So it’s out there now, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN after all of the hype and seemingly endless TV spots, trailers and clips we have the finished article in our local cinema; we’ve given it a watch (you can read our review here) and it has a not too shabby 7.7 rating on IMDB but how is it doing in the most important area…the money? Well, from 3,150 midnight screenings in America the film took $7.5 million now whilst that may read impressively it is not necessarily so being the same as SPIDER-MAN 3s opening, which was in May, but massively under THE AVENGERS which took $18.7 million from midnight showings (admittedly on its way to a record opening weekend) and it’s even worryingly near PROMETHEUS’ figure of $3.5 million which when you bear in mind is an R-Rated movie isn’t great.
So the figures look ok, but is ok really enough for Sony? With a rumoured budget pushing north of $200 million I’d guess not but hey, it’s not like they’ve already locked in a sequel is it…oh.
Source: Box Office Mojo
