Sick of Hollywood's "It" boy (Shia LeBeouf, in case you didn't know and no, viewers aren't really sick of him), audiences attended the opening of "Spider-Man 3" in droves this weekend.  The comic book picture broke box office records, outperformed the second "Pirates" movie and probably disapointed a lot of viewers. And we're getting another "Spider-Man" out of the deal. 

 

Not content to enjoy the box office success with a vacation or a good book and a hot cup of cocoa, Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal claims that due to weekend numbers, the studio is already working on the next instalment.

 

"'We're a lot further on than we usually are,' she said. 'We usually don't talk about the next movie until the current one is released, but we're already talking about what we want to do in the next one.' She added that conversations about bringing back Raimi and the other principals would begin once a script is in place because 'that's what they sign on to do.'"

 

Why does her last remark sound like a vague threat?

 

Anyway, here's the top five movies over the weekend:

 

1. "Spider-Man 3"--$148.0
2. "Disturbia"--$5.7
3. "Fracture"--$3.4
4. "The Invisible"--$3.1
5. "Next"--$2.8