Whoa Spider-Man, nicely done, at least with your earnings. Spider-Man 3 broke plenty of box office earnings records this week. First it pulled over $59 million in its opening day. Next it bowled right past the previous debut weekend earnings record (Pirates of the Caribbean 2 with $135.6 million) with a full $148 million. That’s very impressive. Just imagine how much it could have made if it was as good as the second one! Who am I kidding? Doesn’t matter if it was good or not, this was destined to be a gold mine.

Sadly, Spider-Man 3 took the lion’s share this weekend and didn’t leave much for its competitors. “Disturbia” held onto a top ranking spot, but did finally fall from #1 after three weeks to #2 with $5.7 million this time around. Nicolas Cage’s stinker, “Next”, slide down to #5 with $2.8 million. That leads nicely into the #6 spot where we find our other new release from this weekend, “Lucky You”, which (muahaha) was not so lucky and earned only $2.5 million.

How long can this gravy train keep rolling for Spider-Man 3? It’s chances look pretty good with just one competitor moving, 28 Weeks Later, coming along next week. That one looks good, but I don’t think it’s got a snowball’s chance of knocking Spidey from the throne.

Box office earnings for movies this weekend, May 4 - May 6, 2007:

1. “Spider-Man 3,” $148 million.
2. “Disturbia,” $5.7 million.
3. “Fracture,” $3.4 million.
4. “The Invisible,” $3.1 million.
5. “Next,” $2.8 million.
6. “Lucky You,” $2.5 million.
7. “Meet the Robinsons,” $2.46 million.
8. “Blades of Glory,” $2.3 million.
9. “Hot Fuzz,” $2.1 million.
10. “Are We Done Yet?”, $1.7 million.