“The Amazing Spider-Man” swung into theaters at midnight and Queens moviegoers flocked to the film in the character’s hometown.
Lines formed outside the Midway movie theater in Forest Hills — where Spider-Man hails from — to be among the first to see the superhero flick.
“In all the Spidey movies, [Spider-Man] cried too much. This will be different. It looks like ‘The Dark Knight’ in a kind of way,” said Andrew Arevalo, 21, of Corona, as he waited for a 3:40 p.m. showing.
Fans leaving the theater thought the reboot outdid the original.
“It was great, it was the best one,” said Joe Lazauskas, 66.
Forest Hills resident, Daniel L., 30, agreed.
“It was the best ‘Spider-Man.’ [Andrew Garfield] was good and fit the role better than Tobey [Maguire].”
The Hollywood Reporter estimated an opening of at least $125m, which would place it second behind “The Avengers” in 2012.
Overseas, the Marc Webb-directed film is already breaking records overseas, according to reports.
The other Spider-Man films all earned at least $750 million at the box office, with the third installment, which hit theaters just five years ago, earning nearly $900 million.
-Additional reporting by Philip Hertling & Greg Giaconelli
