Looks like you can’t hold a good “Iron Man” down. For the second week in a row, Robert Downey Jr.’s ironclad superhero took to the skies and came back with first place at the box office for movie earnings. Earning over $50 million in its sophomore weekend, Iron Man has reached nearly $200 million domestic in the past 15 days.
No doubt a disappointment, “Speed Racer” earned just $20.2 million, barely nudging out Ashton Kutcher’s “What Happens in Vegas” romantic comedy at $20.0 million. The other new release, “The Fall” came in around #24 with only $80,000, which sounds bad until you note that it was only open in 9 theaters across the country. That puts its per theater earning at $9,000 while “Racer” and “Vegas” pulled in closer to $6,000 per theater. I hope “The Fall” will reach more theaters very soon as it looks quite stunning.
Box office domestic earnings for movies this weekend, May 9 - 11, 2008:
- “Iron Man” $50.5 million [$177.1 M total]
- “Speed Racer” $20.2 million [$20.2M total]
- “What Happens In Vegas” $20.0 million [$20.0M total]
- “Made of Honor” $7.6 million [$26.2M total]
- “Baby Mama” $5.7 million [$40.3M total]
- “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” $3.7 million [$50.7M total]
- “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” $3.1 million [$30.7M total]
- “Forbidden Kingdom” $1.9 million [$48.2M total]
- “Nim’s Island” $1.3 million [$44.2M total]
- “Redbelt” $1.1 million [$1.2M total]
Posted on: Monday, May 12, 2008
