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Box Office Update 5/2-5/4: Iron Man Explodes Onto the Screen

Written by Chris Beaumont
Published May 06, 2008
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At the other end of the spectrum, Nim's Island and Baby Mama duked it out for the smallest drop, both in the vicinity of 42%. The rest of the returnees fall in between these points. So, for the most part it was a pretty flat weekend, mostly due to overflow audiences from sold out Iron Man screenings.

Next week sees the release of The Wachowskis first directorial effort since the final Matrix film, Speed Racer. I must say that I am intrigued, but cannot really say what is going on from the candy-colored trailers. Also opening is the romcom What Happens In Vegas, featuring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. David Mamet's MMA drama, Redbelt, expands to 1,000 theaters, although I doubt it will have much of an impact. I'm still interested.

Two movies dropped off the top ten this week: Horton Hears a Who! (11) and Deception (13).

This WeekLast WeekTitleWknd GrossOverallWeek in release
1NIron Man$98,618,668$102,118,6681
2NMade of Honor$14,756,850$14,756,8501
31Baby Mama$10,065,010$32,062,4802
42Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay$6,114,373$25,369,3372
54Forgetting Sarah Marshall$6,059,920$44,732,3403
63The Forbidden Kingdom$4,187,897$45,112,3033
75Nim's Island$2,677,543$42,471,6605
86Prom Night$2,403,313$41,350,7314
9721$2,002,471$78,959,2376
10888 Minutes$1,545,084$15,368,9253


Box Office Predictions Recap


I guess I was just a little bit short. I knew that Iron Man would do well, but not quite this well. I did not suspect that it would reach six figures. However, I cannot say that I am disappointed. I mean, I have already seen it twice, and judging by some people I spoke to on Saturday afternoon, I was not alone in that. As far as the rest of the top ten, I did a pretty good job at getting the placings correct, with a couple minor exceptions. I was a little further off on the dollar guesses, but not terrible (except Iron Man).

Here is how the field matched up:

ActualPredictionTitleWknd GrossPrediction
11Iron Man$98,618,668$85 million
22Made of Honor$14,756,850$18 million
33Baby Mama$10,065,010$9 million
44Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay$6,114,373$7.5 million
55

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

$6,059,920$7 million
66The Forbidden Kingdom$4,187,897$6 million
77Nim's Island$2,677,543$3.5 million
9821$2,002,471$3 million
89Prom Night$2,403,313$2.5 million
101088 Minutes$1,545,084$2 million

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Christopher Beaumont spends much of his time writing about entertainment when he isn't sitting in a movie theater. He is known around the office as the "Movie Guy" and is always ready to talk about his favorite form of entertainment and offer up recommendations. Interests include science fiction, horror, and metal music. His writings can be found at Draven99's Musings and Draven99's Media Center.
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Box Office Update 5/2-5/4: Iron Man Explodes Onto the Screen
Published: May 06, 2008
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