US Box Office
After 3 weeks, a more muscular creatures bumps the spider off the top. While Shrek the Third breaks its own record, $122 million in its first week, it doesn’t beat the $151 million Spidey took in earlier this month.
With no other adversaries, Spidey hangs on at the runner-up spot, with another $28.5 million. While breaking the all time opening record, the total ($281.9 million) is already behind the tally of the previous Spideys in their third week (resp. $285.6 million and $302.3 million). Trend these days are bigger openings, but higher fall-off rates, resulting in a lower total in the end.
Rounding out the top 5 is 28 Weeks Later with $5.2 million, Disturbia with $3.7 million and Georgia Rules with $3.5 million.