''Iron Man'' forges historic box office win

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The Buzz Weekend Recap
Published 5/5/2008 at Yahoo! Buzz Log
...  take the top spot at the weekend box office. But its overall take was a bit of a shock—the superhero flick had the second biggest opening ever for any nonsequel (the original ...

Iron Man Rocks the Box Office - Take That GTA IV!
Published 5/5/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... / Entertainment Weekly - Iron Man Forges Historic Box Office Win. Wow, historic?! You know what's NOT historic is GTA IV being so big that Iron Man flopped. Whoever started this thought that GTA IV would hurt the box office should be commended, or given a raise or promotion, because they probably helped Iron Man succeed! It gained even more traction when everyone started writing about how it wasn't going to do well. All publicity is good publicity! ...

Just how much money did Iron Man make, exactly?
Published 5/5/2008 by Jocelyn at In Case You Didn't Know
... of Honor, banked a respectable $15.5 mil at No. 2. Talk about successful counterprogramming, the romantic comedy drew a crowd that was three-quarters female — almost exactly the opposite of Iron Man’s audience. But those ticket buyers gave Made of Honor a merely okay B+ CinemaScore grade, so don’t expect the film to hold up particularly well against next Friday’s new rom-com, What Happens in Vegas. Source ...

Iron Man 2: It's Inevitable [Spoiler Alert!]
Published 5/5/2008 by Richard at Gawker
... this weekend? The whizbang blow 'em up made made more money than God, so we're assuming you were one of the gurgling many who showed up to watch Charlie Chaplin dance for his career. (I know, he's great in it and it's frickin' awesome and blah blah). Did you stay through the end? If not, you should have! After the credits was as bold and silly a sequel tease as it gets. Samuel L. Jackson! Wearing an eye patch! Something about Avengers! Whee! We shan't say any more, lest we spoil a movie we ourselves have not yet seen, so we'll keep a bootleg of the secret ending ...

RDJ does EW
Published 5/7/2008 at OH NO!!
... If Iron Man's smash $98.6 million debut this past weekend is any indication, 2008 is about to get really good for ...

Box Office Challenge: 'Iron Man' opening sets another record
Published 5/8/2008 by Pop Watch at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... In case you haven't heard, Iron Man grossed a feverish $98.6 million at the box office last weekend. Ninety-eight-point-six-million smackers! Who'da guessed? Well, actually, a whole slew of players in ...