The third installment of the comic book film adaptation netted 60 million dollars this weekend in U.S. and Canada to remain atop the box office for the second straight week, according to preliminary weekend figures.
The film has raked in an estimated 242 million dollars in North America since opening last Friday, when it set the record for the biggest single-day domestic take with 59.8 million dollars, said the Los Angeles-based box office tracker Media by Numbers.
It also broke domestic box office records for its opening weekend, with 151 million dollars, and set new box office records in 29 countries, including Canada, Japan, South Korea, China, Italy, Mexico and Brazil.
"Spider-Man 3" has become the top-grossing film so far this year in North America, overtaking Warner Bros.' battle epic "300,"which has taken in 208 million dollars.
Sony officials said the film would also have a shot at reaching the 1-billion-dollar mark worldwide, a success that has been archived only by three other movies: "Titanic," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and last year's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
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