Spiderman 3 Captures Box Office Record in Web

As the summer movies roll in, so do the movie odds. Spider-Man 3 blew out the top North American box office record on Sunday with the latest film bagging a record-smashing 148 million dollars on its opening weekend.

Figures released by box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations showed the web-spinning protagonist blasting the blockbuster season off to a super-high earning start.

Last year by Disney’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,’ earned 135.6 million in its first three days, which was the record holding box office weekend at that time.

The single-day takings for ‘Spider-Man 3’ on Friday came to 59 million, beating the ‘Pirates’ record of 55.8 million in July 2006, Variety said.

Other highly anticipated movies coming this summer are Pirates of the Carribbean 3, and the next installment of Harry Potter.

Currently, entertainment odds provider Bodog.com is offering:

Bet On: Will Tobey Maguire sign on to star in Spiderman 4? 
Yes
-110
No
-130

Odds On: If Sam Raimi does not sign on to Direct Spiderman 4, who will be the new director? 

Zack Snyder
5/1

Tim Burton
6/1

Sam Mendes
7/1

Bryan Singer
8/1

George Lucas
8/1

James Cameron
9/1

Peter Jackson
9/1

Brian Helgeland
10/1

Ang Lee
10/1

Steven Spielberg
11/1

Quentin Tarantino
15/1

Uwe Boll
30/1