Weekend Box Office: May 7-9
Sun, May 9, 2010 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Iron Man 2: $133.6 million
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street: $9.1 million
3. How to Train Your Dragon: $6.7 million
4. Date Night: $5.3 million
5. The Back-Up Plan: $4.3 million
6. Furry Vengeance: $4 million
7. Clash of the Titans: $2.3 million
8. Death at a Funeral: $2.1 million
9. The Losers: $1.8 million
10. Babies: $1.5 million
Well, this weekend's winner was certainly a no-brainer. While it didn't demolish The Dark Knight's opening weekend record as early tracking suggested, Iron Man 2 still managed to soar right past the original film's $98 million opening weekend take with an excellent $133.6 million. Combined with its international box office, where the movie opened last week, its combined worldwide total already stands at $327 million.
The IMAX screenings (which is where I saw it, and want to see it again) did well, accounting for 8% of the weekend's box office. Even better, the sequel earned an "A" Cinemascore rating from theatergoers, which bodes well for repeat business and another strong showing next weekend. This should make Marvel and their new owners at The Walt Disney company very happy indeed, although I can't imagine anyone involved with Robin Hood (which opens next weekend) is as thrilled about this news.
In other non-shocking news, the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street crashed and burned in its second weekend, falling a whopping 72% with just $9.1 million. Its total now stands at $48 million, which is well over its reported $35 million budget, so at this point I think it's done everything it was meant to do at the box office by now anyway.
How to Train Your Dragon continued to do well, dropping only 36% despite losing its IMAX screens to Iron Man 2, hanging in at the #3 spot with another $6.7 million this weekend and crossing the $200 million mark domestically.
Romantic comedies rounded out the top 5, with Date Night and The Back-Up Plan coming in with $5.3 and $4.3 million, respectively.
The weekend's other new release (in celebration of Mother's Day, naturally), was the documentary Babies, which follows a year of the lives of four mothers in different parts of the world with their newborns. Opening in only 534, it managed to take the 10th spot this weekend with $1.5 million.
So the summer movie season seems to getting off to a great start. Now let's see if the rest of this month's big releases can keep up.
Reader Comments (4)
IronMan didn't come close to touching TDK record...word of mouth must be kicking its ass
With an an "A" Cinemascore rating? Not at all. Exit polling reports on Box Office Mojo shows that IM's audience was slightly older than the TDK and Spiderman's audiences, which means they're not running to the theater with the same urgency as those audiences were, which means it should have strong legs and perform well in the weekends to come.
good point Jen. I think this will have some real longevity right through to the end of June atleast
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