Monday, May 5, 2008
I knew IRON MAN, the latest installment of a Marvel comic hero brought to life, was gonna do big business when I saw two things...First, the 11:30 Saturday morning show was completely sold out and filled with more grown ass men then families with small kiddies. And two, my thirty-month old nephew actually sat through all 126 minutes of it.
Iron Man grossed $100.8 million, per studio estimates compiled Sunday by Exhibitor Relations Co., a number that makes the Robert Downey Jr. film second only to Spider-Man for comic book movie debuts.
The estimate does not include the movie's Thursday night sneaks. If it did, it'd be $3.5 million higher.
The estimate also doesn't include overseas ticket sales. If it did, it'd be nearly $100 million higher.
In all, by the close of business tonight, Iron Man is predicted to have taken in $104.3 million domestically and $201 million worldwide, or more than the entire global runs of Daredevil and Catwoman. Give it a few days or so, and it'll move past Batman & Robin and Ghost Rider on the all-time comic book movie list, as compiled by Box Office Mojo.
Already, Iron Man is in heavyweight company. Its opening was bigger than those of Batman Begins ($48.7 million), Superman Returns ($52.5 million), the first two X-Men movies and Spider-Man 2 ($88.2 million).
Not bad for a character that's considered B-list to the Spider-Man-, Batman-, Superman-populated A-list.
The best news of all for Marvel, the comics giant that footed the bill for the film: The $186 million it reputedly sank into the production has already been covered.
And to think, five yares ago, the films star Robert Downey Jr., had to purchase his own productions insurance (usually ranging between $5700 to $9800 dollars per location)because studios couldn't truth the recovering coke/herion addict would stay out of trouble during filming...Just goes to show what some folks can do with a second chance. That's what's up.
Iron Man, $100.8 million
Made of Honor, $15.5 million
Baby Mama, $10.3 million
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $6.1 million
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $6 million
The Forbidden Kingdom, $4.2 million
Nim's Island, $2.8 million
Prom Night, $2.5 million
21, $2.1 million
88 Minutes, $1.6 million
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