1. Iron Man: $98.6 million
2. Made of Honor: $14.7 million
3. Baby Mama: $10 million
4. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay: $6.1 million
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall: $6 million
Again, just two new ones this week:
Speed RacerWhat's It All About: Andy and Larry Wachowski, the team behind the Matrix trilogy, adapt the classic 60's anime Speed Racer using a visual style reminiscent of Japanese animation melded with a modern video game aesthetic.
Why It Might Do Well: The trailer was amazing, and Cinematical's own James Rocchi describes the film as "a blast of pure pop family fun" in his review, which you can read right here.
Why It Might Not Do Well: The 40% rating on Rottentomatoes.com suggests this one may have trouble knocking Iron Man out of first place.
Number of Theaters: 3,600
Prediction: $43 million
What Happens in VegasWhat's It All About: Total strangers Joy (Cameron Diaz) and Jack (Ashton Kutcher) wake up hung over and hitched after an evening of Las Vegas debauchery. Plans for a quick anulment become complicated when couple wins a $3 million dollar slot machine jackpot.
Why It Might Do Well: This one will provide an alternative to moviegoers not seeking a big scale action flick.
Why It Might Not Do Well: This plot has been beaten to death in plenty of movies and TV shows, and I'm betting it was funnier when it happened to Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders.
Number of Theaters: 3,200
Prediction: $11 million
As interesting as Speed Racer looks, I think Iron Man still has enough momentum to dominate the box office for another week. Here's what I think next week's top five will look like.
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
For the first time in awhile we had a several competitors with perfect scores in last week's prediction. Congratulations to them, and thanks to everybody who participated. Here's how we all did:
1. Matt: 16
1. Smiggy: 16
1. AJ Wiley: 16
1. Gregory Rubinstein: 16
1. Erin: 16
2. Mike: 13
2. zach: 13
2. Mario: 13
2. Ray: 13
2. Liz: 13
3. Julian Wellbery: 12
3. cubitfox: 12
3. Awesompants: 12
4. Aaron: 11
5. Mathew: 9
5. DarkAgair: 9
5. Brent Todd: 9
6. Jonathan Kuhn : 8
7. Niraj: 7
Post your predictions for the top five movies in the comments section below before 5:00PM Eastern Time on Friday. One point for every top five movie correctly named, two points for every correct placement, and one extra point for the top movie.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-07-2008 @ 6:14PM
Liz said...
Gotta agree with you this time!
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 6:24PM
Jonathan Kuhn said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. Baby Mama
4. What Happens In Vegas
5. Made Of Honor
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5-07-2008 @ 6:42PM
zach said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 7:37PM
Charles said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. Baby Mama
4. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
5. What Happens in Vegas
Reply
5-07-2008 @ 7:51PM
Alex Farquharson said...
1- Iron Man
2- Speed Racer
3- What Happens In Vages
4- Made of honor
5- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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5-07-2008 @ 7:58PM
Awesomepants said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 8:02PM
Awesomepants said...
Speed Racer
Iron man
What happens in Vegas
Made of Honor
Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 8:27PM
Christopher said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Baby Mama
5. Made of honor
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5-07-2008 @ 9:10PM
Smiggy said...
Yay! Perfect score! Too bad it had to come on the easiest weekend ever. Now for another copypasta...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 9:12PM
DarkAgair said...
Balls to the walls have to be differet myself
1. Speed Racer
2. Iron Man
3. Made of Honor
3. What Happens in Vegas
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 10:08PM
cubitfox said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 10:36PM
Erin said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-07-2008 @ 11:06PM
Sam said...
1. Iron Man
2. What Happens In Vegas
3. Speed Racer
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
Reply
5-07-2008 @ 11:21PM
Ray said...
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens in Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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5-08-2008 @ 12:19AM
Aaron said...
Fuck it I'll be different as always!
1-Iron Man
2-What Happens In Vegas
3-Made of Honor
4-Speed Racer
5-Baby Mama
Reply
5-08-2008 @ 7:28AM
cough said...
1. Iron Man
2. What Happens in Vegas
3. Speed Racer
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
Reply
5-08-2008 @ 9:57AM
Astin said...
I could be wrong, but isn't the gross for a film split about 50/50 between theatres and studios? Therefore the nearly $200 million internation for Iron Man is actually only $100 mil for the studio, meaning it needs to gross another $80 mil before breaking even on production costs alone. Toss in marketing and it's probably not near being in the black yet, let alone comfortably.
No doubt it will have made a tidy profit by the time all is said and done though.
Anyway:
1.- Iron Man
2.- Speed Racer
3.- Made of Honor
4.- What Happens in Vegas
5.- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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5-08-2008 @ 11:09AM
Bob said...
Not even close. With big releases like Iron Man the movie companies take about 90% gross during the opening weeks and theatres take about 10%. Theatre cuts get bigger the longer the movie plays. Theatres get their main revenue from the refreshment stand. Why do you think the prices are so astronomical?
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5-08-2008 @ 1:16PM
Brent Todd said...
Ironman
Speedracer
What happens in Vegas
Baby Moma
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Reply
5-08-2008 @ 6:43PM
AJ Wiley said...
My perfect score cherry has been popped! Woo!
1. Iron Man
2. Speed Racer
3. What Happens In Vegas
4. Made of Honor
5. Baby Mama
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