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| name           = Spider-Man 3
| image          = Spider-Man 3-Logo.svg
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| caption        = Official Logo
| director       = [[Sam Raimi]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Laura Ziskin]]
* [[Avi Arad]]
* [[Grant Curtis]]
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| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Sam Raimi
* [[Ivan Raimi]]
* [[Alvin Sargent]]
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| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Sam Raimi
* Ivan Raimi
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| based_on = {{Based on|[[Spider-Man]]|[[Stan Lee]]<br />[[Steve Ditko]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tobey Maguire]]
* [[Kirsten Dunst]]
* [[James Franco]]
* [[Thomas Haden Church]]
* [[Topher Grace]]
* [[Bryce Dallas Howard]]
* [[Rosemary Harris]]
* [[James Cromwell]]
* [[J. K. Simmons]]
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| music          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Christopher Young]]
* {{small|(Original music themes by [[Danny Elfman]])}}
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| cinematography = [[Bill Pope]]
| editing        = [[Bob Murawski]]
| studio         = [[Marvel Entertainment]]
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Movie date|2007|04|16|[[Roppongi Hills Mori Tower]]|2007|05|04|United States}}
| runtime        = 139&nbsp;minutes<ref>{{cite web |title=Spider-Man 3 |url= http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/spider-man-3-2007 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $258 million<ref>{{cite news | first = Diane | last = Garrett | title = Red carpet becoming more global | work =[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date =2007-04-16| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963193 | accessdate=2007-04-17}}</ref>
| gross          = $890.9 million<!--worldwide--><ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spiderman3.htm|title=Spider-Man 3 (2007)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=February 5, 2009}}</ref>
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'''''Spider-Man 3''''' is a 2007 superhero movie [[movie director|directed]] by [[Sam Raimi]]. It is a sequel movie to ''[[Spider-Man (movie)|Spider-Man]]'' and ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' and has [[Tobey Maguire]] and [[Kirsten Dunst]] in the same roles as Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson. In the film, Spider-Man gets a black suit from space, which begins to make him angry when fighting his enemies the Sandman and the new Goblin. He gets the black suit off by going to a church since he knows the Venom suit doesn't like loud noises, and it takes over another photographer called Eddie Brock to become another villain called Venom. Set shortly after the events of ''Spider-Man 2'', as Peter Parker prepares for his future with Mary Jane Watson, he faces three more villains: Uncle Ben's true killer, Flint Marko who becomes the Sandman after a freak accident; Harry Osborn, who is now aware of Peter's identity and seeks to avenge his father; and Eddie Brock, a rival photographer who becomes Venom. Peter also faces his greatest challenge when he bonds with an extraterrestrial symbiote that augments his abilities but brings out his anger and other negative traits.

Development of ''Spider-Man 3'' began immediately after the successful release of ''Spider-Man 2'' for a 2007 release. During pre-production, Raimi originally wanted another villain to be included along with Sandman. At the request of producer Avi Arad, he added Venom and the producers also requested the addition of Gwen Stacy. Principal photography for the film began in January 2006, and took place in Los Angeles and Cleveland before moving to New York City from May until July 2006. Additional pick-up shots were made after August and the film wrapped in October 2006. During post-production, Sony Pictures Imageworks created over 900 visual effects shots. With an estimated production budget of $258–350 million, it was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release.

''Spider-Man 3'' premiered on April 16, 2007, in Tokyo, and was released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on May 4, 2007. The film grossed $890.9 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of the trilogy, the third-highest-grossing film of 2007 and was the highest-grossing ''Spider-Man'' film until it was surpassed by ''Spider-Man: Far From Home'' in 2019. Unlike the previous installments, ''Spider-Man 3'' received a mixed reception from critics, who praised the performances, visual effects and action sequences, but criticized the overloaded storylines, subplots, and overabundance of villains. The majority of these topics were later attributed to studio interferences and creative differences between Sony, Raimi and Arad.

A fourth installment, titled ''Spider-Man 4'', was set to be released on May 6, 2011, followed by a ''[[Venom (2018 movie)|Venom]]'' spin-off film, but, Spider-Man 4 was canceled due to Raimi's withdrawal over creative differences with the writers and producers. The ''Spider-Man'' film series was rebooted twice; first with ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012) by Marc Webb and starring [[Andrew Garfield]]; and later a new film series set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, beginning with ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'' (2017). The ''[[Venom (2018 movie)|Venom]]'' spin-off was revived in 2016 by Sony and was finally released in 2018 with ''Venom'', set within Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters and directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring [[Tom Hardy]].

== Plot ==
Several months after Otto Octavius' sacrifice, Peter Parker plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson, who has just made her Broadway musical debut. A meteorite lands at Central Park, and an extraterrestrial symbiote follows Peter to his apartment by latching on to his motorbike after he and Mary Jane leave there after stargazing. Harry Osborn, seeking vengeance for his father's death and having taken the performance-enhancing gas, attacks Peter with his father's Green Goblin technology, but the battle ends in a stalemate with Harry crashing down and having partial amnesia, losing his memory of Peter as Spider-Man. Meanwhile, police pursue escaped convict Flint Marko, who visits his wife and sick daughter before fleeing again. Falling into an experimental particle accelerator that fuses his body with the surrounding sand, he transforms into the Sandman, who can control sand and reform his body with it.

During a festival honoring Spider-Man for saving Gwen Stacy's life, Peter kisses her, angering Mary Jane. Meanwhile, Marko robs an armored truck, easily defeats Peter and flees. NYPD Captain George Stacy, Gwen's father, informs Peter and his Aunt May that Marko was uncle Ben's true killer; the deceased Dennis Carradine was Marko's accomplice. At his apartment, while Peter sleeps in his Spider-Man suit to wait for Marko, the symbiote assimilates the suit; Peter later awakens at the top of a building, discovering that his costume has changed to black and his powers are enhanced; however, the symbiote brings out his dark side. Peter locates and battles Marko in a subway tunnel. Discovering that water is Marko's weakness, he opens a pipe, releasing water that reduces Marko to mud and washes him away.

Peter's changed personality alienates Mary Jane, who is struggling in her career because of her shows receiving negative reviews from critics. She shares a tender moment with Harry, but leaves afterward in regret. Harry recovers from his amnesia, urged by a hallucination of his father and coerces Mary Jane into breaking up with Peter. After Mary Jane tells Peter she loves "somebody else," Harry meets with Peter and claims to be that person. Peter confronts Harry over this and spitefully tells him that his father never loved him. Another battle ensues, with Harry throwing a pumpkin bomb at Peter, who deflects it back, disfiguring Harry's face.

At the ''Daily Bugle'', Peter exposes rival photographer Eddie Brock, whose fake photos depict Spider-Man as a criminal. Publisher J. Jonah Jameson fires Brock and hires Peter to be a staff photographer. Later, Peter brings Gwen to a jazz club, where Mary Jane now works. Peter passionately dances with Gwen in front of Mary Jane, in order to make her jealous. Gwen, realizing this, apologizes to Mary Jane and leaves. After assaulting the bouncers and accidentally hitting Mary Jane, Peter finally realizes that the symbiote is corrupting him. Retreating to a church's bell tower, upon realizing high-pitched sounds weakens the creature, Peter removes the symbiote, where it bonds with Brock, transforming him into Venom. Brock locates Marko, who survived being washed away, and convinces him to join forces to defeat Peter.

Brock abducts Mary Jane and holds her captive from a web high at a construction site, while Marko keeps the police at bay. After Harry refuses to help Peter, he finally learns the truth about his father's death from his butler. While Peter battles Brock and Marko, Harry arrives to help him with his Green Goblin technology and saves Mary Jane. Brock attempts to impale Peter with Harry's glider, but Harry jumps in and is impaled himself. Peter, remembering the symbiote's weakness, assembles a perimeter of metal pipes to create a sonic attack, weakening it and allowing Peter to separate Brock from the symbiote. He activates a pumpkin bomb from Harry's glider and throws it at the symbiote. However, Brock, who became addicted to its influence, attempts to save it, and ends up vaporized along with the symbiote.

Afterward, Marko explains that Ben's death was an accident that has haunted Marko ever since; Peter forgives Marko, allowing him to escape. Harry and Peter reconcile before Harry subsequently dies from his injuries. Sometime later after Harry's funeral, Peter and Mary Jane reconcile and share a dance at the jazz club.

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