I was expecting a great opening weekend for this film, but not this great. Iron Man staring Robert Downey Jr. and directed by John Favreau opened with a little over $100 million dollars domestically and over $96 million internationally , equally an estimated $200 million dollars. Maybe it’s the lack of a good action flick or the warm weather; whatever it was people came out in droves and it shows. Congrats!
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE ESTIMATE
1. Iron Man (PARAMOUNT) 4,105 $100,700,000
2. Made of Honor (SONY) 2,729 $15,500,000
3. Baby Mama (UNIVERSAL) 2,548 $10,300,000
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (UNIVERSAL) 2,872 $61,000,000
5. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanmo Bay (WARNER BROS.) 2,545 $6,000,000
6. Forbidden Kingdom (LIONSGATE) 2,960 $4,200,000
7. Nim’s Island (FOX) 2,478 $2,700,000
8. Prom Night (SONY) 2,434 $2,500,000
9. 21 (SONY) 2,242 $2,100,000
10. 88 Minutes (SONY) 1,765 $1,600,000
in millions of dollars
… and the first movie out the batch is Iron Man. You can check out the trailer below along with Trendy’s preview which is apart of Trendy Reel’s Summer Movie Preview. Also in theater’s today is Made of Honor staring Grey’s Anatomy’s Patrick Dempsey.
There are several reasons why I am excited about this release that will kick off the summer film season. The trailer is enticing, there are some great actors involved, ( Robert Downey Jr., Terrance Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow) it’s another well loved comic coming to the cinemas; but the real reason I am excited is because of the director, Jon Favreau. I could sit here and talk about Iron Man the comic or how great the stars will be in this, however that is not my focus for this release. Yeah he is probably more well known for being actor Vince Vaughn’s swinging buddy in a few films and are wondering how the hell did he get helm this one. This movie is a big deal for him, probably the biggest career boost he will have since Swingers. I am genuinely excited for him and can not wait to see the final product. Everything looks to be fantastic and I see a blockbuster hit. If you are not familiar with any of his work, I am not going to recommend going back and looking at films from 10 years ago, instead go hit up your local Blockbuster or Netflix cue and get Zathura, his 2005 film which I see as a nice directorial prequel to Iron Man. One last thing. Iron Man opens May 2, 2008. The trailer can be seen below. Goodluck Jon!
