[123] Spider-Man 3 would hold that record until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince took it in 2009. [111] It also set a record Saturday gross (surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers). They embrace and share a dance. Gwen, realizing she had been used, apologizes to Mary Jane and leaves. Spider-Man 3 did not win any of the four Visual Effects Society Awards nominations it received. [19] Becky Ann Baker appears as Mrs. Stacy. With an estimated production budget of $258350 million, it was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release. Young described Venom's theme as "Vicious, my instructions on that one were that he's the devil personified. Brock attempts to impale Peter with Harry's glider, but Harry jumps in and is impaled instead. Raimi purportedly went through four iterations of the script with different screenwriters and still "hated it". As a consequence of this, the suit Topher Grace wore as Venom also bore the webbing motif; as producer Grant Curtis noted, "it's the Spider-Man suit, but twisted and mangled in its own right. "The most important thing Peter right now has to learn is that this whole concept of him as the avenger or him as the hero, he wears this red and blue outfit, with each criminal he brings to justice he's trying to pay down this debt of guilt he feels about the death of Uncle Ben. 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Why? [114], Outside North America, it is the 23rd-highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing film of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, and the third-highest-grossing film distributed by Sony/Columbia. The film features unused music from Christopher Young and is two minutes shorter than the theatrical cut. Harry and Peter reconcile before Harry dies from his injuries. She also received another nomination for Favorite Movie Actress from the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards ceremony. [49], When interviewed at the film's Tokyo premiere on April 16, 2007, Topher Grace said to Access Hollywood that despite liking how the film turned out, he expressed interest in having the rest of his scenes as both Eddie Brock and Venom being restored someday; later adding, "You know what? As Venom, Brock locates a still-living Marko and convinces him to join forces to kill Spider-Man. A fourth installment, titled Spider-Man 4, was set to be released on May 6, 2011, followed by a Venom spin-off film, but both were canceled. In Japan, it earned a total of $26.5 million, kicking the previous record held by The Matrix Reloaded. Brock, having become addicted to its influence, attempts to save the symbiote, and both are vaporized. 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He considers himself a hero and a sinless person versus these villains that he nabs. [79] Online tickets for Spider-Man 3 were reported on April 23, 2007 to have been purchased at a faster ratethree times at Movietickets.com and four times at Fandangothan online ticket sales for Spider-Man 2. [26] The date was later changed to May 4, 2007. [24] Overall, Raimi described the film as being about Peter, Mary Jane, Harry, and the Sandman,[30] with Peter's journey being one of forgiveness. [108] The film set record Friday[109] and Sunday grosses[110] and achieved the largest cumulative gross through its second, third, and fourth day of release (all were first surpassed by The Dark Knight). At the request of producer Avi Arad, he added Venom to the list and the producers also requested the addition of Gwen Stacy. Falling into an experimental particle accelerator that fuses his body with the surrounding sand, he gains the ability to control and reform his body with sand, becoming Sandman. Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo in Spider-Man 3, as he did in the previous Spider-Man films, which he referred to as his "best cameo". Maybe he gave it to a lab, and that's how we got the Venom movie. In Central Park, a meteorite lands near the two, and an extraterrestrial symbiote follows Peter to his apartment by attaching to his motorbike. [83] For Region 2 in the United Kingdom, the film was released on October 15, 2007. They include a deluxe spinning web blaster, along with several lines of action figures aimed at both children and collectors. [177], In 2007, Raimi expressed interest in portraying the transformation of Dr. Curt Connors into his villainous alter-ego, the Lizard, a villain which had been teased since Spider-Man 2; the character's actor Dylan Baker and producer Grant Curtis were also enthusiastic about the idea. Discovering that water is his weakness, he opens a pipe, releasing water that reduces Marko to mud and washes him away. A year after Otto Octavius' death,[b] Peter Parker plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson, who has made her Broadway musical debut. Set a year after the events of Spider-Man 2, the film follows Peter Parker as he prepares for his future with Mary Jane Watson, while facing three new villains: Uncle Ben's true killer, Flint Marko, who becomes Sandman after a freak accident; Harry Osborn, his former friend, who is now aware of Peter's identity and seeks to avenge his father; and Eddie Brock, a rival photographer who subsequently transforms into Venom. | [57] Raimi approved the new themes during their first performance, but rejected the initial music to the birth of Sandman, finding it too monstrous and not tragic enough. [92], In 2017, Sony released an "editor's cut" of Spider-Man 3 that coincided with the film's 10th anniversary, which is included with the Spider-Man Limited Edition Blu-ray collection on June 13, 2017. [8], Camera crews spent 2 weeks from November 518, 2005 to film sequences that would involve intense visual effects so Sony Pictures Imageworks could begin work on the shots early in the project. [100] It was released in 4,252 theaters (about 10,300 screens) on Friday, May 4, 2007. Meanwhile, police pursue escaped convict Flint Marko, who visits his wife and sick daughter before fleeing. that way". Stokdyk chose to design the miniature instead of using computer-generated imagery so damage done to the building could be portrayed realistically and timely without guesswork involving computer models. [76] Tracking data a month before the U.S. release reflected over 90% awareness and over 20% first choice among moviegoers, statistics that estimated an opening weekend of over $100 million for Spider-Man 3. [25] By the release of Spider-Man 2, a release date for Spider-Man 3 had been set for May 2, 2007 before production on the sequel had begun. [40], In addition to the innovative visual effects for the film, Stokdyk created a miniature of a skyscraper section at 1:16 scale with New Deal Studios' Ian Hunter and David Sanger. Humby, whose right hand was amputated at birth, helped deliver the intended effect of punching through Sandman's chest. Additional pick-up shots were made after August and the film wrapped in October 2006. Under the influence of the symbiote, Peter confronts Harry and spitefully claims that his father never loved him. Spider-Man 3 was released on Region 4 DVD (anamorphic widescreen) in Australia on September 18, 2007. Release Dates [24] While Sandman is a petty criminal in the comics, the screenwriters created a background of the character being Uncle Ben's killer to increase Peter's guilt over his death[29] and challenge his simplistic perception of the event. [89] It was ranked in third place on the sales chart, behind I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Ratatouille. Dr. Curt Connors They are joined by Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx and Rhys Ifans, who reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Maxwell Dillon / Electro and Curt Connors / Lizard from Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films. [68] Japanese Medicom Toy Corporation produced collectables, which Sideshow Collectibles distributed in the U.S.[69] A prequel comic was released in June, 2007 and another comic called Spider-Man 3: The Black, which expands the birth of Venom, was released in November, 2007. Peter's changed comportment alienates Mary Jane, who also received negative reviews from critics. Development of Spider-Man 3 began immediately after the successful release of Spider-Man 2 for a 2007 release. [140] Jonathan Ross, a big fan of the comic books, felt the film was the best of the trilogy. Dylan Baker portrays Dr. Curt Connors, a college physics professor under whom Peter Parker studies, while Willem Dafoe portrays Norman Osborn / Green Goblin, Harry's late father, who returns as a hallucination to encourage his son to destroy Spider-Man, and Cliff Robertson appears as Ben Parker, Peter's deceased uncle in his final acting appearance before his retirement and death in 2011. The Amazing Spider-Man, a multiversal crossover film featuring Garfield's Spider-Man encounter Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man (with Maguire reprising his role), as well as a new film trilogy starring Maguire (following Garfield's firing) as a middle-aged Spider-Man years after the events of Spider-Man 3;[192][193] these plans were ultimately scrapped in favor of a Marvel Studios-produced reboot set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016), with Tom Holland cast as Spider-Man. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience. [74] The film was released in Japan on May 1, 2007, three days prior to the American commercial release, to coincide with Japan's Golden Week. Both a fourth and a fifth film were planned and at one time the idea of shooting the two sequels concurrently was under consideration. Technical Specs. [61][62] In New York City, the hometown of Spider-Man's fictional universe, tourist attractions arranged events and exhibits on April 30, 2007 to lead up to the release of Spider-Man 3. NYPD Captain George Stacy, Gwen's father, informs Peter and his aunt May that Marko is uncle Ben's true killer; the deceased Dennis Carradine was Marko's accomplice. "[46] Additionally, the motif gave a sense of life to the symbiote, giving it the appearance of gripping onto the character's body. [132] David Edelstein of New York magazine misses the "centrifugal threat" of Alfred Molina's character, adding that "the three villains here don't add up to one Doc Ock"[133] (referring to Molina's portrayal of the character in Spider-Man 2). [54] A few years later, he reunited with Raimi to compose the score for the film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). A reboot of the series titled The Amazing Spider-Man was released on July 4, 2012, with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. Peter locates and battles Marko in a subway tunnel. ", "Danny Elfman Makes Peace With Sam Raimi To Score 'Oz The Great and Powerful', "ScoreKeeper With Composer Christopher Young Re: The Challenges Of Scoring Spider-Man 3, Omitted Music From The Film, And More!!