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WHAT'S HOT AT THE U.S. BOX OFFICE
Week ending 11 May 2008
Iron Man showed its mettle, holding on easily to top spot for the second week running with an estimated $50.1m. The figure was down 49% on its record breaking opening, giving the Marvel comic-book hero a two-week domestic total of $177.1m and a worldwide tally of $276.2m. The Robert Downey starrer is already the year's top grossing film, overtaking Horton Hears A Who!'s $150m.
Speed Racer wasn't able to keep up with Iron Man , taking second place with $20.2m. With an estimated budget of $120m, a huge marketing campaign and the Wachowski Brothers directing, Speed Racer's opening was disappointing. Based on the 60s anime cartoon series, its debut was well down on the $48.5m opening of the brothers' last film, 2003's The Matrix Revolutions.
Iron Man showed its mettle, holding on easily to top spot for the second week running with an estimated $50.1m. The figure was down 49% on its record breaking opening, giving the Marvel comic-book hero a two-week domestic total of $177.1m and a worldwide tally of $276.2m. The Robert Downey starrer is already the year's top grossing film, overtaking Horton Hears A Who!'s $150m.
Speed Racer wasn't able to keep up with Iron Man , taking second place with $20.2m. With an estimated budget of $120m, a huge marketing campaign and the Wachowski Brothers directing, Speed Racer's opening was disappointing. Based on the 60s anime cartoon series, its debut was well down on the $48.5m opening of the brothers' last film, 2003's The Matrix Revolutions.
US Box Office Top Ten
What Happens in Vegas came up trumps, debuting in third place with $20m. The romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher performed well, finishing just behind Speed Racer despite its considerably smaller budget of $35m. It also boasted a better screen average than Speed Racer with $6,220 at 3,215 sites compared with $5,604 at 3,606 screens. Though both were well down on Iron Man's average of $12,284 at 4,111 theaters.
Made of Honor had a dignified 49% drop from last week's debut. Slipping to fourth spot, the romantic comedy's $7.6m gave it a total $26.3m. Baby Mama added $5.8m to take its three-week tally to $40.4m while Forgetting Sarah Marshall reached $50.8m after its fourth weekend total of $3.8m. Redbelt whipped up $1.1m to round out the top ten. The David Mamet martial arts drama starring Tim Allen moved up from 41st spot last week for a two-week total of $1.2m. Overall the box office was up 16% on the corresponding period last year when Spider-Man 3 remained atop the box office for a second week running with $58.2m.
Next week Iron Man is liable to lose his grip on top spot with the release of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The question is whether the second in the Narnia series will top the $65.6m debut of 2005's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Made of Honor had a dignified 49% drop from last week's debut. Slipping to fourth spot, the romantic comedy's $7.6m gave it a total $26.3m. Baby Mama added $5.8m to take its three-week tally to $40.4m while Forgetting Sarah Marshall reached $50.8m after its fourth weekend total of $3.8m. Redbelt whipped up $1.1m to round out the top ten. The David Mamet martial arts drama starring Tim Allen moved up from 41st spot last week for a two-week total of $1.2m. Overall the box office was up 16% on the corresponding period last year when Spider-Man 3 remained atop the box office for a second week running with $58.2m.
Next week Iron Man is liable to lose his grip on top spot with the release of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The question is whether the second in the Narnia series will top the $65.6m debut of 2005's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
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