‘Iron Man’ box office facts and rumors [upd]

Ok, so there are a lot of box office numbers floating around for the movie with all the buzz this opening weekend, a little film called ‘Iron Man.’ We already brought you the forecast, predictions, early numbers and overseas estimates, but here is really all we have for the iron man thus far.

Budget estimate: $186 million
Marketing estimate: $50 million

US theaters this weekend: 4,105
US predictions for the weekend: ranging from $70 to $125 million

US Thursday box office estimate: $5.2 million
US Friday box office estimate: $35 million (incl. $1.7m Thursday night)
US Saturday box office estimate: $38 million
Overseas estimate for the weekend (57 territories): $97 million

Worldwide estimate for the weekend: $201 million

Highest gross outside US: Mexico with $4 million (2 days)

Recent Fandango ticket sales for ‘Iron Man’: 81%

Metacritic.com score: 7.8 (35 reviews)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94% fresh
IMDB score: 8.3 (3,102 votes)

Broken legs during shooting: 1 (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Loser this weekend: ‘Made of Honor’ (kinda, only $15.5m)

Almost confirmed release date for ‘Iron Man 2′: summer 2010

If I missed anything, let me know.