LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Batman who?
"Spider-Man," the latest comic-book superhero to wind up in a feature film, swung into North American box office history with a record-smashing $114 million haul from its first three days of release, studio executives said Sunday.
The film, released by Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures, trashed the old three-day record of $90.3 million, set last November by "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
"Spider-Man" also broke the boy-wizard's benchmarks for highest single-day receipts and fastest to reach the century mark, said Jeff Blake, Columbia's president of worldwide marketing and distribution.
Additionally, "Spider-Man" posted record-setting weekend bows in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, and will open in Japan -- the world's second-biggest market -- next Saturday.
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