Also a champ overseas: ‘Iron Man’May 5th, 2008 at 2:00 am

Already getting sick of all the ‘Iron Man’ coverage? Well, wait a couple of days. We will be all over how bad ‘Speed Racer’ is doing. But for now, let’s take a closer look at how ‘Iron Man’ did globally.
As we already know it made $96.8 million overseas at 57 territories and 7,500 screens. But what was the number two territory after the US? That’s right, the ones with the English dialect, the UK with $10.3 million. Followed closely by our Mexican friends with $9.6 million. In third, quite surprising, came South Korea. It was the biggest launch in South Korea for 2008 and even double of what ‘Spider-man’ did at its launch.
Fourth to sixth were France with $7.1, Spain with $6.2 and Brazil with $6 million. All this is even more impressive when you consider ‘Iron Man’ was unknown to most people outside the US. They would have met the iron man the first time seeing the trailer.
‘Iron Man’ is expected to be able to surpass $300 million overseas. Which would make it one of the more successful comic book movies outside the US.
‘Iron Man’ opening box office numbers and totalsMay 4th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

I guess Robert Downey Jr. can start training again this Monday, because ‘Iron Man 2′ is pretty much confirmed by now. (for all the latest numbers see Iron Man box office facts and rumors)
‘Iron Man,’ which opened in about 60 territories this week, is expected to make over $100 million this weekend in the US alone. That’s just a couple of million short of the highest non-sequel opening by ‘Spider-man’ in 2002, which made $115 million. Yes Sony, you can be proud too, everybody is happy this weekend. Not even a little game called GTA IV could stop the iron man from exceeding every expectation.
Holding the world in a tight grip, ‘Iron Man’ is expected to exceed the $200 million bar worldwide, which makes it profitable in its first weekend if you don’t consider marketing costs. Not only a remarkable accomplishment for a relatively unknown comic book character, but also for Marvel. It’s their first independently produced picture and they didn’t shy away from taking some bold steps with this one. No studio in their right mind would have taken Robert Downey Jr. for the leading role. And I’m sure the Marvel Entertainment stock will make a little jump ahead of the official weekend numbers this Monday.
Again, you can go here for the Iron Man box office totals.
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‘Iron Man’ box office facts and rumors [upd]May 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 am

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.