Amazing Spider-Man Opens Hot Overseas

Sony's 3D reboot The Amazing Spider-Man is off to a good start overseas, where it debuted in select international markets before its domestic opening July 3.

Deadline reports that Spidey grossed an estimated $50.2 million in its international bow, performing particularly strong across Asia and the South Pacific. In India, the Marc Webb-directed film reportedly "grossed $6.0M on 1,236 screens, the biggest opening ever for a Hollywood film, 74% bigger than Spider-Man 3, 73% more than Avengers, and more than double the lifetime box office of The Dark Knight."

Spidey also bowed strongly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Holland.

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Comic-Con: Doctor Who Panel Will Say Farewell to the Ponds

While most of the big TV panels coming to San Diego Comic-Con were already announced, the release of the full Sunday schedule today did reveal one big panel previously only speculated about by fans – Doctor Who.

Yep, The Doctor is coming back to San Diego, as star Matt Smith and executive producers Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner will take part in a panel to discuss the series, along with debuting new footage. They’ll be joined by Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, who have finished filming their final episodes on the series, as their characters, Amy and Rory, are leaving in the coming season. No doubt that impending departure will be a big topic of conversation, along with info on the Doctor’s new companion.

The Doctor Who panel takes place from 1:30pm-2:30pm in Hall H on Sunday, July 15th.

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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - "Prisoner of War" Review

Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.

The Avengers lineup highlighted in the title sequence became more pitiful than ever this week, as the team is down to two active members and a Skrull impostor. But "Prisoner of War" didn't concern itself much with Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Instead, this episode showed us what became of Captain America after being kidnapped by the Skrulls at the end of Season 1. But the Skrulls learned what Hydra and the Nazis did before them - Steve Rogers is a hard man to break.

The early portion of the episode focused on the attempts of the Skrulls to break Captain America's will, and by extension, learn how best to subjugate humanity. But Cap routinely proved that there's more to him than enhanced strength and a patriotic costume. He had plenty of moments to shine as he resisted the Skrulls' (mostly off-camera) attempts to torture him. One area of disappointment, however, was the Skrulls botched attempt to trick Cap with the staged Avengers rescue. Yes, it was cool to see Cap wipe the floor with Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor. But this scene could have worked better if Cap were at least momentary fooled and showed some evidence of his two months of emotional strain.

Things picked up from there as Cap escaped and began leading a Hogan’s Heroes-style prison breakout. The appeal however, was in seeing the eclectic bunch of heroes and villains at his side. A.I.M., Hydra, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents fighting alongside superheroes? War makes strange bedfellows, indeed. Easily the strongest material here was the tense but palpable bond between Cap and Viper. The episode did a great job of humanizing the Hydra villainess (even revealing her facial scars in a rare lapse in vanity), without diminishing her deadly aura. I hope we continue to see this relationship develop as the Skrull invasion unfolds.

The episode culminated in a battle between Rogers’ Heroes and Kl’rt, the original Super-Skrull. I’m glad the show took the time to showcase the villain before Super-Skrulls of all types and combinations become as commonplace as they surely will in the next couple episodes. And while Cap using a random piece of debris as a de facto shield was about as silly and on the nose as it is every time it happens in the comics, the fight further cemented the bond between him and Viper. I only wish Invisible Woman could have been put to better use rather than spending 95% of the episode unconscious.

“Prisoners of War” didn’t introduce as many new faces as the last few chapters, which at this point is a good thing. But we did get a nice little Galactus cameo and the first appearance of Henry Peter Gyrich as Director of S.W.O.R.D. Why the writers chose Gyrich for the role instead of Agent Brand from the comics is unclear, but maybe Viper maxed out the quota on angry, green-haired women. I also suspect Gyrich’s emergence will play into the Dell Rusk conspiracy introduced last week.

All in all, this episode was a memorable start to the Skrull invasion conflict, one that will continue to play out for several more chapters. Despite having its fair share of action, “Prisoner of War” also offered some surprisingly effective character work. We’ll see if the Skrulls have any better luck next week when they begin their invasion of Wakanda (not bloody likely).

Jesse is a writer for IGN Comics and various other IGN channels. Follow Jesse on Twitter, or find him on IGN.

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TV Shows Coming to Comic-Con 2012

Update (7/1): And here it is, with the full Comic-Con schedule now revealed, we have the complete list of TV series -- plus webseries! -- coming to SDCC this year! The big addition on Sunday is Doctor Who, while we also have updated time/location info for Fringe, DC Nation, The Cleveland Show and more.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11th:

6:00pm-9:45pm Pilot screenings for 666 Park Avenue, Arrow, The Following, Revolution, Cult (Ballroom 20)

THURSDAY, JULY 12th:

11am-12pm T.U.F.F. Puppy / The Fairly OddParents (Room 7AB) Panelists: Butch Hartman, Jerry Trainor, Grey DeLisle, Daran Norris, Tara Strong, Susanne Blakeslee, Matthew Taylor, Carlos Alazraqui

11am-12pm X-Play (Room 25ABC) Panelists: Morgan Webb, Blair Herter, Kristin Adams, Wade Beckett

12:00pm-1:00pm Dreamworks Dragons: Riders of Berk (Room 6A) Panelists: TBA

12:45pm-1:45pm MAD (Room 6DE) Panelists: Kevin Shinick, Mark Marek

2pm-3pm Power Rangers (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Elie Dekel, Paul Schrier, Tony Oliver, Brian Ward (moderator)

2:15pm-3:15pm PSYCH (Ballroom 20) Panelists: James Roday, Dule Hill, Corbin Bernsen, Maggie Lawson, Timothy Omundson and Kirsten Nelson

2:30pm-3:30pm Teen Wolf (Room 6A) Panelists: Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden and Colton Haynes, Jeff Davis

3:30pm-4:35pm Beauty and the Beast (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan; Jennifer Levin, Sherri Cooper, Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

4pm-5pm How Stuff Works (Room 5AB) Panelists: Josh Clark , Chuck Bryant

4pm-5pm Wilfred (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Elijah Wood, Jason Gann, Fiona Gubelmann, Dorian Brown, David Zuckerman, Randall Einhorn

4:40pm-5:45pm Elementary (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, Robert Doherty, Carl Beverly

5:00pm-6:00pm Archer (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Adam Reed, H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Amber Nash

6pm-7pm Nikita (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Craig Silverstein

6:00pm-7:15pm Dexter Ballroom 20 Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Yvonne Strahovski, John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck.

6:30pm-7:30pm Workaholics (Room 24ABC) Panelists: Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck

8:30pm-9:30pm Holliston Panelists: Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Corri English, Laura Ortiz, Oderus Urungus

FRIDAY, JULY 13th:

10am-11am Community (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs

10am-11am: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Room 23ABC) Panelists: TBA

10:15am-11:15am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Jason Biggs, Sean Astin, Greg Cipes, Rob Paulsen, Ciro Nieli

10:30am-11:30am Dan Vs. (Room 6A) Panelists: Curtis Armstrong, Dave Foley, Paget Brewster, Chris Pearson, Dan Mandel, Brian Sheesley, Tom Kenny (moderator)

11am-11:45am The Venture Bros (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer

11:15am-12:15pm The Legend of Korra (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Joaquim Dos Santos, Janet Varney, David Faustino, P.J. Byrne, Seychelle Gabriel, Andrea Romano

11:30am-12:30pm Cult (Room Room 6BCF) Panelists: Matt Davis, Jessica Lucas, Alona Tal, Robert Knepper, Rockne S. O’Bannon

11:45am-12:45pm Annoying Orange (Room 6A) Panelists: Dane Boedigheimer, Toby Turner

12pm-12:45pm NTSF:SD:SUV (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Paul Scheer, Jonathan Stern, Curtis Gwinn, Martin Starr, Rebecca Romijn, Brandon Johnson, June Diane Raphael, Rob Corddry (moderater)

12:05-1:05 The Big Bang Theory (Hall H) Panelists: TBA

1:00pm-2:00pm Regular Show (Room 6A) Panelists: JG Quintel, Bill Salyers, Sam Marin

12:30pm-1:30pm Firefly (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Michael Fairman, Summer Glau, Morena Baccarin, Gina Torres

12:45pm-1:45pm 666 Park Avenue (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Terry O’Quinn, Rachael Taylor, Dave Annable, David Wilcox, Matthew Miller

1pm-1:45pm Childrens Hospital (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Megan Mullally, Henry Winkler, Ken Marino

1:25pm-2:25 The Walking Dead (Hall H) Panelists: Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, David Morrisey, Glen Mazzara, Gale Anne Hurd, Robert Kirkman, Greg Nicotero, Chris Hardwick (moderator)

1:45pm-2:45pm Bones (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel

2pm-2:45pm Aqua Something You Know Whatever / Squidbillies (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Dave Willis, Jim Fortier, Matt Maiellaro

2:15pm-3:15pm Tron: Uprising (Room 6A) Panelists: Elijah Wood, Bruce Boxleitner, Charlie Bean, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Tricia Helfer

2:45pm-3:45pm Game of Thrones (Hall H) Panelists: Alfie Allen, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Richard Madden, Carolyn Strauss, George R. R. Martin (moderator)

2:30pm-3:15pm American Dad (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane, Dee Bradley Baker, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman

3:00pm-4:00pm Arrow (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter

3pm-3:45pm Robot Chicken / Robot Chicken DC Comics Special (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Tom Root, Matthew Beans, Breckin Meyer, Geoff Johns

3:00pm-4:00pm Monster High (Room 24ABC) Panelists: Garrett Sander, Rebecca Shipman, Natalie Villegas, Eric Hardie, Ira Singerman, Debi Derryberry, Erin Fitzgerald

3:30pm-4:30pm Disney Channel Television Animation (Room 5AB) Maxwell Atoms, Justin Roiland, Kari Wahlgren, Alex Hirsch, Michael Rianda, Jason Morgan Ritter, Craig McCracken, Lauren Faust.

4pm-4:45pm Black Dynamite (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Carl Jones, Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Kym Whitley, Byron Minns,Debra Wilson, Orlando Jones, Cedric Yarbourgh, Gary Anthony Williams (moderator)

4:00pm-5:00pm Bob's Burgers (Room 25ABC) Panelists: Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive, H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal

4:30pm-5:30pm Falling Skies (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Carter, Remi Aubuchon, Wil Wheaton (moderator)

5:45pm-6:45pm Spartacus: War of the Damned (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Steven DeKnight

6:00pm-7:00pm Optimus Prime: Up Close and Personal (Transformers Prime) (Room 23ABC) Peter Cullen, Larry King (moderator)

6:00pm-7:00pm Brickleberry (Room 6A) Panelists: Waco O’Guin, Roger Black, Daniel Tosh, David Herman, Tom Kenny, Jerry Minor, Kaitlin Olson

6:45pm-7:45pm Breaking Bad (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Jonathan Banks

6:45pm-7:45pm Defiance (Room 6DE) Panelists: Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Tony Curran, Jamie Murray, Kevin Murphy, Nick Beliaeff, Rob Hill, Mark Stern

7:00pm-8:00pm Kaijudo (Room 24ABC) Panelists: Scott Wolf, David Sobolov, Phil LaMarr

7:15pm-8:15pm Dark Matters: Twisted But True (Room 6A) Panelists: John Noble

8:00pm-9:00pm The Aquabats! Super Show! (Room 7AB) Panelists: Ricky Fitness, Jimmy the Robot, Crash McLarson, EagleBones Falconhawk, and The M.C. Bat Commander

8:00pm-9:00pm Strike Back (Room 6DE) Panelists: Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Rhona Mitra

SATURDAY, JULY 14:

10:00am-10:45am Warehouse 13 (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, Jack Kenny

10am-11am Attack of the Show! (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Candace Bailey, Sara Underwood, Matt Mira, Blair Butler, Vinny Rutherford, Joshua Brentano

10:30am-11:30am Marvel Television Presents (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Jeph Loeb

11am-11:45am Once Upon a Time (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Meghan Ory, Emilie de Ravin, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz

11:15am-12:15pm Adventure Time (Room 6A) Panelists: Pendleton Ward, Jeremy Shada, Tom Kenny

12:00pm-12:45pm Futurama (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche

12:30pm-1:30pm Phineas and Ferb (Room 6A) Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Vincent Martella, Alyson Stoner, Dee Bradley Baker

12:45pm-1:30pm The Simpsons (Ballroom 20) Panelists: David Mirkin (moderator), Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Anderson, Yeardley Smith

1:45pm-2:30pm Family Guy (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Bornstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan

2:00pm-3:00pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Room 6DE) Panelists: Dave Filoni, Matt Michnovetz

3:00pm-4:00pm Grimm (Room 6A) Panelists: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell Reggie Lee, Sasha Roiz, Bree Turner., David Greenwalt, Norberto Barba, Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner

3L00pm-4:00pm Being Human (Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom) Panelists: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Anna Fricke

3:30pm-4:30pm Disney Channel Television Animation (Room 5AB) Maxwell Atoms, Justin Roiland, Kari Wahlgren, Alex Hirsch, Michael Rianda, Jason Morgan Ritter, Craig McCracken, Lauren Faust.

3:30pm-4:15pm The Vampire Diaries (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Michael Trevino, Zach Roerig, Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec

4:00pm-5:00pm The Following (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Kevin Williamson, Marcos Siega

4pm-5pm Shameless (Hilton Bayfront Indigo Room) Panelists: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Jeremy Allen White, John Wells, Mike O’Malley (moderator)

4:30pm-5:15pm True Blood (Ballroom 20) Panelists: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alan Ball, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Deborah Ann Woll, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Joe Manganiello. Chris Meloni

5:15pm-6:00pm Person of Interest (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Jonathan Nolan, Greg Plageman

5:45pm-6:45pm Metal Hurlant Chronicles (Room 6DE) Guillaume Lubrano, Michael Jai White, James Marsters, Darren Shahlavi, Larnell Stovall, Jesper Kyd

6pm-7pm Glee (Hilton Bayfront Indigo Room) Panelists: Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Naya Rivera and Executive Producer Brad Falchuk

6:00pm-7:00pm Revolution (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Billy Burke, Giancarlo Esposito, Tracy Spiridakos, Eric Kripke, Jon Favreau

7:15-8:15 Mythbusters (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara, Kari Byron

7:15pm-9:15pm Kevin Smith / Comic Book Men (Hall H) Panelists: Kevin Smith

8:15pm-9:15pm Lost Girl (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Jay Firestone, Emily Andras

SUNDAY, JULY 15:

10:00am-11:00pm Fringe (Hall H) Panelists: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole, John Noble, J.H. Wyman

10:15am-11:15am Level Up(Room 6A) Panelists: Peter Murrieta, Gaelan Connell, Connor del Rio, Jessie T. Usher, Aimee Carrero, Lonny Ross, David Schneiderman, Derek Guiley

10:30am-11:30am Merlin (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Colin Morgan, Katie McGrath, Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy

11:15am-12:15pm Supernatural (Hall H) Panelists: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Mark A. Sheppard, Jeremy Carver, Ben Edlund

12:00pm-1:00pm Jane Espenson/Husbands (Room 7AB) Panelists: Jane Espenson, Brad Bell, Sean Hemeon, Jeff Greenstein

12:30pm-1:30pm Doctor Who (Hall H) Panelists: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Steven Moffat, Caroline Skinner

1:00pm-2:00pm DC Nation (Room 6BCF) Panelists: Glen Murakami, Mitch Watson, Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath, Jeff Prezenkowski,

1:45pm-2:45pm Ben 10: Omniverse (Room 6DE) Panelists: Yuri Lowenthal, more TBA

1:45pm-2:45pm The Cleveland Show (Hall H) Panelists: Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Reagan Gomez, Rich Appel

2:15pm-3:15pm SpongeBob SquarePants (Room 6A) Panelists: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke , Mr. Lawrence, Vince Waller, Seamus Walsh, Mark Caballero

2:45pm-3:45pm Sons of Anarchy (Hall H) Panelists: Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Maggie Siff, Kim Coates, Mark Boone Junior, Tommy Flanagan, Theo Rossi, Ryan Hurst, Dayton Callie

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Ted Breaks Records at Box Office

We have a new champ for the highest-grossing opening for a non-sequel, R-rated comedy (yes, this is really how Hollywood does things). Seth MacFarlane's Ted performed way beyond box office expectations to finish in first place this weekend with $54.1 million. The previous record holder was The Hangover with $45 million.

Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike was another R-rated overperformer this weekend, debuting in second place while Pixar's Brave, last weekend's champ, dropped to third place. This was also the weekend The Avengers dropped out of the Top 10.

Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:

1. Ted $54,107,495

2. Magic Mike $39,155,000

3. Brave $34,011,000

4. Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection $26,350,000

5. Madagascar 3 $11,815,000

6. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter $6,000,000

7. Prometheus $4,925,000

8. Moonrise Kingdom $4,872,878

9. Snow White and The Huntsman $4,405,245

10. People Like Us $4,306,000

Check out last week's Keepin' It Reel podcast to see how we fared with our box office predictions!

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