Spider Crawl

Can any one of these new wide releases de-throne Spider-Man 3 as box office champ this weekend?... The folks who watch this stuff closely think not..

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo takes on the apocalyptic horror film 28 Weeks Later (reviews); Garry Marshall directs Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, and Felicity Huffman in the generational chick flick Georgia Rule (reviews); Larry The Cable Guy gets another chance to make you laugh on the big screen in Delta Farce (reviews); While Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, and Jason Bateman star together in the romantic comedy The Ex (reviews)...

Ian Mohr and Dave McNary of Variety:

As "Spider-Man 3" swings into the multiplexes for its second weekend, there's one record that the B.O.- shattering pic looks unlikely to break: Biggest opening week ever.

As of Wednesday, "Spider-Man 3" was riding at an estimated $176.1 million. But last year, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" sailed in its first week of release to $196 million.

That gives the wallcrawler precious little time to make up ground after handily snatching "Pirates"' other major records, including biggest domestic and worldwide opening weekend.

But whether the webslinger is able to crack that biggest week number, he's sure to leave the competish in the dust again after eviscerating last weekend's only other wide opener "Lucky You."

Attempting to enter the multiplexes sticky web this weekend will be Universal's dramedy "Georgia Rule" -- in a wide 2,523 theaters -- as well as Fox's sci-fi sequel "28 Weeks Later," opening in 2,303.

Spidey has just one more weekend with such little competish before "Shrek the Third," from Paramount and DreamWorks, rolls.

Lionsgate has decided to go less wide this weekend with comedy "Delta Farce," booking the pic into 1,800 locations, and MGM goes with the Weinstein Co.'s "The Ex," starring Zach Braff and formerly known as "Fast Track" and briefly released last year.

In limited release, Samuel Goldwyn heads out with "Blind Dating" and ThinkFilm rolls with "The Hip Hop Project."...

Find out what's happening overseas here...

Joshua Rich of Entertainment Weekly says:

There's no doubt ''Spidey 3'' will dominate this movie weekend. The question is, how steep will its drop-off be in week 2?

Next Up: The green ogre returns in Shrek the Third ..Read the Variety Review by Todd McCarthy...