"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 "" in 2019. Unlike the previous installments, "Spider-Man 3" received a mixed reception from critics, which was later attributed to studio interferences and creative differences between Sony, Raimi, and Arad.