Box Office Report...

[Craig Th]

1 1 Iron Man Par. $50,500,000 -48.8% 4,111 +6 $12,284 $177,134,000 $140 2

2 N Speed Racer WB $20,210,000 - 3,606 - $5,604 $20,210,000 - 1

3 N What Happens in Vegas Fox $20,000,000 - 3,215 +2,915 $6,220 $20,000,000 $35 1

4 2 Made of Honor Sony $7,600,000 -48.5% 2,734 +5 $2,779 $26,275,000 $40 2

5 3 Baby Mama Uni. $5,766,000 -42.7% 2,627 +79 $2,194 $40,377,000 $30 3

6 5 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Uni. $3,778,000 -37.7% 2,376 -496 $1,590 $50,772,000 $30 4

7 4 Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay NL $3,155,000 -48.4% 2,264 -281 $1,393 $30,716,000 $12 3

8 6 The Forbidden Kingdom LGF $1,900,000 -54.6% 1,724 -1,236 $1,102 $48,261,000 - 4

9 7 Nim's Island Fox $1,325,000 -50.5% 1,601 -877 $827 $44,257,000 $37 6

10 41 Redbelt SPC $1,140,000 +1,699.2% 1,379 +1,373 $826 $1,237,000 - 2

11 8 Prom Night (2008) SGem $1,050,000 -56.3% 1,465 -969 $716 $42,822,000 $20 5

12 9 21 Sony $835,000 -58.3% 978 -1,264 $853 $80,418,000 $35 7

13 16 The Visitor Over. $764,000 +25.9% 217 +87 $3,520 $2,510,000 - 5

14 11 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Fox $575,000 -57.0% 770 -693 $746 $150,669,000 $85 9

[Jingus]

I'm glad that Speed Racer ain't doing so well, and surprised that Harold & Kumar didn't do better.

[DrVenkman PhD]

I echo the Speed Racer comment and am glad to see Iron Man hold on to the #1 spot (with another $50M weekend to boot, good stuff).

 

Congrats on Sarah Marshall passing $50M as well. Hopefully it does some good DVD business.

[Youth N Asia]

Going to try and get out this week to see Redbelt.

 

Good for Ironman. That movie is all kinds of badass

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

LOL @ What Happens in Vegas nearly beating Speed Racer.

[Ginger Snaps]

Going to try and get out this week to see Redbelt.

 

Has anyone seen Redbelt? I don't like MMA but I want to maybe see this because it's Mamet and it stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, who's good in like everything he's in.

[AntiLeaf33]

LOL @ What Happens in Vegas nearly beating Speed Racer.

 

Yeah, I got a good laugh at that too

[fazzle]

Keep in mind that these are the estimates. By the time the actuals come out tomorrow, Speed Racer could very easily lose to Ashton Kutcher.

[Black Lushus]

Going to try and get out this week to see Redbelt.

 

Has anyone seen Redbelt? I don't like MMA but I want to maybe see this because it's Mamet and it stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, who's good in like everything he's in.

 

I didn't like him as the villian in Four Brothers...of course, that movie was kinda silly anyway.

 

I would chalk Speed Racer's poor showing to poor release timing. In a slower month, that movie makes more money.

[Celtic Guardian]

Keep in mind that these are the estimates. By the time the actuals come out tomorrow, Speed Racer could very easily lose to Ashton Kutcher.

 

You called it. Speed Racer fell to $18.6 mill in the actual, behind What Happens in Vegas at $20.2 mill. Warner Bros. may have inflated its initial estimate to hold off complete humiliation.

[Craig Th]

And it's going to get crushed next week after Narnia takes away all of its audience.

[SuperJerk]

I'm embarrassed to admit I took my girlfriend to see "What Happens in Vegas" last Saturday night. Shame on me.

[2GOLD]

I'm embarrassed to admit I took my girlfriend to see "What Happens in Vegas" last Saturday night. Shame on me.

 

Least you didn't go see 27 Dresses.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

Final numbers:

 

Speed Racer 18.6 mil

Vegas 20.2 mil

 

Speed Racer didn't just lose, it got raped.

[Hawk 34]

I'm embarrassed to admit I took my girlfriend to see "What Happens in Vegas" last Saturday night. Shame on me.

 

This isn't neccesary. There is nothing wrong about using chick flicks for their intended purposes.