Weekend Box Office
1)
Iron Man $50.5 million
2)
Speed Racer $20.2 million
3)
What Happens in Vegas $20 million
4)
Made of Honor $7.6 million
5)
Baby Mama $5.7 million
6)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall $3.7 Million
7)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay $3.1 million
8)
Forbidden Kingdom $1.9 million
9)
Nim's Island $1.3 Million
10)
Redbelt $1.1 million
Iron Man lived up to its hearty hype, staying in the top spot for a second weekend in a row. The Jon Favreau directed comic book epic took in an estimated $50.5 million. That brings this Robert Downey Jr. career kicker into true blockbuster status. Its accumulated grosses rest at $177 million, with certainly more money to come in the following weeks.
Warner Brothers' tentpole summer action flick
Speed Racer did not fare quite as well. It debuted in the second place spot with a very weak $20.2 million. That was barely enough to fight off the weekend's only other major release. The Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz bromantic comedy was right on
Speed Racer's bumper with $20 million in third place.
Things were shaking on the indie side of things.
The Fall took in a healthy $80,200 on just nine screens. While
Before the Rains nabbed $52,300 on a mere eight screens.
Will
Iron Man be able to go for the three-peat next weekend? Tony Stark will be going up against Disney heavyweight
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which is
Iron Man's only real competition.
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"Speed Racer" A+!
I agree W./the critic who stated that "Speed Racer" was "A sugar rush of pop art, op art and pure pop for car people, Speed Racer offers a crazy, turbo-charged mix of cartoon kitsch, gamer action, and a wild new way to think of - and look at - movies."
I loved both "Iron Man" & "Speed Racer"! So far 2 Summer Movies down, & both were really really good! Not a dollar so far wasted!
"Speed Racer" will go on to become a cult classic!
ugh cell, you are a sad man that continues making comments that pushes my thoughts of you closer and closer to pedophile.
"Speed Racer" rocked!
I cant belive speed racer was second that movie look so shit if u saw it ur a stupid basterd
we still have "Indy 4", "Narmia", "Dark Knight", "Death Race" (Hello Jason Statham!) & "Hancock" (Still not sold, but will see it!) to go!!!
I saw "Speed Racer" ....& I loved it!! Screw what the critics said!! It was a blast!! Finally this Sumemr of movies is a balst so far! I would give "Speed Racer" a A+!! It was everything a Summer Popcorn flick should be!
I always "Red Belt" directed by David Mamet, which was crappy! Another film I will put on my "Worst Films of 2008" list! THat film I would give a D-!