Iron Man managed to trample the competition for its second
straight week in a row, fending off newcomers “Speed Racer” and “What Happens
in Vegas” by a large margin. The movie brought in $50.5 million at the box office
with only a 49 percent drop from the previous week.
“‘Iron Man’ is basically pulling everybody’s audience. It's
really dominating the marketplace,” Paul Dergarabedian, president of tracking
firm Media By Numbers LLC said, quoted by the Associated Press.
The anime-inspired race movie “Speed Racer” edged into the
No. 2 spot with $20.2 million, slightly ahead of the 20th Century Fox comedy “What
Happens in Vegas,” which debuted at $20 million. “What Happens in Vegas” cost
$35 million and stars Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher.
Five of the top 10 grossing movies were comedies, including Sony Pictures’
Patrick Dempsey-led film, “Made of Honor,” which took in $7.6 million in its
second week, for fourth place.
The weekend’s total domestic box office gross hit $128 million.
Over the next few weeks, several big movies will take a shot at knocking “Iron
Man” off its perch, starting with “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,”
opening May 16, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” on May
22.
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,” $5.8 million.
6. “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” $3.8 million.
7. “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,”
$3.2 million.
8. “The Forbidden
Kingdom,” $1.9 million.
9. “Nim's Island,” $1.3 million.
10. “Redbelt,” $1.1 million.
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