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LOS ANGELES -- Your new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at U.S. theaters.
Overseas, Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" added $129.1 million, raising its international total to $201.6 million and worldwide haul to $341.2 million since it began rolling out a week earlier in some foreign markets.
The movie started off as a smaller domestic moneymaker than the previous three Spidey films, but it laid to rest objections that it was too soon to relaunch the superhero franchise.
The new origin story for the Marvel Comics web-slinger comes just five years after "Spider-Man 3," Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi's final movie in a series that shattered box-office records.
The previous weekend's No. 1 film, Universal's teddy-bear comedy "Ted," fell to second-place with $32.6 million, raising its domestic total to $120.2 million.
Estimated ticket sales, in millions, for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com.
1. "The Amazing Spider-Man" $65
2. "Ted" $32.6
3. "Brave" $20.2
4. "Savages" $16.2
5. "Magic Mike" $15.6
6. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection" $10.2
7. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" $7.7
8. "Katy Perry: Part of Me" $7.2
9. "Moonrise Kingdom" $4.6
10. "To Rome with Love" $3.5
First Published July 9, 2012 9:46 am
