O, that’s going to hurt. But the box office drops actually weren’t that bad this week. Here are the numbers.

1. What Happens in Vegas
Saturday and Sunday: $9,292,335 million
Monday and Tuesday: $2,759,458 million
Drop: 70%

2. Iron Man
Saturday and Sunday: $23,179,757 million
Monday and Tuesday: $5,292,110 million
Drop: 77%

3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Saturday and Sunday: $35,637,062 million
Monday and Tuesday: $7,978,137 million
Drop: 78%

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That’s the big question. Will ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ do an ‘Iron Man’ or ‘Prince Caspian’ weekend. The last one, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,’ had much lower opening than what initial tracking indicated. ‘Iron Man’ however, surprised the industry by breaking $100 million in the US during the first couple of days.

Tracking numbers for ‘Indiana Jones 4′ are good, but will it be able to top the opening of ‘Spider-man 3′ last year? The comic book hero made over $151 million in its first weekend, beating the $136 million opening by ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ in 2006.

The first two ‘Indiana Jones’ movies didn’t even cross the $200 million bar domestically during their total running time. But the first ‘Indiana Jones’ only cost $28 million and the second $48 million. The new ‘Indiana Jones’ movie is rumored to cost anywhere between $125 and $200 million to produce. Including marketing and distribution, the movie has to make $400 million before Harrison, Spielberg and Lucas will get paid.