Boffo Asian opening for ‘Spider-Man 3’

Film grosses $3.5 and $3.4 mil on opening days in Japan and South Korea

	"Spider-Man 3" director Sam Raimi, stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Thomas Haden Church in Tokyo Tuesday for the world premiere. Film grossed $3.5 million on its opening day in Japan.
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updated 11:22 p.m. ET May 1, 2007

LOS ANGELES - “Spider-Man 3” is off and flying, with record-setting opening-day ticket revenues in Asia on Tuesday.

The film, which opens in the United States on Friday, topped the first-day grosses for Spideys 1 and 2 in both Japan and South Korea. It enjoyed the biggest opening-day ever for any film in Hong Kong and South Korea.

In Japan, the film’s first day brought in an estimated $3.5 million. In South Korea the take was $3.4 million.

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Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man 3” stars Tobey Maguire as the comic-book superhero, with Kirsten Dunst as his enduring love, Mary Jane Watson.

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