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.

Is it really opening Wednesday? I hope not as a Friday opening would make for a more potent OW.

I'd say $170-$220m is likely for this but not $250m.

The film is 3 weeks away; it isnt moving.

Wednesday is the day that GTA hits the street too

not that it has much to do with money, but a review is up on IMDB from a guy who went into enough detail for me to buy that he actually saw it, and he gave it a disappointed 4/10. he knew the Iron Man comics pretty well, and said that although the CGI was good, it was nothing more than mildly entertaining and ultimately forgettable.

of course, it's just one review, but I wouldn't be too surprised if this didn't have that great of a story following the whole opening bit about getting his powers.

Hm, it'd need a $100 million opening to get there and it's not getting that, IMO. I think WoM will be good, but simply not good enough to stand the competition from Indiana Jones and Narnia.

Well, I'm not sold on this just yet. I think it's heading for $85-90m OW, and a 2.8-2.9x multiplier's a lot for it with those dismal early May weekdays and the competition in subsequent weeks. But who knows?

84m/234m

The sequel could get an easy 300m.

I'm actually not going to count out this one. Apparently this is really, really good. I think it could actually have decent legs, and a weak 2nd weekend of May, as well as more family skewing Narnia, could give it 3 weeks to itself more or less. The Hulk club is not happening, but Iron Man might...

Downey Jr. was very funny on Letterman. I really do think this movie has breakout potential.

I think it can do it now - from a $95-$100m opening. $240m is likely but I dont think $250m is a stretch for some of the reasons already mentioned...

Who would have thought Iron Man could possibly turn out bigger than X Men and second only to Spidey in terms of BO!!? Offcourse its yet to happen but has a good chance.

Damn i was half asleep on the couch and woke to see him on it but generally missed most of it.

For some reason i was never keen on Downey but he won me over when he overcame his habit and starred in gems like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Zodiac. He's a blast in interviews and all round top guy it seems.

250M+ for sure.

WHAT A CALL!!!

After calling 250+ for transformers back in Oct of 2006, calling under 300/pirates coming very close to finishing under it, calling 45 million ow for AG, alling 200 million LEGEND 5 months in advance, and now this....

the feel for the breakout/major dissappointment is quite strong in this one

of course, itll be tested once more in 2 weeks when we learn wether narnia passes 225 million or not

VICTORY!! CONGRATS TO ALL MEMBERS, WE DID IT!!!

EXCEL

bump

this weekend has me feeling nostalgic

RDJ's Iron Man and Evans Captain America are both in my top 20 cinematic hero ever.

Pop culture shifted dramatically and rapidly in late 2007 through late 2008 as millennial came of age. Stark was walking charisma similar to Ledger's Joker, except he 1) didn't die, and 2) was one of the heroes the franchise would be built around.