Early predicted box office returns for Iron Man 2 on Saturday night in the U.S. are hovering above $45 million, possibly going as high as $48.5 million for the night.
Quite a feat when you consider that some films don’t even make that much for their entire runs.
Iron Man 2 didn’t break any records, but it still made over $52 Million on its first day of release in the United States.
As of Friday night, the film has already surpassed the opening-night numbers of the first Iron Man which opened with $38 Million in ticket sales two years ago.
Analysts are predicting that the movie will make $130 Million total for the weekend, coming behind only The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
Stay tuned for more details as they become available…
Deadline.com is noting that not only does Iron Man 2 have the widest release in Hollywood history with 4,380 North American theaters, but it has also already made $132 million from the other countries that released the film prior to the North American release.
Could this one be a record breaker?
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Iron Man 2 doesn’t hit the United States until May 7, but it’s already come out in six other countries, raising $2.2 million from 960 venues.
The movie, already out in France, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and Switzerland, has already amassed over $2,200 per screen. It will open in other territories by this weekend, prior to its U.S. release.
In France, the movie has opened 11% ahead of the numbers for the first Iron Man movie.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter