Weekend Box Office

‘Spider-Man’: A Record $114.8 Million

“Spider-Man” fended off the Green Goblin and then raked in the greenbacks, smashing box-office records left and right.

The Columbia Pictures film, starring Tobey Maguire as the web-slinging comic book superhero and directed by Sam Raimi, grossed $114.8 million in its first three days in release, far eclipsing the previous record three-day opening of $90.3 million set only last November by Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

*--* Movie Three-day Screens/ Average Weeks in release (Studio) gross/ Total (millions) 1 “Spider-Man” $114.8 3,615 1 (Sony/Columb $114.8 $31,769 ia) 2 “The Scorpion $9.0 3,466 3 King” (Universal) $74.3 $2,610 3 “Changing Lanes” $5.3 2,642 4 (Paramount) $52.1 $2,021 4 “Murder by $3.6 2,565 3 Numbers” (Warner $23.9 $1,413 Bros.) 5 “Life or $3.2 2,607 2 Something Like It” (Fox) $10.9 $1,221 6 “The Rookie” $3.1 2,351 6 (Disney) $64.9 $1,327 7 “Deuces Wild” $2.7 1,480 1 (United $2.7 $1,827 Artists) 8 “Ice Age” $2.4 2,137 8 (Fox) $169.0 $1,109 9 “Jason X” $2.3 1,879 2 (New Line) $10.3 $1,226 10 “Panic Room” $2.1 1,827 6 (Sony/Columb $91.0 $1,143 ia) Source: Exhibitor Relations Co

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“Spider-Man” also had the best single-day gross in history with Saturday’s $43.6 million; the biggest per-screen average for a wide release with $31,769; and became the fastest film to gross $100 million--three days, said Jeff Blake, president of worldwide marketing and distribution for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group.

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Robert W. Welkos