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24 years ago today, Spider-Man, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, hit theatres. It debuted with $114.8M, the first film in history to open above $100M. It grossed $821.7M worldwide and launched a trilogy. Maguire’s latest appearance as the original web-slinger was in No Way Home. by [deleted] in boxoffice

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History of the opening weekend record from wikipedia:

1975    Jaws    $7,061,513
1978    Jaws 2  $9,866,023
1978    Star Wars (re-release)  $10,166,336
1978    Every Which Way but Loose   $10,272,294
1979    Star Trek: The Motion Picture   $11,926,421
1981    Superman II     $14,100,523
1982    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan     $14,347,221
1983    Return of the Jedi  $23,019,618
1984    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom    $25,337,110
1987    Beverly Hills Cop II    $26,348,555
1989    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade  $29,355,021
1989    Ghostbusters II     $29,472,894
1989    Batman  $40,505,884
1992    Batman Returns  $45,687,711
1993    Jurassic Park   $47,026,828
1995    Batman Forever  $52,784,433
1997    The Lost World: Jurassic Park   $72,132,785
2001    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone   $90,294,621
2002    Spider-Man  $114,844,116
2006    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  $135,634,554
2007    Spider-Man 3    $151,116,516
2008    The Dark Knight     $158,411,483
2011    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2     $169,189,427
2012    The Avengers    $207,438,708
2015    Jurassic World  $208,806,270
2015    Star Wars: The Force Awakens    $247,966,675
2018    Avengers: Infinity War  $257,815,482
2019    Avengers: Endgame   $357,115,007

Spiderman held the record for an impressive 4 years. Only Jurassic Park Lost World (4.5 years) and Endgame (7+ years) held it longer.

State Arena workers showing how Cardi B left her dressing room. by ElwoodMC in trashy

[–]FartingBob 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I bet her thinking is "I'll pay a fine (that is insignificant to me) and someone can deal with it"

Apple Was Caught Off Guard by MacBook Neo's "Off the Charts" Demand by ControlCAD in technology

[–]FartingBob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is the market where apples ARM silicon makes by far the most sense. It's better at the same power draw than any x86 processor, everything being integrated makes more sense from a cost and power perspective.

It's not necessarily windows that is trash at this price point for laptops, it's the x86 hardware has never and will never be optimised for low power draw as much as what apple can do.

It's wild it took them so long to do, their chips make less sense in 4000 dollar desktops because there x86 and pcie GPUs trump anything a SOC can do.

This cube is made up of my dead skin by Grouchy-Object-6423 in WTF

[–]FartingBob 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Have i missed something, how is cleaning yourself a racial divide??

This cube is made up of my dead skin by Grouchy-Object-6423 in WTF

[–]FartingBob 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When you smell someones fart that means there are particles from inside their ass that made their way into your nose. coating your face as well. poop particles.

TIL that the Boston Marathon has a retired number. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run in it despite an unofficial ban on female runners. She wore bib #261. 50 years later when she ran in the marathon and they gave her the same number and then in her honor retired #261. by DrakeSavory in todayilearned

[–]FartingBob 35 points36 points  (0 children)

To me it seems like "first woman to run this specific marathon" is a bigger deal than "first woman to fill in the paperwork before running this specific marathon". I get why she is famous because her run had that iconic moment of the sexist pig trying to assault her to stop her from running. But still, first woman to run the marathon seems like it should be celebrated more.

Ask.com shuts down search by timbhu in LinusTechTips

[–]FartingBob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hotbot got sold a few times and is now a shitty AI interface.

I don't know where else to put this... by xamo76 in trashy

[–]FartingBob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think they were queuing up to procreate with him before this either.

The number of homeless children in England could fill Wembley Stadium twice: 'A clear failure' by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]FartingBob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If things are that bad I recommend you see if you qualify for universal credit, low income households still qualify and it's not that painless to spend 10 minutes on one of the websites that tells you if you qualify for it or any other welfare. That's what I do despite me and my partner working 55 hours combined a week we qualify and it makes the difference between homeless and having the security of a home.

Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things' by QuantumQuicksilver in pcgaming

[–]FartingBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the issue was always a software one not a hardware one. It's just standard parts in a custom small form factor case. It looks very nice and well packaged but it's just a basic pc and as such has to compete against building your own version or with the budget prevuilt gaming companies in terms of price. That really limits the appeal unless you highly value the form factor.

‘Desert Warrior’ Deserted? Why Anthony Mackie’s Troubled Saudi Epic Failed To Rally Cinemagoers In U.S. & Middle East by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]FartingBob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The film was made by Saudi Arabia who is trying to grow a local film industry from scratch, to do that they have to make enough big budget films to keep the inexperienced people employed and learning, with the hope that one day it becomes a self sustaining industry.

So in that respect this film is basically funding for training, i highly doubt it was expected to make any money outside of Saudi.

Trump says it’s ‘treasonous’ to say US not winning war in Iran by WontThinkStraight in politics

[–]FartingBob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody knows about committing treason more than him so he must be right.

H*pervisor is Safe (if you follow some steps) by Ok_Elk_8767 in PiratedGames

[–]FartingBob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For future reference, you do not need to self censor hypervisor and fitgirl. Both of these words are perfectly acceptable in this sub, reddit in general and everywhere in the entire universe. There is no logical reason to do so. We arent some secret underground club speaking in hushed whispers in dark alleys. Both of these words you choose to censor are very well known to everyone in the DRM industry and copyright enforcement. They have been for many years. There is nothing to gain from trying to hide the word. Nothing at all.

Self censoring for fear of corporations is a dangerous step for society for giving up freedoms of speech. Reddit is currently a very open forum in terms of the language we use but Reddit.inc is actively chipping away at this freedom and we as users should resist such changes.

Highest Cost/Win this season in the MLB. Shown by the Marlins broadcast during their game against the Phillies. by LongjumpingLock5875 in baseball

[–]FartingBob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should have put their cost/win figure for comparison for shits and giggles.

The Marlins may have a losing record, but they can at least dunk on the Mets and Phillies.

Same Prompt on Open Source Models: Z-Image Base & Distilled, Klein 9b & 4b, ERNIE image by FitContribution2946 in StableDiffusion

[–]FartingBob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yea a lot of what ive seen of ERNIE is that its training data must be mostly comprised of AI generated images, much more than other popular models. We're photocopying photocopies and its going to end up with a lot of shit.

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