Spider-Man kept up his box office heroics for a second weekend, as the worldwide total for the third film in the superhero trilogy hit $622 million, the film’s distributor said on Sunday.

In its second weekend of release, “Spider-Man 3″ sold an estimated $145.5 million worth of tickets, split between $60 million for North America and $85.5 million internationally, said Columbia Pictures.

The worldwide lead is likely to change next weekend when “Shrek the Third” opens and then again the following weekend when “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” sets sail.

“Spider-Man 3″ enjoyed a wide margin in North America over the two new releases that rounded out the top three: the zombie thriller “28 Weeks Later” with $10 million, and the latest Lindsay Lohan flop “Georgia Rule” with $5.9 million.

After 10 days, the North American total for “Spider-Man 3″ stands at $242.1 million. By contrast, 2004′s “Spider-Man 2″ had earned $256 million after two weekends, and 2002′s “Spider-Man” $223 million. (“Spider-Man 2″ got a two-day head start, opening on a Wednesday.)

The latest film suffered a steep 60 percent drop from its first weekend, compared with 49 percent for “Spider-Man 2″ and 38 percent for “Spider-Man.” Columbia said it was comfortable with the slide given the film’s record-breaking $151 million first weekend. The previous holder of that record, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” fell 54 percent last year.

Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp .. “28 Weeks Later” was released by Fox Atomic, a unit of News Corp. “Georgia Rule” was released on behalf of producer Morgan Creek Prods. by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal.

“Shrek the Third” will be released by Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures on behalf of producer DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., while the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films are Walt Disney Co. releases.

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