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One of the most hotly awaited comic-book adaptations ever, Spider-Man opens next weekend and is expected to put an early spin on the summer blockbuster season. “This is one of the most anticipated movies of the year,” said Paul Dergarabedian. president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. “It's a total summer movie. It's exactly what people want in summer.” Scorpion King distributor Universal wisely chose to slip its action flick into the lineup two weeks ahead of Spider-Matt. Starring pro wrestler The Rock in a spinoff of The Mummy franchise. The Scorpion King debuted with $36.1 million last weekend, a record for a film opening in April. The movie has taken in $60.8 million in its first 10 days. “We gave ourselves two full weeks with a lot of visibility and no real competition out there” said Nikki Rrx'co, head of distribution for Universal. “It turns out to have been a very successful strategy.” The thriller Changing Lanes held the No. 2 spot for the second straight weekend with $9 mil lion. pushing its 17-day total to $44.6 million. This weekend’s main new films had weak debuts. The romantic comedy Life or Something Like It. starring Angelina Jolie as a shallow TV jour nalist coping with a street soothsayer’s prediction that she is about to die, opened in third place with $6.65 million. Jason X. a sci-fi update of the Friday the Urh horror franchise, premiered at No. 4 with $6.5 million. Playing in 2,606 theaters. Life or Something Like h averaged an anemic $2,552 a cinema, compared with $5,103 in 3,449 theaters for The Scorpion King. Jason X averaged $3,461 in 1,878 theaters. 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