OW: 55m
Domestic TotaL: 148.5m

F4 numbers

The new trailer just shot this back into the $100m+ range for me. I think that if it's good, it could do north of $150m.

165mill

I think the reason why everyone is trying to gun this down is because TDK comes out this year. If it wasn't for that then everyone would be saying 200+ million but there are too many DC and WB gayfans here.

no its cause nobody knows who the hell iron man is

I haven't done any research at all on this, but on the surface, at a quick glance, I'd say 175 looks about right for this, considering it's well recieved. I'll know for sure after much research and analysis while in meditation.

I'm not a huge Batman fan, I just think this film doesn't have too much appeal. I can't speak on behalf of everyone, but both times I saw the teaser for this movie, members of the audience laughed at both the part where he comes out in the fake Iron Man costume and when he flies with the jets. That shit was just cheesy.

Luckily, the new trailer's pretty kick-ass, so it won't bomb like I was earlier anticipating.

But $250 million? A.k.a. the highest-grossing superhero film outside the Spider-man franchise?

I think not.

$150m is a great benchmark to set for this one.

Realistically it will probably have a pretty hard time hitting 150m, it's gotta have a lot of things go right ( high awareness, great wom, etc )

I see about 120 mil. Good chance people are sick of superhero movies and give it something like 80, though.

It'll definitely do better than that if it's received better than Van Helsing was.(I like Van Helsing) It opened at almost 52 million. I would think Iron-Man could top 70 with a good marketing plan. Below are the first weekend of May releases. The superheroes have really shined when opening the show in that first May weekend. Of course, Spider-Man and the X-Men are a bit more popular, but Marvel is a brand like PIXAR now. This is THE best release date of the year, and Marvel was lucky to get it for Iron-Man, their first venture into the world of producing movies. Kingdom of Heaven was misplaced badly, and Orlando Bloom's star was overestimated. (plus it had to deal with nobody caring about anything but Sith)

2002 - Spider-Man $114,844,116
2003 - X2: X-Men $85,558,731
2004 - Van Helsing $51,748,040
2005 - Kingdom of Heaven $19,635,996
2006 - Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273
2007 - Spider-Man 3 $151,116,516

Iron-Man is new (original), too, and I think that's something that's going to appeal heavily to those who are jaded by sequels. I have much more research to do, though.

i think theyre getting sick of news ones; ie theyll be less willing to give this one a chance. theyll still eat up sequels to batman, xmen, spidey n co.

not surprising i keep saying this wuill have good legs but i dont think itll open over 70.

Totally In:

BJs Prediction:

110m | 300m

It seems like comic book movies have really good track record when it comes to opening 1st week of may.

This is the kind of superhero movie that will without a have great wom among fanboys and maybe even general audience when they watch it. But the critic reviews will probably be similar to transformers since they are no into movies whose purpose is pure entertainment which is all about kickass visuals effects, awesome action and good comedy.

I'm predicting 58/155 for this.

mav where you at

I'm not in the 250 million club.

80 million OW and not in 250 million club?

That's one crowded front end of the summer to expect those kinds of legs.