Everyone knew that Iron Man 2 would handily win the box office this weekend, but estimates for the final take were all over the place. Now the dust is settling, and Iron Man 2 looks to have made around $133 Million, which places it as the fifth best opening ever. Brisk early ticket sales were causing some to predict that Iron Man 2 might challenge the all time record for an opening held by The Dark Knight ($158 Million), but it fell quite a bit short of that.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Iron Man 2 received an “A” Cinemascore from exiting audience members, and that will translate into great word of mouth and box office stamina. The film didn’t face any competition from new releases, save for some smaller indie releases. Iron Man 2 is also a bona fide international success, after two weeks in release, its international box office haul is around $194 Million.
Nightmare on Elm Street fell with a resounding thud, losing 72% of its opening weekend numbers. Seems everyone who intended to see it saw it the first week, which is fairly typical of horror movies. Nightmare made about $9 Million and has made $48 Million in its first two weeks. How to Train Your Dragon was in the number three spot, and just slid past $200 Million in total ticket sales in its seventh week in release.
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