Weekend Box Office: Iron Man, duh

By Genevieve Koski  |  May 5, 2008 | 1:36pm
Aux Features Newswire

Iron Man treated the competition to a hearty spanking this weekend, kicking off the summer blockbuster season with $100.75 million, nearly double the receipts of the rest of the top 10 combined and the 10th-biggest opening weekend of all time. Start making your sequel predictions now. (Note: Even though Iron Man hit many theaters Thursday evening, these numbers reflect the Friday-to-Sunday period only.)

The No. 2 spot went to My Best Friend's Wedding 2, er, Made Of Honor, the only other major-studio release this weekend. The Patrick Dempsey romantic comedy took a respectable $15.5 million, despite showing on about 1,400 fewer screens than Iron Man. Last week's top earner, Baby Mama, took the No. 3 spot, while Forgetting Sarah Marshal retained its No. 4 position, knocking Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay down to No. 5. The rest of the lineup is pretty familiar, though Horton Hears A Who! fell out of the top 10 for the first time since it opened eight weeks ago.

More detailed numbers can be found at boxofficemojo.com.

 
Join the discussion...
Keep scrolling for more great stories.