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'Speed Racer' Crashes & Burns To Become First Summer Bomb: 'Iron Man' Still No. 1
'Speed Racer' Crashes & Burns To Become First Summer Bomb: 'Iron Man' Still No. 1
FRIDAY PM: Here are very early numbers for Friday's domestic box office gross... Marvel's Iron Man still the easy No. 1 blockbuster. -61% for $15M tonight. Looks platinum for Paramount distributed pic: $50+M weekend and cume $177M. Fox's What Happens in Vegas #2 tonight with $6.8M for $19M-$20M wkd. Warner Bros' Speed Racer only $6.6M tonight. Probably gets the kids matinee bump tomorrow and [...]
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Speed Racer Wipes Out!
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton — It's official! Speed Racer has bombed! The film took in an extremely disappointing $6.6 million on Friday. It is expected to take in an embarrassing $23-24 million for the weekend. Earlier this week, Warner Bros. was expected its film to make in the 30s. Last week, the number was in the 40s. Unfortunately, it's gonna debut in the low 20s. Iron Man, on the other hand, opened to about $100 million last weekend and it's expected to remain #1 this weekend. Good reviews probably helped that ...

SpeedRacer… sucked?
Allie Is Wired! — The anticipated SpeedRacer, the film taking almost $200 million to make… has bombed! Yup, the premiere only made 6.6 million dollars, a massive flop for Hollywood box office movies. Warner Bros. had reportedly expected the film to earn in the 40 million mark, but is now faced with earnings in a lower 20 million.

‘Speed Racer’ is a Box Office Bomb
Celebriscoop — ... Speed Racer, starring Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci, has officially bombed at the box office! The film took in only $6.6 million on Friday. ...

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