
The result allows him to shape shift at will, becoming the Sandman. Meanwhile, escaped convict Flint Marko falls into a particle accelerator, which fuses his body with the surrounding sand. One night in a park, while Peter and Mary Jane are on a date lying in a huge spiderweb of his, a small meteorite crashes nearby, and an alien Symbiote oozes out, attaching itself to Peter's moped. Peter Parker has begun to feel secure in his life and plans to propose to Mary Jane. However, The DVD sales results of this film didn't meet industry expectations. Additionally, having earned $336 million domestically, it was the highest grossing film of 2007 in the U.S.
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It went on to gross $891 million worldwide, making it the 3rd highest grossing film of 2007 and the highest grossing film in the Spider-Man series. Although the film received generally mixed reviews from critics, in contrast to the previous two films' highly positive reviews, it broke most of the opening weekend records, both in the United States and in foreign markets, including records held in IMAX theaters. Spider-Man 3 was commercially released in multiple countries on May 1, 2007, and released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on by Columbia Pictures. When the alien is abandoned, it finds refuge in Edward Brock, Jr., a rival photographer, causing Peter to face his greatest challenge. Harry Osborn still seeks vengeance for his father's death, and an escaped convict, Flint Marko, falls into a particle accelerator and is transformed into a shape-shifting sand manipulator.Īn alien crashes to Earth and bonds with Peter, influencing his behavior for the worse. The film begins with Peter Parker basking in his success as Spider-Man, while Mary Jane Watson begins her Broadway career. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace.

It is the third and final film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right. The studio must have seen the writing on the wall, as merely hours after Raimi’s departure from the franchise was announced, Sony said it already had a script for a reboot by screenwriter James Vanderbilt, which eventually became The Amazing Spider-Man." Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. Sony wanted to bring Lizard into the fold, and when Raimi and the studio reached an impasse, they both agreed to part ways. The experience with Spider-Man 3 is why, when it came time to develop Spider-Man 4, Raimi dug in his heels and said he would be using Vulture as the villain (with John Malkovich set to play the character). Ultimately, Raimi was forced to shoehorn in a character that he didn’t like, and the result was a film that the director didn't fully stand behind. It was really no secret that Raimi was not at all crazy about the character Venom, but citing the villain’s large following amongst young fans, Sony pushed hard for Raimi to include the character in Spider-Man 3.

I should’ve just stuck with the characters and the relationships and progressed them to the next step and not tried to top the bar.” I think was the thinking going into it, and I think that’s what doomed us. If the director doesn’t love something, it’s wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. I tried to make it work, but I didn’t really believe in all the characters, so that couldn’t be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man. “It’s a movie that just didn’t work very well. Speaking with Chris Hardwick on the Nerdist podcast, Raimi explained the principal problem with Spider-Man 3:
