Sunday, May 4, 2008
"Iron Man" Opens With A Massive $201 Million Weekend
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios' Iron Man exceeded all expectations, earning a massive $100.75 million during its opening weekend domestically from 4,105 theaters and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, averaging $24,543 per site. Internationally, the film has also earned an incredible $96.7 million in 57 countries since it began opening Wednesday, putting its worldwide total at $201 million after just five days! The comic book adaptation, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges, was the 10th biggest opening of all-time and the fourth biggest for a superhero movie. Among nonsequels, it came in behind only the first Spider-Man, which opened with $114.8 million. As far as May openings, Iron Man came in at #8, just behind X-Men: The Last Stand's $102.8 million when you look at the three-day figure (not counting Thursday night). Financed by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount, the movie cost about $150 million to make and $75 million to market.
1 Iron Man Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios $100,750,000
2 Made of Honor Columbia Pictures (Sony) $15,500,000
3 Baby Mama Universal Pictures $10,332,000
4 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Universal Pictures $6,132,000
5 Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay New Line Cinema $6,015,000
6 The Forbidden Kingdom Lionsgate $4,200,000
7 Nim's Island Fox Walden $2,750,000
8 Prom Night Screen Gems (Sony) $2,500,000
9 21 Columbia Pictures (Sony) $2,100,000
10 88 Minutes TriStar Pictures (Sony) $1,600,000
11 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who 20th Century Fox $1,350,000
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