'The Amazing Spider-Man' Breaks Record Overseas, Beats Sam Raimi's Versions

Before opening in the United States, "The Amazing Spider-Man" already scores a massive gross overseas. It has been reported that the Marc Webb-directed superhero movie has successfully pocketed an estimated $50.2 million in 13 international markets on its first weekend. "This is a very healthy start," Phil Contrino, BoxOffice.com editor, gushes as quoted by E! News.

The Andrew Garfield-starring Spidey movie also breaks records in several countries. In India, the film becomes the highest-grossing opening ever for a Hollywood movie, while in Korea, it breaks the biggest debut record previously held by "The Avengers". In Japan, meanwhile, the flick dominates nearly all of the country's ticket sales on Saturday and Sunday.

The new version of Spidey movie also bests the international opening for Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" film franchise. In Korea and India, for example, Webb's movie beats the opening gross for Raimi's "Spider-Man 3", while in Vietnam, the film outgrosses the entire run of the Tobey Maguire-starring Spidey movies.

Regarding the successful result, David Mumpower of Box Office Prophets states, "For whatever reason, the [original] Spider-Man trilogy never performed quite as dominantly in the international marketplace." He continues, "For the Amazing Spider-Man to launch like this internationally is a tremendous relief for Sony."

After scoring a big success overseas, "The Amazing Spider-Man" will have to compete domestically when it opens in the United States this Tuesday, July 3.

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'The Amazing Spiderman' Unleashes New Action-Packed Clips

As it gets closer to the U.S. release date of "The Amazing Spider-Man", a series of brand new clips for the movie have been debuted online. One of them focuses on the "Drainage" scene, where Spidey arranges his web in a culvert. Suddenly, a number of tiny lizards come and approach him before The Lizard shows himself.

Another snippet features the "Carjacker" scene where the masked vigilante makes fun of a car thief who thinks he's a cop. There are two other clips that give a longer look at the action scenes where The Lizard wreaks havoc on a bridge and the titular superhero must save a boy who is trapped in a nearly falling car.

"The Amazing Spider-Man" tells "the untold story" of Peter Parker. Like most teenagers his age, he is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together, he uncovers a secret that his father held. The secret will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man.

Andrew Garfield stars as the fan-favorite Marvel superhero, with Rhys Ifans playing his archenemy The Lizard. Serving behind the lens is Marc Webb, while James Vanderbilt provides the screenplay. The movie will be dropped in cinemas nationwide on July 3.

Discussing his character with Digital Spy, Garfield recently dished, "The abandonment of his father and mother leads him to becoming who he is meant to become. When Peter first designs the suit he's not going out to fight crime, he's not going out to protect innocents, he's going out to cause havoc and act out of revenge because of his uncle's death. He allows that desire for revenge to get the better of him."

"What I find so wonderful about this character is that everyone feels like him and can identify with him. Once he receives the power that he always felt belonged to him he finds himself doing good with it."

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