'Iron Man' soars over 'Vegas'

 
Front Page: 'Speed Racer' settles for third-place finish -- Paramount's "Iron Man" continued to hammer out box office gold in its second Friday of the summer season with $15.3 million, however, Fox-Regency's "What Happens in Vegas" trumped Warner Bros.' "Speed Racer" for second place. [link]

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EARLY FRIDAY & 3-DAY ESTIMATES: 'Iron Man' w/$14.75M Fri & $49M 3-day; 'Speed Racer' struggles to $6.5M Fri & headed for a possible $23M; 'Vegas' w/$6.25M Fri & estimated $17.3M OW; 'Redbelt' short of $1M for the weekend!

PLEASE NOTE: An early version of my 3-day estimates were inadvertently published briefly earlier tonight. The headline was correct. My 3-day projection for SPEED RACER is $23M and my 3-day estimate for WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS is $17.31M. FRIDAY NIGHT: ...
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