The good news for Hollywood: Even if Pirates doesn't surpass Spider-Man 3, it could secure what analysts expect will be a record-setting holiday weekend.
Spider-Man 3 was much criticized among many other failings for keeping its arachnid protagonist off screen for the first half hour of the film.
Audiences will, of course, turn out in staggering numbers for "Spider-Man 3, " which, like its two predecessors, was directed by Sam Raimi, and find plenty of special effects to keep them pop-eyed.
The film set records when it opened last weekend, becoming the third highest-grossing opening of all time behind The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 and the biggest opening of 2009, according to Box Office Mojo.
Part of the reason for blu's success this week was some old favorites like 300 and Spider-Man 3, but judging by the new legs on Casino Royale, we'd say a BOGO sale contributed to the success as well.
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This pub is - or, perhaps, was - the favoured watering hole of such stars as Amy Winehouse, Liam Gallagher and even Hollywood's Kirsten Dunst, who is said to have popped in after the London premiere of Spider-Man 3.
All in all over 100 items stuffed inside a courtesy HD DVD press backpack (which itself may be a collector's item some day soon), including a Jawbone Bluetooth headset, CoPilot Navigator 9, Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray disc, Tooth Tunes toothbrush, and an iriver Mplayer.
While I can somewhat defend the kitchen-sink excess and superb action scenes of Spider-Man 3, the occasionally thoughtful character work in Batman Forever, and the entertaining but pointlessly rushed and micromanaged X-Men: The Last Stand, none of these films reach anything approaching greatness.
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There are currently eight iconic scenes from the X-Men, Iron Man and Spider-Man franchises available and more construction sets tied to the new Iron Man 3 feature film will launch later this spring.
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The new Spider-Man film opens on May 3, and if it's a hit, Spidey-related collectibles will jump in value.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is expected to create 3, 500 jobs, but one issue is that much of the job creation happens in already wealthy areas of the state such as New York City and Long Island.
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Big, hit Sony titles coming in 2013 exclusively on pay television to the STARZ channels and services include: The Amazing Spider-Man, 21 Jump Street, Zero Dark Thirty, The Vow, Men In Black 3, and Resident Evil: Retribution.
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