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Spider-Man 3 has enjoyed eight premieres starting April 16^th to April 30^th. The world premiere of the movie took place in Tokyo. Ignoring the rain hundreds and thousands of fans gathered around Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills shopping and arts complex to catch a glimpse of their favorite friendly neighborhood super hero. 

Monsters and Critics reports: 

Spiderman 3 landed from the rainy Tokyo sky Monday for his world premiere, and the Japanese moviegoers went wild.

Fans used cellphone cameras to capture their hero in action and waved red and black spiderman gloves in air as 'Spiderman' in signature blue-and-red suit slid along a rope from the ceiling of the arena for the opening ceremony.

The film character was there to reward Japan for being the world's largest market for the Spiderman series outside the United States.

The actors received a screaming greeting from the fans. Tobey Maguire felt that Tokyo can be the city where spiderman can use his swinging ability. He further added that they may shoot the next spiderman movie in Tokyo.

The movie also did very well on its opening day in Japan collecting $3.5 million. Japanese movie goers enjoy movies that have good stories and great action sequences and Spider-Man has both of them. According to Spider-Man producer Avi Arad, the movie is produced keeping the Japanese market in mind. 

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