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06.02.08Iron Man Wraps Up His Tour
Four weeks, and Iron Man has finished his run at the movies. It was a strong run - being the surprise hit of early summer. I think that’s what they are going to have to do now. Split up the summer to “Early Summer” “Mid Summer” and “Late Summer” - that way we can have three seasons of super-fucking-awesome movies. The rest of the year can go screw. Let’s see how Iron Man performed:
Week 1 - $141,300,000
Week 2 - $58,559,413
Week 3 - $37,560,788
Week 4 - $28,758,458Not bad. In Week 4, Iron Man grossed about what Speed Racer did in it’s first two weeks combined. Yikes. Now, let’s see if Hulk is truly Incredible….
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06.02.08Indy Makes a Strong Showing (and some SATC spoilers)
First week out, and it’s better than Speed Racer. Of course, The Strangers did better than Speed Racer. I’ll need to check my numbers, but I’m pretty sure The Notebook did better than Speed Racer on it’s opening weekend.
On a personal note, all I need to do is make sure that Indy stays on top of SATC. (I got $110 in side bets running on this one).**SPOILERS AHEAD** By the way, Carrie and Big do get married by the end. And, according to Carrie, men just aren’t romantic anymore. Of course, women shouldn’t be considered selfish and needing when they reject every apartment because it just won’t fit the wardrobe, or pay homage to some $700 shoes - but that doesn’t matter - it can all be washed down with a properly mixed Cosmo. Thanks to The Movie Spoiler from saving me to have to see it to report on it.
Reminder - Indy goes up against Batman - and remember - Batman has the “dead actor” thing going for it, so that could affect the results… Stay tuned!
Indy - Week 1 - $170,881,284
**Update - if your SATC experience was ruined prior to me adding the Spoiler Warning, send me an email, and I will directly reply to you with an apology. Justin - thank you for calling out my hypocrisy.
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05.27.08If You Had Speed Racer Winning it All…
… you’re a douche. You are sooooo out of it, you have no idea how out of it you are. Seriously. So far, more people have paid money to see Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz go at it in the rip-roaring comedic masterpiece, “What Happens in Vegas!”. America has spoken Wachowski Brothers - they are tired of your fancy magic camera tricks and lack of good story. Try again, except pick something that we like as kids, not merely remember. Or… Take this movie to Japan. It just might kill there. In the meantime, we are on Week 3 for Iron Man - who can stop this juggernaut?!
Iron Man - Week 3 - $37,560,788
Speed Racer - Week 2 - $9,135,870PS. Indy results will be out Friday!
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05.19.08The Results Begin Pouring In…
Iron Man continues it’s pummeling at the Box Office - this just may be the movie of the summer to beat! Who woulda’ thunk Robert Downey Jr. would be at the peak of his career playing an alcoholic industrialist? Not me. Iron Man - Week 2 = $58,559,413.
And then we’ve got the gay Speed Racer. I saw this movie, and thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of it. Awesome sets, bright colors - and in IMAX. Maybe it doesn’t play so well on the average screen. As a sidenote - Navy Pier has REALLY let their IMAX theater go the way of shitty McClurg. It’s like they just don’t care anymore. Anyway - Speed Racer - Week 1 = $24,266,000.
Let’s see how things continue through the summer… Additionally - Christina, don’t think I’ve forgotten about our side-bet. For all of you out there - Christina contends that Sex and the City will be one of the Top 3 grossers this summer. I heartily disagree - to the tune of $100. It’s total box office from opening to August 22nd. So the side bets right now - for those keeping track at home:
- JK contends that SATC will beat Indy - $10
- Christina thinks SATC will be Top 3 of the summer - $100
What is a guy to do with $110 of free money? I’ll let you know.
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05.12.08Week 1 Results: Iron Man
Wow. What a first week for Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. is good, but Gwyneth Paltrow is hot. Above all the hoopla JulieJustin started with not Iron Man vs. Incredible Hulk, but with Iron Man vs. Sex and the City - because thenJulieJustin would stop moaning - and Iron Man would have just eliminated them. Just blown Horse-Face, Lezzie, Cougar and The Hot Chick right off the map. Probably the opening weekend would have killed SATC first 7 days. But we’ll see. More importantly - Iron Man’s first week take: $141,300,000. Hulk has got some work ahead of him….
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