Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man 3 will make its debut in
Shanghai and other parts of? China on May 2, two days ahead of
its North American release.
City outlets are all prepared to screen the movie, including the
United Cinema Lines - Shanghai's biggest theater chain - and Peace
Cinema, which will show the movie on an IMAX screen.
"The box office will surely exceed 50 million yuan (US$6.4
million) over the country and is expected to reach 100 million
yuan," said Wu Hehu, vice general manager of the United Cinema
Lines, which has 50 copies of the movie.
The China Film Group Corporation has prepared 500 copies, the
most it has ever done for a foreign movie.
Directed by Sam Raimi, the movie is the third of the Spider
Man series and has the same stars, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten
Dunst.
Its plot combines secrets, vengeance, love, and forgiveness. In
the story, based on the legendary Marvel Comics series, Peter
Parker has to overcome his personal demons to handle his duties as
a superhero. He even becomes involved in a love triangle.
Compared with the previous two movies, Spider-Man 3
makes the hero more human and in some scenes he crys.
Audiences can choose to see the original edition with subtitles
or a dubbed version.
"The ticket price will be the same as for other foreign movies,"
Wu said.
The world premiere of Spider-Man 3 was held in Tokyo on
Monday.
Spider-Man was first screened in August 2002. In June
2004, Spider-Man 2 was released.
(Shanghai Daily April 20, 2007)
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