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Last updated May 15 2007
Spider-Man becomes a web search hero
by Lee Harvey, MSN Search Editor
Find more images from Spider-Man 3 with Live Search (Image © AP Photo/Vincent Yu)The box office dominance of blockbuster flick Spider-Man 3 has been reflected online as the third chapter of the web slinging trilogy completed a full week as your top movie search.

The third installment of director Sam Raimi’s web-slinging franchise was released in the UK on May 4 and has already taken a whopping £11.8 million in ticket sales, a figure ten times greater than its closest box office rivals Bridge to Teribithia, Next and Wild Hogs.

Spider-Man 3’s blockbusting success has been reflected by your searches. With an average of 5,660 daily look-ups, the movie has set up residence in Hotlist’s Top 10 search chart and remained your most popular Actors & Film search over the past 7 days.

But it wasn’t just the film that’s been capturing your imagination online. Spidey stars Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker) and Kirsten Dunst (Mary Jane Watson) also got you searching following high profile appearances at the film’s UK premiere.

Despite the movie’s commercial and search success, it has received a mixed reception from film critics. While the special effects and CGI remain stunning, accusations of flimsy plots, superfluous scenes and poor screenplay suggest the third Spider-Man chapter may well be classed as the least satisfying episode of the trilogy.




TOP SEARCH CHART 1- 15

Today Yesterday +/- Search Term Image Search News Search
1 1 non mover indiana jones image search news search
2 2 non mover jessica alba image search news search
3 3 non mover cameron diaz image search news search
4 4 non mover angelina jolie image search news search
5 7 moved up the chart high school musical image search news search
6 6 non mover harrison ford image search news search
7 9 moved up the chart cate blanchett image search news search
8 10 moved up the chart keira knightley image search news search
9 13 moved up the chart emma watson image search news search
10 8 moved down the chart billie piper image search news search
11 new entry river phoenix image search news search
12 11 moved down the chart megan fox image search news search
13 new entry eva longoria image search news search
14 15 moved up the chart halle berry image search news search
15 new entry zac efron image search news search
In MSN's Hotlist every day we reveal the hottest topics on the web. Click each entry to see more results from Live Search.

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