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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opened in theaters nationwide for Thursday night screenings, pulling in a healthy $8.7 million before its wide release starting today.

In comparison, the sequel bested its predecessor The Amazing Spider-Man, which earned $7.5 million in its preview screenings in 2012. The superhero adventure starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone opened in 353 IMAX screens, accounting for $1.4 million, or 16% of the $8.7 million preview grosses. Director Marc Webb's sequel opens in a whopping 4,324 theaters starting today.

The first weekend in May has traditionally been the kick-off of the summer movie season, and when compared with the last two movies to open in this frame, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 falls a bit short, with Marvel's The Avengers and Iron Man 3 both earning more than $15 million in their Thursday openings.

While the movie did perform better than the original, it still fell short of Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which pulled...

Concept Art by Scott Lukowski We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead. It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp... The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will...

After Gore Verbinski's putrid film, The Lone Ranger, was released concept artist, Keron Grant revealed that he had worked on a proposed Lone Ranger television show for producer Eric Calderon. Hollywood ended up seeing the artwork for the revamped Lone Ranger and some of it influenced Disney's film. Concept Art by Keron Grant Lone Ranger (2013) Key Frame Art by Scott Lukowski From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the team behind the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the...

Fantasy and sci-fi digital arts magazine ImagineFX is celebrating all things Watchmen this month. The April issue boasts world-exclusive cover art from Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons, an in-depth workshop on how to paint Rorschach and an accompanying video workshop by Dave on the DVD. There’s also an eight-page feature looking at the history and influence of the comic, with comments from Vertigo Comics president Paul Levitz, Watchmen colourist John Higgins and one of the film’s concept artists Scott Lukowski. In the feature,... .

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