviews regarding her singing voice, but does not tell Peter, feeling his success has gone to his head.
★ 'James Franco' as 'Harry Osborn / New Goblin': The son of Norman Osborn and Peter Parker's former best friend who believes that Spider-Man murdered his father. After learning Peter is Spider-Man and that Norman was the Green Goblin, Harry becomes the New Goblin to battle his former friend directly.
★ 'Thomas Haden Church' as 'Flint Marko / Sandman': A small-time thug who has a wife and sick daughter, for whom he steals money to help get the treatment to cure her. He transforms into the Sandman following a freak accident, and incurs Peter's wrath when Peter learns he was his Uncle Ben's true killer.
★ 'Topher Grace' as 'Eddie Brock Jr. / Venom': A photographer at the Daily Bugle who becomes Peter's rival in getting photos of Spider-Man. He creates a fake image in the process, but an angry Peter exposes his photo as a fake, and he is fired. Having lost his job and his would-be girlfriend to Peter, Eddie leaps at the opportunity to exact his vengeance when he bonds with the symbiote and becomes Venom.
★ 'Bryce Dallas Howard' as 'Gwen Stacy': The daughter of a police captain, a model, and Peter Parker's lab partner. When Spider-Man rescues her from a construction accident and then kisses her at the following award ceremony, Mary Jane grows suspicious of whether Peter is cheating on her. Eddie is attracted to her, but Peter asks her out to spite Mary Jane. Horrified, she leaves him.
★ 'Rosemary Harris' as 'May Parker': The aunt of Peter Parker and the widow of Ben Parker, Peter's uncle. She gives Peter her engagement ring so he can propose to Mary Jane, and gives him lessons of forgiveness.
★ 'J. K. Simmons' as 'J. Jonah Jameson': The aggressive chief of the Daily Bugle. He has particular dislike towards Spider-Man, whom he considers a criminal, and fires Eddie Brock as he is forced to apologize for fake incriminating photos of Spider-Man he made.
★ 'Dylan Baker' as 'Dr. Curt Connors': A college physics professor under whom Peter Parker studies. He examines a piece of the symbiote and tells Peter it increases aggression.
★ 'James Cromwell' as 'Captain George Stacy': A police captain and father of Gwen Stacy, George Stacy holds a ceremony in honor of Spider-Man after he rescues his daughter.
★ 'Willem Dafoe' as 'Norman Osborn / Green Goblin': The hallucination of Harry Osborn's late wicked father returns to encourage his son to destroy Spider-Man.
Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo in ''Spider-Man 3'', as he did in the previous Spider-Man films, which he referred to as his "best cameo".[1]
Actor Bruce Campbell, who has had cameo roles as a wrestling ring announcer in ''Spider-Man'' and as a rude usher in ''Spider-Man 2'', returns in ''Spider-Man 3'' with a new cameo as a French maître d'.[2] Producer Grant Curtis also has a cameo as the driver of an armored car that Sandman attacks.[3]
In March 2004, with ''Spider-Man 2'' being released the coming June, Marvel Studios had begun developing ''Spider-Man 3'' for a release in 2007.[4] By the release of ''Spider-Man 2'', a release date for ''Spider-Man 3'' had been set for May 2, 2007 before production on the sequel had begun.[5] The date was later changed to May 4 2007. In January 2005, Sony Pictures Entertainment completed a seven-figure deal with screenwriter Alvin Sargent, who had penned ''Spider-Man 2'', to work on ''Spider-Man 3'' with an option to write a fourth film.[6]
Immediately after ''Spider-Man 2's release, Ivan Raimi wrote a treatment over two months,[8] with Sam Raimi deciding to use the film to explore Peter learning that he is not a sinless vigilante, and that there also can be humanity in those he considers criminals. He took the opportunity to make Mary Jane Watson's life torturous, similar to Peter's various problems during the second film. Harry Osborn was brought back as Raimi wanted to conclude his storyline, but Raimi felt that Harry would not follow his father's legacy, but be instead "somewhere between".[9] Sandman was introduced as an antagonist, as Raimi found him a visually fascinating character. While Sandman is a petty criminal in the comics, the screenwriters created a background of the character being Uncle Ben's killer to increase Peter's guilt over his death[10] and challenge his simplistic perception of the event. Overall, Raimi described the film as being about Peter, Mary Jane, Harry and the Sandman,[11] with Peter's journey being one of forgiveness.[12]
Raimi wanted another villain, and Ben Kingsley was involved in negotiations to play the Vulture before the character was cut. Marvel Studios chairman and CEO Avi Arad convinced Raimi to include Venom, a character whose perceived "lack of humanity" had initially been criticized by Sam Raimi.[13] Arad told the director that he had a strong fan base, and Raimi included him to please fans, and even began to appreciate the character himself. The film's version of the character is an amalgamation of Venom stories. Eddie Brock, Jr., the human part of Venom, serves as a mirror to Peter Parker, with both characters having similar jobs and romantic interests.13 Brock's actions as a journalist in ''Spider-Man 3'' also represent contemporary themes of paparazzi and tabloid journalism.14 Raimi had to graft the symbiote onto Peter in order to introduce Venom, and Maguire relished the opportunity to play a less timid Parker. The producers also suggested adding rival love interest Gwen Stacy, filling in an "other girl" type that Raimi already created. With so many additions, Sargent soon found his script so complex that he considered splitting it into two films, but abandoned the idea when he could not create a successful intermediate climax.
Thomas Haden Church knew Raimi as he had been approached for the director's film ''The Gift'' years before and was approached for Sandman because of his award-winning performance in ''Sideways'':[15] Church accepted the role of Sandman despite the lack of a script at the time. The film's Sandman possesses sympathy similarly exhibited by Lon Chaney in his portrayals of misunderstood creatures, as well as Frankenstein's monster, the Golem,[16] and the 2000s incarnations of Gollum and King Kong. Church worked out for 16 months to improve his physique for the role,[17] gaining 28 pounds of muscle and losing 10 pounds of body fat.[18]
Topher Grace was cast in May 2005[19] as Venom, impressing the producers with his performance in ''In Good Company'' (2004). Grace spent six months working out to prepare for the role, gaining 24 pounds of muscle,[20] though in terms of characterization, he was a big comic book fan and had read the first Venom stories as a boy. Grace approached Venom as someone under the influence, similar to an alcoholic or drug addict, and interpreted him as having a bad childhood, which is the key difference between him and Peter.
As Gwen Stacy, Bryce Dallas Howard had the trouble of portraying a character whom many fans knew as Peter Parker's first love in the mainstream comics continuity, yet had the role of being another woman in his life in the film. Howard strived to create a sense that Gwen could potentially be a future girlfriend for him, and that, "I was not acting like some kind of man-stealing tart."[21] Howard performed many of her stunts, unaware of the fact she was pregnant.
The film's budget is officially $258 million, which makes it one of the most expensive films ever made in nominal U.S. dollars.[22] Camera crews spent ten days from November 5 2005 to November 18 2005, to film sequences that would involve intense visual effects so Sony Pictures Imageworks could begin work on the shots early in the project. The same steps had been taken for ''Spider-Man 2'' to begin producing visual effects early for sequences involving the villain Doctor Octopus.[23]
Principal photography for ''Spider-Man 3'' began on January 16, 2006 and wrapped in July 2006 after over a hundred days of filming. The team filmed in Los Angeles until May 19, 2006. In spring 2006, film location manager Peter Martorano brought camera crews to Cleveland,[24] due to the Cleveland Film Commission offering production space at the city's convention center at no cost.[25] In Cleveland, they shot the battle between Spider-Man and Sandman in the armored car. Afterwards, the team moved to Manhattan, where filming took place beginning 26 May 2006 until July 1, 2006.23 Shooting placed a strain on Raimi, who often had to move between several units to complete the picture. Shooting was also difficult for cinematographer Bill Pope, as Spider-Man, Venom and the New Goblin were costumed in black during fight scenes taking place at night.[26]
After August, pick-ups were conducted as Raimi sought to film more action scenes.[27] The film then wrapped in October, although in the following month, additional special effects shots were taken to finalize the production.[28] At the start of 2007, there were further pick-up shots regarding the resolution of Sandman's story, amounting to four different versions.
John Dykstra, who won the Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on ''Spider-Man 2'', declined to work on the third film as visual effects supervisor. Dykstra's colleague, Scott Stokdyk, took his place as supervisor,[29] leading 200 programmers at Sony Pictures Imageworks designed specific computer programs that did not exist when ''Spider-Man 3'' began production, creating to 900 visual effects shots.[30] In addition to the innovative visual effects for the film, Stokdyk created a miniature of a skyscraper section at 1/16 scale with New Deal Studios' Ian Hunter and David Sanger. Stokdyk chose to design the miniature instead of using computer-generated imagery so damage done to the building could be portrayed realistically and timely without guesswork involving computer models.[31]
To understand the effects of sand for the Sandman, experiments were done with 12 types of sand, such as splashing, launching at stuntmen, and poured over ledges. The results were mimicked on the computer to create the visual effects for Sandman. For scenes involving visual effects, Thomas Haden Church was super-imposed onto the screen, where computer-generated imagery was then applied.15 With sand as a possible hazard in scenes that buried actors, ground-up corncobs were used as a substitute instead,[32] meaning Arizona sand was used as the CG model as it most closely resembled it. In a fight where Spider-Man punches through Sandman's chest, amputee martial arts expert Baxter Humby took Tobey Maguire's place in filming the scene. Humby, whose right hand was amputated at birth, helped deliver the intended effect of punching through Sandman's chest.[33]
The suit Topher Grace wore as Venom had a webbing motif unlike the comic incarnation. The motif was added by the film design department to give a sense of life to the symbiote, giving it the appearance of gripping onto the character's body.[34] Grace found his costume unpleasant, as it had to be constantly smeared to give a liquid-like feel. The costume took an hour to put on, though prosthetics took four hours to apply. Grace also wore fangs for his character, which bruised his gums.[35] James Franco does not wear the costume of his character's father, but wears a streamlined costume solely for the intent of killing Spider-Man instead of terrorizing people. His snowboard-styled glider was dubbed the "Sky Stick" by the filmmakers.
Originally, Danny Elfman, the composer for the previous installments, did not plan to return for the third installment of ''Spider-Man'' because of difficulties with director Sam Raimi. Elfman said that he had a "miserable experience" working with Raimi on ''Spider-Man 2'' and could not comfortably adapt his music.[36] Christopher Young was then announced to score ''Spider-Man 3'' in Elfman's absence.[37] In December 2006, however, producer Grant Curtis announced that Elfman had begun collaborating with Christopher Young on the music for ''Spider-Man 3''.[38] Young kept the themes for Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, and he composed new themes for Sandman, Venom, and the love story.[39]
In New York City, the hometown of Spider-Man's fictional universe, tourist attractions arranged events and exhibits on April 30, 2007 to lead up to the release of ''Spider-Man 3''. The unique campaign include a spider exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, workshops on baby spider plants at the New York Botanical Garden, Green Goblin mask-making workshop at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, and a scavenger hunt and a bug show at Central Park Zoo.[40]
Hasbro, which holds the license for Marvel characters, has released several toys to tie-in with the film. They include a deluxe spinning web blaster, along with several lines of action figures aimed at both children and collectors.[41] Toys of the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus from the first two films have been re-released to match the smaller scale of the new figures, as have been toys of the Lizard, the Scorpion, Kraven the Hunter, and the Rhino in a style reminiscent of the films.[42][43] Techno Source created interactive toys, including a "hand-held Battle Tronics device that straps to the inside of a player’s wrist and mimics Spidey’s web-slinging motions".[44] Japanese Medicom Toy Corporation produced collectibles, which Sideshow Collectibles distributed in the US.[45]
''Spider-Man 3'' had its world premiere in Tokyo on April 16, 2007,[46] which garnered positive reaction from Japanese viewers.[47] The film held its UK premiere on April 23 2007 at the Odeon Leicester Square,[48] and the U.S. premiere took place at the Tribeca Film Festival in Queens on April 30 2007.[49]
''Spider-Man 3'' was commercially released in 16 territories on May 1, 2007.[50] The film was released in Japan on May 1 2007, three days prior to the American commercial release, to coincide with Japan's Golden Week.46 ''Spider-Man 3'' was also released in China on May 3 2007 to circumvent market growth of pirated copies of the film. The studio's release of a film in China before its domestic release was a first for Sony Pictures Releasing International.[51] The film was commercially released in the United States on May 4 2007 in a North American record total of 4,253 theaters,[52] including 53 IMAX theaters.[53] The record number of theaters was later beaten by '', which was released in 4,362 theaters in the United States, 110 more than ''Spider-Man 3''.[54] Tracking data a month before the U.S. release reflected over 90% awareness and over 20% first choice among moviegoers, statistics that estimated an opening weekend of over $100 million for ''Spider-Man 3''.[55] Online tickets for ''Spider-Man 3'' were reported on April 23 2007 to have been purchased at a faster rate -- three times at Movietickets.com and four times at Fandango -- than online ticket sales for ''Spider-Man 2''.[56] On May 2 2007, Fandango reported the sales rate as six times greater than the rate for ''Spider-Man 2''. The strong ticket sales caused theaters to add 3:00 AM showings following the May 4 2007 midnight showing to accommodate the demand.[57]
By May 6, 2007, ''Spider-Man 3'' has opened in 107 countries around the world.50 The FX channel signed a five year deal for the television rights to ''Spider-Man 3'', which they plan to start airing at the beginning of 2009. The price will be based on the film's box office performance, with an option for three opportunities for Sony to sell the rights to one or more other broadcast networks.[58] ''Spider-Man 3'' will be released on DVD in Region 1 territories on October 30, 2007. There will be one-disc and two-disc editions, on both standard and Blu-ray formats, as well as packages with the previous films and a PSP release.[59]
On its international opening day on May 1, 2007 in 16 territories, ''Spider-Man 3'' grossed $29.2 million, an 86% increase from the intake of ''Spider-Man 2'' on its first day of release. In 10 of the 16 territories, ''Spider-Man 3'' set new opening day records.50 In Asian territories, the film surpassed the opening-day record of ''Spider-Man 2'' in Japan and South Korea. ''Spider-Man 3'' also set opening-day records in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines.52 In India, where the movie was released in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bhojpuri, the film grossed $4.66 million over the opening weekend, breaking the record set by ''Casino Royale'' in 2006 ($3.63 million)[60]. In Europe, the film broke Italy's opening-day record set by 2006's ''The Da Vinci Code''.[61] In Germany, the film surpassed the opening day gross of ''Spider-Man 2''. In France, ''Spider-Man 3'' broke the opening day record set by '' in 2005.[62] The film broke the opening weekend records in 29 countries, while being at least #1 in all 107 countries that it opened, which brought its international total to $231 million.[63]
''Spider-Man 3'' set a record $59.8 million take for its opening day in the United States, breaking '' 's $55.8 million record. The movie also took the worldwide opening day record with $117 million.[64] The US opening day take includes a record $10 million in Thursday midnight showings.[65] ''Spider-Man 3'' broke ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's all-time weekend debut by grossing $151.1 million.[66] The film also set a new worldwide record for opening weekend, with a final total of $382 million. As of September 3 2007, the worldwide total is $890.2 million - It now ranks 3rd worldwide behind '' and ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''.[67]
The film's IMAX screenings reached $20 million in 30 days, faster than any other 2D film remastered in the format.[68]
On the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, ''Spider-Man 3'' has a 61% critic rating from 215 reviews, with a 46% Cream of the Crop rating based on 39 reviews from major news outlets.[69] On Metacritic, ''Spider-Man 3'' has received a 60% rating based on 39 reviews.[70] On Yahoo! Movies, ''Spider-Man 3'' is graded a B- among 15 film critics.[71] In an early, positive review, posted April 25 2007, Roger Friedman of ''Fox News'' called the film a "4 star opera", noting that while long, there was plenty of humor and action.[72] Andy Khouri of Comic Book Resources praised the film as "easily the most complex and deftly orchestrated superhero epic ever filmed... despite the enormous amount of characters, action and sci-fi superhero plot going on in this film, ''Spider-Man 3'' never feels weighted down, tedious or boring."[73] Jonathan Ross, a big fan of the comic books, felt the film was the best of the trilogy.[74] Richard Corliss of ''Time'' commended the filmmakers for their ability to "dramatize feelings of angst and personal betrayal worthy of an Ingmar Bergman film, and then to dress them up in gaudy comic-book colors."[75] Wesley Morris of the ''The Boston Globe'', who gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, wrote that it was a well made, fresh film, but would leave the viewer "overfulfilled".[76] Jonathan Dean of ''Total Film'' felt the film's complex plot helped the film's pacing, in that, "it rarely feels disjointed or loose... Spider-Man cements its shelf-life."[77] ''Entertainment Weekly'' named the Sandman as the eighth best computer generated film character.[78]
John Hartl of ''MSNBC'' gave ''Spider-Man 3'' a good review, but stated that it has some flaws such as having "too many storylines".[79] His opinion is echoed by ''Houston Chronicle's Amy Biancolli who complained that "the script is busy with so many supporting characters and plot detours that the series' charming idiosyncrasy is sometimes lost in the noise."[80] Jack Matthews of ''New York Daily News'' thought the film was devoted too much to the "quiet conversations" of Peter and Mary Jane, but that fans would not be disappointed by the action.[81] Among less enthusiastic reviewers, Sean Burns of ''Philadelphia Weekly'' felt that the director "substituted scope and scale for the warmth and wit that made those two previous pictures so memorable."[82] Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' deplored the film's pacing as "mostly just plods" and a lack of humor.[83] Richard Roeper of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' gave the film only 2 out of 4 stars, feeling, "for every slam-bang action sequence, there are far too many sluggish scenes."[84] David Edelstein of ''New York Magazine'' misses the "centrifugal threat" of Alfred Molina's character, adding that "the three villains here don’t add up to one Doc Ock."[85] James Berardinelli felt director Sam Raimi "overreached his grasp" by allowing so many villains, specifically saying, "Venom is one bad guy too many."[86] ''The New Yorker's'' Anthony Lane, who gave ''Spider-Man 2'' a favorable review,[87] summarized the film as a “shambles” which “makes the rules up as it goes along.”[88]
1. Exclusive Interview: Stan Lee Gets Superheroic Once Again For The Sci Fi Channel
2. Bruce Campbell is listed in the film's credits as a French maître d'.
3. Grant Curtis, Armored Car Stunt
4. Spidey spins web for a third time
5. Spidey swings to new heights
6. Sargent to spin more Spidey tales
7. Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Director Sam Raimi
8. World Wide Web
9. 'Spider-Man 3' Cast Confirms Love Triangle, Death, Soul-Sucking Costume
10. IGN Interview: Avi Arad
11. Producers Beefed Up ''Spidey 3''
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13. Comic-Con 2006: Spider-Man 3
14. The inner life of the super-villain
15. Exclusive: Enter Sandman!
16. TALKING (SPIDER) SENSE WITH THOMAS HADEN CHURCH
17. Weaving the Web of 'Spider-Man 3', Part Two: Thomas Hayden Church, Topher Grace and Bryce Dallas Howard
18. AGAINST THE GRAIN
19. Topher Grace Joins Spider-Man 3!
20. Interview: AVI ARAD, LAURA ZISKIN, & GRANT CURTIS SPIN TALES OF 'SPIDER-MAN 3'
21. Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Bryce Dallas Howard
22. Red carpet becoming more global
23. Grant Curtis - Welcome back
24. Spider-Man's location manager knows a great city when he sees it
25. Touting home turf
26. A Complex Web
27. 'Spider-Man' Cast Called Back for Reshoots
28. Dunst Discusses Spidey's Future
29. 'Spider' man Dykstra will roll 'Wheels'
30. Spider-Man 3 Director Geeks Out on His Movie's Real Star: Sand
31. Grant's Trivia Questions Answered!
32. The Secrets of Spider-Man 3
33. An Exclusive interview with Spider-Man!
34. E.J. Krisor - Illustrator
35. Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Topher Grace
36. Elfman speaks on Spider-Man split
37. Tune Spinner
38. Grant responds to to your comments from his "Production Update" post
39. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ghost Rider and Spider-Man 3 Composer Christopher Young
40. Coming attractions: NYC's spidey sense is tingling
41. ''Spider-Man 3'' web blaster
42. Spider-Man (docockscorpion)
43. Spider-Man (rhino)
44. Show biz: Fall Toy Show
45. Sideshow Making ''Spider-Man 3'' Collectibles
46. Spider-Man 3 to premiere May 1
47. "Spider-Man 3" shows soul-searching superhero
48. Forthcoming events in Westminster
49. ''Spider-Man 3'' Premiere to Take Place in Queens
50. 'Spider-Man 3' snares web of first-day records
51. 'Spider-Man 3' will land in China before N. America
52. 'Spider-Man 3' sets records
53. Spider-Man 3 to Break Records, Then FAIL MISERABLY?
54. ''Pirates'' Opens in Record # of Theaters
55. 'Spider-Man 3' Tracking "Thru The Roof"! Black Spidey Looks Bigger Than 1 And 2
56. "Spider-Man 3" Web ticket sales top predecessor
57. ''Spider-Man 3'' Snares 94% of Fandango Sales
58. FX ensnares "Spider-Man 3" '09 TV runs
59. 'Spider-Man 3' spins Blu-ray debut
60. Spider-Man 3' breaks all records!
61. 'Spider-Man 3' breaks Italy's first day box office record
62. 'Spider-Man 3' breaks Euro records
63. 'Spider-Man 3' spins worldwide web
64. 'Spider-Man 3' Soars Into Record Books
65. Spider-Man 3 sets new records
66. 'Spider-Man 3' final tally takes it past 0 million
67. SPIDER-MAN 3 numbers
68. Spider-Man 3 IMAX Grosses Over Million
69. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
70. Spider-Man (2007): Reviews
71. Spider-Man 3 - Critics Reviews
72. 'Spider-Man 3' Is a 4-Star Opera
73. "SPIDER-MAN 3" - THE CBR REVIEW
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75. Spider-Man Gets Sensitive
76. Spider-Man 3 Movie Review: Secret identity crisis
77. Spider-Man 3
78. Our 10 Favorite CG Characters
79. 'Spider-Man 3' a Tangled Web
80. It's long, but if you're a geek, that's great
81. Head-spinning action & villains - but some bugs
82. Less Than Hero
83. Superhero Sandbagged
84. Spidey spins shaky web
85. Web 3.0
86. Berardinelli reviews ''Spider-Man 3''
87. Swing Easy
88. Acting Out
★ Spider-Man 3, Peter David, , , Pocket Star, 2007,
★ The Spider-Man Chronicles: The Art and Making of Spider-Man 3, Grant Curtis, , , Chronicle Books, 2007,
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'''Spider-Man 3''' is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the ''Spider-Man'' film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, and Topher Grace.
The film begins with Peter Parker basking in his success as Spider-Man, while Mary Jane Watson begins her Broadway career. Harry Osborn still seeks vengeance for his father's death, and an escaped convict, Flint Marko, falls into a particle accelerator and is transformed into a shape-shifting sand manipulator. An alien symbiote crashes to Earth and bonds with Peter, influencing his behavior for the worse. When the symbiote is abandoned, it finds refuge in Eddie Brock, Jr., a rival photographer, causing Peter to face his greatest challenge.
''Spider-Man 3'' was commercially released in multiple countries on May 1, 2007, and released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on May 4, 2007. Although the film received generally mixed reviews from critics, in contrast to ''Spider-Man 2's highly positive reviews, it broke most of the opening weekend records, both in the United States and in foreign markets, including records held in IMAX theaters.
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| Plot |
| Cast and characters |
| Production |
| Development |
| Casting |
| Filming |
| Effects |
| Music |
| Marketing |
| Release |
| Box office performance |
| Critical reaction |
| References |
| Further reading |
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Plot
Peter Parker has begun to feel secure in his life and plans to propose to Mary Jane. One night in a park, while Peter and Mary Jane are on a date, a small meteorite crashes nearby, and an alien symbiote oozes out, attaching itself to Peter's moped. Meanwhile, escaped convict Flint Marko falls into a particle accelerator, which fuses his body with the surrounding sand. The result allows him to shape shift at will. Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, who seeks vengeance for his father's death, which he believes Peter caused, attacks him. The battle leaves Harry with short-term amnesia, making him forget his vendetta.
Later, during a festival honoring Spider-Man for saving Gwen Stacy’s life, Marko attempts to rob an armored car, and overpowers Spider-Man. Captain Stacy later informs Peter and Aunt May that Marko is the one who killed Ben Parker, and a vengeful Peter waits for Marko to strike again. The symbiote bonds with his costume while he is asleep; Peter discovers that not only has his costume changed, but his powers have been enhanced as well. The black suit also alters Peter's personality, making him more violent, exemplified by a near lethal attack on Marko during a battle underground.
The shift in Peter's personality alienates Mary Jane, whose stage career is floundering, and she finds solace with Harry. Harry recovers from his amnesia, thanks to his father's ghost, and forces MJ to break up with Peter. After Mary Jane leaves Peter, stating she is in love with another man, Harry meets him at a restaurant and claims to be the other man. Later, Peter finds him at the Osborn mansion. With the help of the black suit, Peter is victorious in a brutal fight, which leaves Harry's face disfigured. Influenced by the suit, Peter exposes and humiliates Eddie Brock Jr., a rival photographer at the ''Daily Bugle'', who sells fake pictures of Spider-Man.
In an effort to make MJ jealous, Peter brings Gwen to the nightclub where Mary Jane works and Peter gets into a fight. In the scuffle, he accidentally knocks MJ to the floor. Peter realizes the symbiote-suit is changing him for the worse. He runs out of the nightclub and goes to a church bell tower to be rid of it. Initially he is unable to pull the suit off, but the sound waves from the church bells weaken the symbiote, freeing Peter. Eddie Brock is at the same church praying for Peter’s death and the symbiote falls from the tower and takes over his body. The newly-powered Eddie finds Marko and suggests that they join forces to destroy Spider-Man.
The pair use Mary Jane as bait to force Spider-Man to confront them. Peter approaches Harry for help, but is turned down and leaves. However, Harry learns the truth about his father's death and arrives in time to rescue Peter, teaming up against Brock and Marko. As the fight progresses, Brock attempts to impale Peter with the glider, but Harry sacrifices himself and is fatally wounded. Peter recalls how the church bell's toll weakened the symbiote, and frees Eddie from it by clanging several pipes together. Peter throws a pumpkin bomb at the symbiote just as Eddie, who has grown attached to its power, attempts to re-bond with it. Eddie and the symbiote are apparently destroyed in the explosion.
After the battle, Marko tells Peter that he had no intention of killing Ben Parker, and that it was an accident born out of a desperate attempt to save his daughter's life. Peter forgives Flint, who dissipates and floats away. Peter and Harry forgive each other as Harry dies with Mary Jane and Peter by his side. Afterwards, Peter and Mary Jane begin to mend their relationship.
Cast and characters
★ 'Tobey Maguire' as 'Peter Parker / Spider-Man': A brilliant physics student at Columbia University and photographer for the ''Daily Bugle'' who leads a double life as the superhero Spider-Man, protecting New York City from crime. As he grows arrogant with the city starting to embrace him for the first time in his career, an alien symbiote attaches itself to Peter's costume and influences his behavior for the worse.
★ 'Kirsten Dunst' as 'Mary Jane Watson': Peter Parker's girlfriend and a Broadway actress, whom he has loved since childhood. Mary Jane loses her job after bad reviews regarding her singing voice, but does not tell Peter, feeling his success has gone to his head.
★ 'James Franco' as 'Harry Osborn / New Goblin': The son of Norman Osborn and Peter Parker's former best friend who believes that Spider-Man murdered his father. After learning Peter is Spider-Man and that Norman was the Green Goblin, Harry becomes the New Goblin to battle his former friend directly.
★ 'Thomas Haden Church' as 'Flint Marko / Sandman': A small-time thug who has a wife and sick daughter, for whom he steals money to help get the treatment to cure her. He transforms into the Sandman following a freak accident, and incurs Peter's wrath when Peter learns he was his Uncle Ben's true killer.
★ 'Topher Grace' as 'Eddie Brock Jr. / Venom': A photographer at the Daily Bugle who becomes Peter's rival in getting photos of Spider-Man. He creates a fake image in the process, but an angry Peter exposes his photo as a fake, and he is fired. Having lost his job and his would-be girlfriend to Peter, Eddie leaps at the opportunity to exact his vengeance when he bonds with the symbiote and becomes Venom.
★ 'Bryce Dallas Howard' as 'Gwen Stacy': The daughter of a police captain, a model, and Peter Parker's lab partner. When Spider-Man rescues her from a construction accident and then kisses her at the following award ceremony, Mary Jane grows suspicious of whether Peter is cheating on her. Eddie is attracted to her, but Peter asks her out to spite Mary Jane. Horrified, she leaves him.
★ 'Rosemary Harris' as 'May Parker': The aunt of Peter Parker and the widow of Ben Parker, Peter's uncle. She gives Peter her engagement ring so he can propose to Mary Jane, and gives him lessons of forgiveness.
★ 'J. K. Simmons' as 'J. Jonah Jameson': The aggressive chief of the Daily Bugle. He has particular dislike towards Spider-Man, whom he considers a criminal, and fires Eddie Brock as he is forced to apologize for fake incriminating photos of Spider-Man he made.
★ 'Dylan Baker' as 'Dr. Curt Connors': A college physics professor under whom Peter Parker studies. He examines a piece of the symbiote and tells Peter it increases aggression.
★ 'James Cromwell' as 'Captain George Stacy': A police captain and father of Gwen Stacy, George Stacy holds a ceremony in honor of Spider-Man after he rescues his daughter.
★ 'Willem Dafoe' as 'Norman Osborn / Green Goblin': The hallucination of Harry Osborn's late wicked father returns to encourage his son to destroy Spider-Man.
Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo in ''Spider-Man 3'', as he did in the previous Spider-Man films, which he referred to as his "best cameo".[1]
Actor Bruce Campbell, who has had cameo roles as a wrestling ring announcer in ''Spider-Man'' and as a rude usher in ''Spider-Man 2'', returns in ''Spider-Man 3'' with a new cameo as a French maître d'.[2] Producer Grant Curtis also has a cameo as the driver of an armored car that Sandman attacks.[3]
Production
Development
In March 2004, with ''Spider-Man 2'' being released the coming June, Marvel Studios had begun developing ''Spider-Man 3'' for a release in 2007.[4] By the release of ''Spider-Man 2'', a release date for ''Spider-Man 3'' had been set for May 2, 2007 before production on the sequel had begun.[5] The date was later changed to May 4 2007. In January 2005, Sony Pictures Entertainment completed a seven-figure deal with screenwriter Alvin Sargent, who had penned ''Spider-Man 2'', to work on ''Spider-Man 3'' with an option to write a fourth film.[6]
| "The most important thing Peter right now has to learn is that this whole concept of him as the avenger or him as the hero, he wears this red and blue outfit, with each criminal he brings to justice he's trying to pay down this debt of guilt he feels about the death of Uncle Ben. He considers himself a hero and a sinless person versus these villains that he nabs. We felt it would be a great thing for him to learn a little less black and white view of life and that he's not above these people." |
| — Sam Raimi[7] |
Immediately after ''Spider-Man 2's release, Ivan Raimi wrote a treatment over two months,[8] with Sam Raimi deciding to use the film to explore Peter learning that he is not a sinless vigilante, and that there also can be humanity in those he considers criminals. He took the opportunity to make Mary Jane Watson's life torturous, similar to Peter's various problems during the second film. Harry Osborn was brought back as Raimi wanted to conclude his storyline, but Raimi felt that Harry would not follow his father's legacy, but be instead "somewhere between".[9] Sandman was introduced as an antagonist, as Raimi found him a visually fascinating character. While Sandman is a petty criminal in the comics, the screenwriters created a background of the character being Uncle Ben's killer to increase Peter's guilt over his death[10] and challenge his simplistic perception of the event. Overall, Raimi described the film as being about Peter, Mary Jane, Harry and the Sandman,[11] with Peter's journey being one of forgiveness.[12]
Raimi wanted another villain, and Ben Kingsley was involved in negotiations to play the Vulture before the character was cut. Marvel Studios chairman and CEO Avi Arad convinced Raimi to include Venom, a character whose perceived "lack of humanity" had initially been criticized by Sam Raimi.[13] Arad told the director that he had a strong fan base, and Raimi included him to please fans, and even began to appreciate the character himself. The film's version of the character is an amalgamation of Venom stories. Eddie Brock, Jr., the human part of Venom, serves as a mirror to Peter Parker, with both characters having similar jobs and romantic interests.13 Brock's actions as a journalist in ''Spider-Man 3'' also represent contemporary themes of paparazzi and tabloid journalism.14 Raimi had to graft the symbiote onto Peter in order to introduce Venom, and Maguire relished the opportunity to play a less timid Parker. The producers also suggested adding rival love interest Gwen Stacy, filling in an "other girl" type that Raimi already created. With so many additions, Sargent soon found his script so complex that he considered splitting it into two films, but abandoned the idea when he could not create a successful intermediate climax.
Casting
| "Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience." |
| — Thomas Haden Church on Sandman[14] |
Thomas Haden Church knew Raimi as he had been approached for the director's film ''The Gift'' years before and was approached for Sandman because of his award-winning performance in ''Sideways'':[15] Church accepted the role of Sandman despite the lack of a script at the time. The film's Sandman possesses sympathy similarly exhibited by Lon Chaney in his portrayals of misunderstood creatures, as well as Frankenstein's monster, the Golem,[16] and the 2000s incarnations of Gollum and King Kong. Church worked out for 16 months to improve his physique for the role,[17] gaining 28 pounds of muscle and losing 10 pounds of body fat.[18]
Topher Grace was cast in May 2005[19] as Venom, impressing the producers with his performance in ''In Good Company'' (2004). Grace spent six months working out to prepare for the role, gaining 24 pounds of muscle,[20] though in terms of characterization, he was a big comic book fan and had read the first Venom stories as a boy. Grace approached Venom as someone under the influence, similar to an alcoholic or drug addict, and interpreted him as having a bad childhood, which is the key difference between him and Peter.
As Gwen Stacy, Bryce Dallas Howard had the trouble of portraying a character whom many fans knew as Peter Parker's first love in the mainstream comics continuity, yet had the role of being another woman in his life in the film. Howard strived to create a sense that Gwen could potentially be a future girlfriend for him, and that, "I was not acting like some kind of man-stealing tart."[21] Howard performed many of her stunts, unaware of the fact she was pregnant.
Filming
The film's budget is officially $258 million, which makes it one of the most expensive films ever made in nominal U.S. dollars.[22] Camera crews spent ten days from November 5 2005 to November 18 2005, to film sequences that would involve intense visual effects so Sony Pictures Imageworks could begin work on the shots early in the project. The same steps had been taken for ''Spider-Man 2'' to begin producing visual effects early for sequences involving the villain Doctor Octopus.[23]
Principal photography for ''Spider-Man 3'' began on January 16, 2006 and wrapped in July 2006 after over a hundred days of filming. The team filmed in Los Angeles until May 19, 2006. In spring 2006, film location manager Peter Martorano brought camera crews to Cleveland,[24] due to the Cleveland Film Commission offering production space at the city's convention center at no cost.[25] In Cleveland, they shot the battle between Spider-Man and Sandman in the armored car. Afterwards, the team moved to Manhattan, where filming took place beginning 26 May 2006 until July 1, 2006.23 Shooting placed a strain on Raimi, who often had to move between several units to complete the picture. Shooting was also difficult for cinematographer Bill Pope, as Spider-Man, Venom and the New Goblin were costumed in black during fight scenes taking place at night.[26]
After August, pick-ups were conducted as Raimi sought to film more action scenes.[27] The film then wrapped in October, although in the following month, additional special effects shots were taken to finalize the production.[28] At the start of 2007, there were further pick-up shots regarding the resolution of Sandman's story, amounting to four different versions.
Effects
John Dykstra, who won the Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on ''Spider-Man 2'', declined to work on the third film as visual effects supervisor. Dykstra's colleague, Scott Stokdyk, took his place as supervisor,[29] leading 200 programmers at Sony Pictures Imageworks designed specific computer programs that did not exist when ''Spider-Man 3'' began production, creating to 900 visual effects shots.[30] In addition to the innovative visual effects for the film, Stokdyk created a miniature of a skyscraper section at 1/16 scale with New Deal Studios' Ian Hunter and David Sanger. Stokdyk chose to design the miniature instead of using computer-generated imagery so damage done to the building could be portrayed realistically and timely without guesswork involving computer models.[31]
Amputee boxer Baxter Humby, as Spider-Man, throws a computer-generated punch through the chest of Sandman, portrayed by Thomas Haden Church
To understand the effects of sand for the Sandman, experiments were done with 12 types of sand, such as splashing, launching at stuntmen, and poured over ledges. The results were mimicked on the computer to create the visual effects for Sandman. For scenes involving visual effects, Thomas Haden Church was super-imposed onto the screen, where computer-generated imagery was then applied.15 With sand as a possible hazard in scenes that buried actors, ground-up corncobs were used as a substitute instead,[32] meaning Arizona sand was used as the CG model as it most closely resembled it. In a fight where Spider-Man punches through Sandman's chest, amputee martial arts expert Baxter Humby took Tobey Maguire's place in filming the scene. Humby, whose right hand was amputated at birth, helped deliver the intended effect of punching through Sandman's chest.[33]
Eddie (Topher Grace) reveals himself to Spider-Man in the film's climax. His suit possessed a webbing motif unlike the comics, and Grace wore prosthetics and fangs to shape the character's appearance.
The suit Topher Grace wore as Venom had a webbing motif unlike the comic incarnation. The motif was added by the film design department to give a sense of life to the symbiote, giving it the appearance of gripping onto the character's body.[34] Grace found his costume unpleasant, as it had to be constantly smeared to give a liquid-like feel. The costume took an hour to put on, though prosthetics took four hours to apply. Grace also wore fangs for his character, which bruised his gums.[35] James Franco does not wear the costume of his character's father, but wears a streamlined costume solely for the intent of killing Spider-Man instead of terrorizing people. His snowboard-styled glider was dubbed the "Sky Stick" by the filmmakers.
Music
Originally, Danny Elfman, the composer for the previous installments, did not plan to return for the third installment of ''Spider-Man'' because of difficulties with director Sam Raimi. Elfman said that he had a "miserable experience" working with Raimi on ''Spider-Man 2'' and could not comfortably adapt his music.[36] Christopher Young was then announced to score ''Spider-Man 3'' in Elfman's absence.[37] In December 2006, however, producer Grant Curtis announced that Elfman had begun collaborating with Christopher Young on the music for ''Spider-Man 3''.[38] Young kept the themes for Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, and he composed new themes for Sandman, Venom, and the love story.[39]
Marketing
In New York City, the hometown of Spider-Man's fictional universe, tourist attractions arranged events and exhibits on April 30, 2007 to lead up to the release of ''Spider-Man 3''. The unique campaign include a spider exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, workshops on baby spider plants at the New York Botanical Garden, Green Goblin mask-making workshop at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, and a scavenger hunt and a bug show at Central Park Zoo.[40]
Hasbro, which holds the license for Marvel characters, has released several toys to tie-in with the film. They include a deluxe spinning web blaster, along with several lines of action figures aimed at both children and collectors.[41] Toys of the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus from the first two films have been re-released to match the smaller scale of the new figures, as have been toys of the Lizard, the Scorpion, Kraven the Hunter, and the Rhino in a style reminiscent of the films.[42][43] Techno Source created interactive toys, including a "hand-held Battle Tronics device that straps to the inside of a player’s wrist and mimics Spidey’s web-slinging motions".[44] Japanese Medicom Toy Corporation produced collectibles, which Sideshow Collectibles distributed in the US.[45]
Release
Tobey Maguire greets fans at the premiere in Queens, New York.
''Spider-Man 3'' was commercially released in 16 territories on May 1, 2007.[50] The film was released in Japan on May 1 2007, three days prior to the American commercial release, to coincide with Japan's Golden Week.46 ''Spider-Man 3'' was also released in China on May 3 2007 to circumvent market growth of pirated copies of the film. The studio's release of a film in China before its domestic release was a first for Sony Pictures Releasing International.[51] The film was commercially released in the United States on May 4 2007 in a North American record total of 4,253 theaters,[52] including 53 IMAX theaters.[53] The record number of theaters was later beaten by '', which was released in 4,362 theaters in the United States, 110 more than ''Spider-Man 3''.[54] Tracking data a month before the U.S. release reflected over 90% awareness and over 20% first choice among moviegoers, statistics that estimated an opening weekend of over $100 million for ''Spider-Man 3''.[55] Online tickets for ''Spider-Man 3'' were reported on April 23 2007 to have been purchased at a faster rate -- three times at Movietickets.com and four times at Fandango -- than online ticket sales for ''Spider-Man 2''.[56] On May 2 2007, Fandango reported the sales rate as six times greater than the rate for ''Spider-Man 2''. The strong ticket sales caused theaters to add 3:00 AM showings following the May 4 2007 midnight showing to accommodate the demand.[57]
By May 6, 2007, ''Spider-Man 3'' has opened in 107 countries around the world.50 The FX channel signed a five year deal for the television rights to ''Spider-Man 3'', which they plan to start airing at the beginning of 2009. The price will be based on the film's box office performance, with an option for three opportunities for Sony to sell the rights to one or more other broadcast networks.[58] ''Spider-Man 3'' will be released on DVD in Region 1 territories on October 30, 2007. There will be one-disc and two-disc editions, on both standard and Blu-ray formats, as well as packages with the previous films and a PSP release.[59]
Box office performance
On its international opening day on May 1, 2007 in 16 territories, ''Spider-Man 3'' grossed $29.2 million, an 86% increase from the intake of ''Spider-Man 2'' on its first day of release. In 10 of the 16 territories, ''Spider-Man 3'' set new opening day records.50 In Asian territories, the film surpassed the opening-day record of ''Spider-Man 2'' in Japan and South Korea. ''Spider-Man 3'' also set opening-day records in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines.52 In India, where the movie was released in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bhojpuri, the film grossed $4.66 million over the opening weekend, breaking the record set by ''Casino Royale'' in 2006 ($3.63 million)[60]. In Europe, the film broke Italy's opening-day record set by 2006's ''The Da Vinci Code''.[61] In Germany, the film surpassed the opening day gross of ''Spider-Man 2''. In France, ''Spider-Man 3'' broke the opening day record set by '' in 2005.[62] The film broke the opening weekend records in 29 countries, while being at least #1 in all 107 countries that it opened, which brought its international total to $231 million.[63]
''Spider-Man 3'' set a record $59.8 million take for its opening day in the United States, breaking '' 's $55.8 million record. The movie also took the worldwide opening day record with $117 million.[64] The US opening day take includes a record $10 million in Thursday midnight showings.[65] ''Spider-Man 3'' broke ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's all-time weekend debut by grossing $151.1 million.[66] The film also set a new worldwide record for opening weekend, with a final total of $382 million. As of September 3 2007, the worldwide total is $890.2 million - It now ranks 3rd worldwide behind '' and ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''.[67]
The film's IMAX screenings reached $20 million in 30 days, faster than any other 2D film remastered in the format.[68]
Critical reaction
On the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, ''Spider-Man 3'' has a 61% critic rating from 215 reviews, with a 46% Cream of the Crop rating based on 39 reviews from major news outlets.[69] On Metacritic, ''Spider-Man 3'' has received a 60% rating based on 39 reviews.[70] On Yahoo! Movies, ''Spider-Man 3'' is graded a B- among 15 film critics.[71] In an early, positive review, posted April 25 2007, Roger Friedman of ''Fox News'' called the film a "4 star opera", noting that while long, there was plenty of humor and action.[72] Andy Khouri of Comic Book Resources praised the film as "easily the most complex and deftly orchestrated superhero epic ever filmed... despite the enormous amount of characters, action and sci-fi superhero plot going on in this film, ''Spider-Man 3'' never feels weighted down, tedious or boring."[73] Jonathan Ross, a big fan of the comic books, felt the film was the best of the trilogy.[74] Richard Corliss of ''Time'' commended the filmmakers for their ability to "dramatize feelings of angst and personal betrayal worthy of an Ingmar Bergman film, and then to dress them up in gaudy comic-book colors."[75] Wesley Morris of the ''The Boston Globe'', who gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, wrote that it was a well made, fresh film, but would leave the viewer "overfulfilled".[76] Jonathan Dean of ''Total Film'' felt the film's complex plot helped the film's pacing, in that, "it rarely feels disjointed or loose... Spider-Man cements its shelf-life."[77] ''Entertainment Weekly'' named the Sandman as the eighth best computer generated film character.[78]
John Hartl of ''MSNBC'' gave ''Spider-Man 3'' a good review, but stated that it has some flaws such as having "too many storylines".[79] His opinion is echoed by ''Houston Chronicle's Amy Biancolli who complained that "the script is busy with so many supporting characters and plot detours that the series' charming idiosyncrasy is sometimes lost in the noise."[80] Jack Matthews of ''New York Daily News'' thought the film was devoted too much to the "quiet conversations" of Peter and Mary Jane, but that fans would not be disappointed by the action.[81] Among less enthusiastic reviewers, Sean Burns of ''Philadelphia Weekly'' felt that the director "substituted scope and scale for the warmth and wit that made those two previous pictures so memorable."[82] Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' deplored the film's pacing as "mostly just plods" and a lack of humor.[83] Richard Roeper of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' gave the film only 2 out of 4 stars, feeling, "for every slam-bang action sequence, there are far too many sluggish scenes."[84] David Edelstein of ''New York Magazine'' misses the "centrifugal threat" of Alfred Molina's character, adding that "the three villains here don’t add up to one Doc Ock."[85] James Berardinelli felt director Sam Raimi "overreached his grasp" by allowing so many villains, specifically saying, "Venom is one bad guy too many."[86] ''The New Yorker's'' Anthony Lane, who gave ''Spider-Man 2'' a favorable review,[87] summarized the film as a “shambles” which “makes the rules up as it goes along.”[88]
References
1. Exclusive Interview: Stan Lee Gets Superheroic Once Again For The Sci Fi Channel
2. Bruce Campbell is listed in the film's credits as a French maître d'.
3. Grant Curtis, Armored Car Stunt
4. Spidey spins web for a third time
5. Spidey swings to new heights
6. Sargent to spin more Spidey tales
7. Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Director Sam Raimi
8. World Wide Web
9. 'Spider-Man 3' Cast Confirms Love Triangle, Death, Soul-Sucking Costume
10. IGN Interview: Avi Arad
11. Producers Beefed Up ''Spidey 3''
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13. Comic-Con 2006: Spider-Man 3
14. The inner life of the super-villain
15. Exclusive: Enter Sandman!
16. TALKING (SPIDER) SENSE WITH THOMAS HADEN CHURCH
17. Weaving the Web of 'Spider-Man 3', Part Two: Thomas Hayden Church, Topher Grace and Bryce Dallas Howard
18. AGAINST THE GRAIN
19. Topher Grace Joins Spider-Man 3!
20. Interview: AVI ARAD, LAURA ZISKIN, & GRANT CURTIS SPIN TALES OF 'SPIDER-MAN 3'
21. Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Bryce Dallas Howard
22. Red carpet becoming more global
23. Grant Curtis - Welcome back
24. Spider-Man's location manager knows a great city when he sees it
25. Touting home turf
26. A Complex Web
27. 'Spider-Man' Cast Called Back for Reshoots
28. Dunst Discusses Spidey's Future
29. 'Spider' man Dykstra will roll 'Wheels'
30. Spider-Man 3 Director Geeks Out on His Movie's Real Star: Sand
31. Grant's Trivia Questions Answered!
32. The Secrets of Spider-Man 3
33. An Exclusive interview with Spider-Man!
34. E.J. Krisor - Illustrator
35. Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Topher Grace
36. Elfman speaks on Spider-Man split
37. Tune Spinner
38. Grant responds to to your comments from his "Production Update" post
39. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ghost Rider and Spider-Man 3 Composer Christopher Young
40. Coming attractions: NYC's spidey sense is tingling
41. ''Spider-Man 3'' web blaster
42. Spider-Man (docockscorpion)
43. Spider-Man (rhino)
44. Show biz: Fall Toy Show
45. Sideshow Making ''Spider-Man 3'' Collectibles
46. Spider-Man 3 to premiere May 1
47. "Spider-Man 3" shows soul-searching superhero
48. Forthcoming events in Westminster
49. ''Spider-Man 3'' Premiere to Take Place in Queens
50. 'Spider-Man 3' snares web of first-day records
51. 'Spider-Man 3' will land in China before N. America
52. 'Spider-Man 3' sets records
53. Spider-Man 3 to Break Records, Then FAIL MISERABLY?
54. ''Pirates'' Opens in Record # of Theaters
55. 'Spider-Man 3' Tracking "Thru The Roof"! Black Spidey Looks Bigger Than 1 And 2
56. "Spider-Man 3" Web ticket sales top predecessor
57. ''Spider-Man 3'' Snares 94% of Fandango Sales
58. FX ensnares "Spider-Man 3" '09 TV runs
59. 'Spider-Man 3' spins Blu-ray debut
60. Spider-Man 3' breaks all records!
61. 'Spider-Man 3' breaks Italy's first day box office record
62. 'Spider-Man 3' breaks Euro records
63. 'Spider-Man 3' spins worldwide web
64. 'Spider-Man 3' Soars Into Record Books
65. Spider-Man 3 sets new records
66. 'Spider-Man 3' final tally takes it past 0 million
67. SPIDER-MAN 3 numbers
68. Spider-Man 3 IMAX Grosses Over Million
69. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
70. Spider-Man (2007): Reviews
71. Spider-Man 3 - Critics Reviews
72. 'Spider-Man 3' Is a 4-Star Opera
73. "SPIDER-MAN 3" - THE CBR REVIEW
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75. Spider-Man Gets Sensitive
76. Spider-Man 3 Movie Review: Secret identity crisis
77. Spider-Man 3
78. Our 10 Favorite CG Characters
79. 'Spider-Man 3' a Tangled Web
80. It's long, but if you're a geek, that's great
81. Head-spinning action & villains - but some bugs
82. Less Than Hero
83. Superhero Sandbagged
84. Spidey spins shaky web
85. Web 3.0
86. Berardinelli reviews ''Spider-Man 3''
87. Swing Easy
88. Acting Out
Further reading
★ Spider-Man 3, Peter David, , , Pocket Star, 2007,
★ The Spider-Man Chronicles: The Art and Making of Spider-Man 3, Grant Curtis, , , Chronicle Books, 2007,
External links
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★ Official website
★ International release dates
★ Official premiere website
★ ''Spider-Man 3'' Official Movie Blog
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