Good freaking grief. According to the website “Fandango” claims that as of 10am yesterday (Thursday) morning, over 100 midnight screenings of Spider-Man 3 were already sold out. Other sources and now saying that over 75% of the midnight screenings were fully sold out by show time. THAT’S HUGE!!!
I originally guessed that Spider-Man 3 would take in about $105 million on its opening weekend. I think I was wrong. Now it’s looking like it’ll probably get closer to the $130 million mark… not quite beating Pirates 2 from last year… but still more money than a thousand Las Vegas hookers could make at a weekend Star Wars fan convention. That’s crazy money.
But here’s the thing… no matter how much Spider-Man makes this weekend… I still say Pirates 3 will beat it. So holy crap… if Spider-Man 3 makes around $130 million… what on earth will Pirates 3 end up making? We could be looking at a $150 million opening weekend for that flick. These are some staggering numbers!
I still think Spider-Man 3 is in a bit of trouble. If that movie is only “ok” (like many early reviews are saying) then it’s going to really hurt its number of repeat viewers. Conservative numbers are saying that Spider-Man 3 needs to make around the $550 million mark just to break even for the studio (when you consider over $300 million in production costs, add marketing, add the movie theaters take… ect.).
But either way… there is no denying that Spider-Man 3 is off to an amazing start. Watch for our review later this evening.
