The third installment of the Spider-Man series managed to get everyone’s attention and money as well, cashing in $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday, breaking the opening weekend record previously held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" with $135.6 million.

The movie which was released in the United States, Canada and the UK on Friday, took in $59 million in North America in its first day only.

Worldwide ticket sales total $375 million for the first six days of release, breaking the opening record previously held by 2005’s “Stars Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith� with $254 million.

Starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Spiderman and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane,

"Spider-Man 3" shows the superhero fighting not just a new villain, Sandman, who is able to change his body into any shape of sand he sees fit, but also a darker, unknown, side of his personality while he tries to keep a balance between his love for Mary Jane Watson and his responsibilities as Spider-Man.

So far, the movie has received mixed reviews, The Washington Post wrote the film was "plain awful", while The New York Post called it "overly long and complicated.�

Newsweek on the other hand said it was "nothing if not eclectic, but somehow this ambitious mishmash works".