Sony took a gamble and a half by rebooting the Spider-Man franchise
rather than pressing ahead with Sam Raimi’s proposed Spider-Man 4, but
right now, we suspect it’s champagne all round in the studio’s
boardroom.
In a single day, The Amazing Spider-Man took a reported $35m at
the box office, which breaks the record for a Tuesday opening. It’s
some way off the opening day record set by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 last year ($91m), and below that of Spider-Man 3 ($59.8m). However, opening on a Tuesday was always likely to dampen the figure, and The Amazing Spider-Man
should bring in a major chunk of cash across the July 4th holiday in
America. By next Monday, the film may well be in the $150m region, if
not more.