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Manhattanites apparently love Spider-Man with the same insane intensity as the rest of America: Spider-Man 3 topped both the U.S. and Manhattan box office once again, raking in $60 M. over the weekend, while 28 Weeks Later, the follow-up to the zombie sleeper 28 Days Later, angled for the bloodthirsty “R” crowd and made away with $10 M.

Behind Spider-Man 3, the gory horror film had the strongest per screen average in the city, a very healthy $20,718.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/spider-man-3-28-days-later-reign-felicity-happy#comments Arts & Culture Keri Russell Manhattan Box Office Tobey Maguire Mon, 14 May 2007 13:48:22 -0400 Jake Brooks 54049 at http://www.observer.com Spider-Man 3 Quintuples Its Take in Manhattan http://www.observer.com/2007/spiderman-tops-manhattan-box-office-despite-bad-reviews

It doesn't exactly make a critic eat his heart out when a movie like Spider-Man 3, despite being panned by them (including our own Rex Reed), breaks all the records in the book.

Biggest opening weekend? Check. Biggest opening, period? Check. Biggest international release? Check.

But let’s add some insult to critical injury, please: Can you guess the two top-grossing theaters on the movie’s opening-day? L.A.’s gigantic ArcLight and … Sony’s Lincoln Square theater. Take that, Alice Tully!  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/spiderman-tops-manhattan-box-office-despite-bad-reviews#comments Arts & Culture Manhattan Box Office Spider-Man Mon, 07 May 2007 14:02:40 -0400 Jake Brooks 53859 at http://www.observer.com