Chapter 50: Opening Weekend Box Office Record! Spider-Man's Dimensional Reduction Strike!

"Boss, the weekend box office statistics are out!"

At Sony Entertainment headquarters, key executives and the film's creative team gathered, awaiting the verdict!

A staff member ran over, panting heavily.

"How much?" Sony Chairman Skinner asked, trembling.

The entire conference hall held its breath, waiting for the final result.

"Huff, huff..."

A crushing, fault-line-style domination!

Hearing this news, the Sony Entertainment conference room could no longer contain itself, erupting in cheers!

The opening weekend box office, including the three days of last Friday.

"Spider-Man" earned 170 million US dollars in North America!

Completely shattering the highest record in North American film history!

Before this, the record holder for the highest opening weekend box office in film history was "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith",

with "Shrek 2" in second place; both films had an opening weekend of 108 million US dollars.

Even in the previous life, the highest record set by the 2002 version of "Spider-Man" was only 114.8 million US dollars!

The new version of "Spider-Man" in the parallel world was so explosive that it raised the box office record to an uncatchable level!

"Spider-Man" has even begun to be compared in the all-time film rankings; the 2006 films simply have no one who can fight!

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was instantly crushed into dust by "Spider-Man" on its first day.

The subsequent "Cars", "Ice Age 2", and "The Da Vinci Code" had absolutely no chance of winning.

Originally, Warner Bros. wanted to fight a superhero battle against "Spider-Man" with "Superman Returns".

Now it seems "Superman Returns" isn't even fit to hold Spider-Man's shoes.

It's not that this movie is terrible; "Superman Returns" also surpassed 30 million US dollars in its opening weekend box office, and its reviews were passable.

But unfortunately, on the track of live-action comic book adaptations, they met an opponent of crushing dominance.

Warner Bros. innocently became cannon fodder for Sony Entertainment.

Even in the future, when people talk about the resurgence of superhero movies, they will only think of "Spider-Man" first!

Explosive!

A sensation across the entire United States!

Three days after opening, "Spider-Man"'s IMDb rating remained stubbornly stable at the outrageous score of 9.8!

And whether it was traditional media or internet word-of-mouth, the reviews were uniformly positive!

The number of viewers surged dozens of times, and the result was the same!

Those who had planned to wait and see, as well as critics waiting to see a joke, were completely dumbfounded.

The dark horse of the year?

No!

This is dimensional reduction strike!

Originally, over 4,000 theaters opened for sales, but now it has increased to nearly 5,000 theaters!

Even small cinemas in remote towns across North America are desperate to open and screen "Spider-Man"!

The film's bosses almost don't want to schedule any other movies!

Every screening is packed, packed for three consecutive days, with tickets impossible to get!

Having worked in the industry for decades, they had never seen such a terrifying film!

"Can't get tickets! I waited in line for five hours only to be told there are no tickets for the whole week?"

"During the presale period, my girlfriend asked me to get tickets and I didn't; now it's too late to regret it, and we're in a cold war. How do I make up with her?"

"I was planning to wait and see, but after waiting, I won't be able to watch it until next week."

"Can anyone tell me, is it really that good? Or is it just paid shills?"

Instantly, countless replies appeared under this post!

"Go queue up and buy tickets immediately! If it's not good, I'll cut off my head!"

The film market ignited by "Spider-Man" even attracted the attention of television stations.

CNN conducted random street interviews overnight, arriving at the entrance of a cinema where people were still queuing at the ticket window late at night.

"Hello, I am a CNN reporter. You are queuing so late; which movie do you plan to watch?"

"Spider-Man! Ahhh, I want to see it so much!"

The interviewed crowd was extremely excited, shouting continuously.

Due to the lively atmosphere, the entire line got hyped up.

"Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Spider-Man!"

Many people in the line were wearing Spider-Man masks, showing just how huge this character's influence is in North America!

It's not just ordinary audiences who like to watch; even critics have been conquered by this film.

Luo Jie, a famous North American film critic known for his sharp words, commented in his column:

"Regarding superhero movies, there was glory before, but due to overly terrible scripts and performances, this genre gradually declined."

"This year, I actually saw such a work."