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ron Man 2 made mincemeat of the competition this weekend, decisively beating rival Robin Hood. Dropping off 59% from its opening weekend, Iron Man made about $53 Million, easily beating the Ridley Scott helmed movie, which made around $37 Million over the weekend.
Robin Hood has been rumored to have a budget around $200 Million, so that sub-par opening might be disappointing to Universal, but the good news for Universal is that the film is performing well overseas, which will most likely cushion the blow of the somewhat soft American opening. Robin Hood made over $74 Million in foreign markets, and seems to be getting a warmer reception.
Letters to Juliet didn’t benefit from counter-programming as much as I would have thought. With all the testosterone at the multiplex, I thought women would eat up the romantic offering. It had a decent take ($13.7 Million), but apparently women didn’t have a strong need to see it. Incidentally, most critics I spoke with were pleasantly surprised by the movie, and found Vanessa Redgrave delightful in it.
Queen Latifah’s latest offering, Just Wright, was not able to muster much interest, and brought in $8.5 Million for fourth place. How to Train Your Dragon continues to hang out in the top five, and made another $5 Million over the weekend.
