He bought an electric saw and some lumber to patch the second-floor gallery, but every time he was halfway through a board a fuse would blow in the spider-haunted circuit box in the kitchen.

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Many also had the support of the box office, including Spider-Man (No. 16) and Batman (No. 19), which both benefited from recent major motion picture reboots.

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If Sony can earn blockbuster-style box office with the new Spider-Man at a much lower budget, it will have discovered the Hollywood version of the Holy Grail.

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David and Beverley Cooper, from Glenrothes, found the spider on Wednesday inside their fridge next to a box of grapes.

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If there is someone who can give Star Wars a run for box-office gold, maybe it's Spider-Man.

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The film set records when it opened last weekend, becoming the third highest-grossing opening of all time behind The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 and the biggest opening of 2009, according to Box Office Mojo.

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"If I can put it on paper, I can imagine how it'll end up in a box, " said Mr. Haro, opening a guide to Spider-Man poses: crouching, leaping, dangling.

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U2's Bono and The Edge seemed to have initially bungled their Broadway debut with "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" only to have it become a box-office success.

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