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Summary The studio projects domestic ticket sales of $110 mn to $120 mn from Tuesday through Sunday.
The Amazing Spider-Man lit up U.S. and Canadian box offices on its first day in movie theaters, catching $35 million in its sticky web and breaking a record for a Tuesday opening, distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Wednesday.Sony Pictures said the 3D movies box office total, which included $4 million from giant Imax theater screens, broke the previous record of $27.8 million for a Tuesday debut held by the first Transformers film that opened on July 3, 2007.The studio projects domestic ticket sales of $110 million to $120 million from Tuesday through Sunday, which encompasses Wednesdays Independence Day holiday in the United States.But some box office watchers see totals of $125 million or more. After its 2007, opening Transformers went on to grab over $146 million in its first six days in domestic theaters, according to Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com Box Office.Sony spent about $215 million to produce the highly-anticipated film, plus tens of millions more on marketing.The Amazing Spider-Man reboots the modern film series that began with 2002s Spider-Man and over three movies netted around $2.5 billion at global box offices for its makers Marvel Studios and distributor Sony Pictures.Sony Pictures is a division of Sony Corp and Marvel is part of The Walt Disney Co.
