Iron Man 2

I read an interesting article earlier that talked about the high anticipated sequel to Iron Man, and how it might surpass the Dark Knight in terms of the highest grossing opening weekend. Iron Man came out in 2008 and it enjoyed critical and commercial success. That movie opened with $98 million and went all the way to gross $318 million. The movie also holds a 93% fresh rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes. Not bad for a movie where the super hero is hardly known outside of the comic book community.

I have seen Iron Man back in '08 and had hardly heard of the character. I mean let's face it. Iron Man is not as popular as other Marvel Superheros like Spider-Man, X-Men, or even the fucking Fantastic 4. I saw Iron Man and it was the most fun I had in a while. That, Hellboy 2, and The Dark Knight made it a good year for superhero. The perfect way to get the shitty superhero movie taste out of my mouth from the previous year (SM 3 & FF4: ROSS).

The question is whether Iron Man 2 can surpass the opening weekend record set by Dark Knight, which made an astonishing 158.4 million dollars (holy cheese)! I have no idea. It's possible, but at the same time it would be very hard to pull off. Now, it will definitely make more than $100 million in its first three days, which is around what the first iron man made. My prediction is that it won't surpass it, but it will be very close. I say around $140 million, which is pretty damn good. It will probably make around $400 million at the box office (domestically). Let's just hope it gets decent reviews because that will be an extra bonus too.

Here are the top 10 opening weekends for the domestic box office (just for reference). Of course if you're a box office junkie like me then boxofficemojo.com and the-numbers.com are some essential websites to go to.

The Dark Knight - $158 million
Spider-Man 3 - $151 million
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $142 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $135 million
Shrek the Third - $121 million
Alice in Wonderland - $116 million
Spider-Man 3 - $114.8
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - $114.7 million
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $108.9
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - $108.4