The feature starring Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man pounced the box office, earning $35 million in its first day of release in the U.S. including $7.5 million in midnight screenings. The figure is the biggest Tuesday ever, outpacing Transformers , which took in $27.8 million on a Tuesday back in July of 2007. That film went on to gross over $155 million in its first six days. IMAX netted $4 million of Tuesday’s $35 million record gross, now easily the biggest Tuesday debut of all time.. Of the $7.5 million taken in at midnight screenings, IMAX grossed an impressive $1.2 million from 300 screens for a $4,000 screen average. The 3-D The Amazing Spider-Man opened at 4,318 theaters in the U.S. Overseas, it has grossed $50.2 million for a worldwide total of about $85.2 million, according to the latest figures. [Source: Hollywood.com and Box Office Mojo ]
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The Amazing Spider-Man Spins Massive Box Office
