Spider-Man’s back on top, bringing in $148 million this weekend — blowing away the previous record for opening weekends set last summer by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with $135 million.

AP reports:

With $59.3 million on opening day Friday, Sony’s “Spider-Man 3″ broke the single-day box-office record, also held by “Dead Man’s Chest” with $55.8 million in its first day.

Since it began rolling out overseas on Tuesday, “Spider-Man 3″ has taken in $227 million in foreign markets, bringing the film’s worldwide total to $375 million. In just days, the movie has grossed $117 million more than its whopping $258 million production budget.

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Also among the records smashed by “Spider-Man 3″ was a $4.8 million domestic gross at huge-screen IMAX theaters, topping the previous best of $3.6 million set by “300″ in March.

Playing in a record 4,252 locations domestically, “Spider-Man 3″ averaged a whopping $34,807 a theater.

Pirates, Spartans … they all fall down against the guy in the webs.

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