variety.com - 5/9/2008
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WB film takes on 'Iron Man,' 'Vegas,' 'Honor' Warner Bros. tentpole "Speed Racer" gets the green light this weekend but may very well finish behind the second week of "Iron Man." Wachowski Brothers-helmed "Speed Racer," which bows at 3,606 screens, has been tracking primarily with kids and families. Awareness has been on the rise, but Warner Bros. is aiming for a relatively modest gross in the ...
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'Speed Racer' Sputters Behind 'Iron Man' in Summer's First Tentpole Battle [Defamer Attractions]
Gawker: defamer —
... WHAT'S NEW: Whereas last week the only question we faced was the degree of the Iron Man beating awaiting Patrick Dempsey and Made of Honor, today we're starting a pool to see how close (or how far) Marvel's $100 million hero will keep Speed Racer before pulling away in the Sunday home stretch. Most observers expect Iron Man's take to drop as much as 50% this weekend, but like last Friday, we think lingering word-of-mouth and irresistible talent will keep the film well in excess of expectations — as in $65 million to Speed ...
Weekend Boxoffice: Iron Man vs. Speed Racer
Thompson On Hollywood —
... Iron Man and Speed Racer will duke it out for the top spot this weekend as advance ticket sales for Indiana Jones 4, Narnia 2 and Sex and the City heat up. (Sex and the City's tracking is fascinating; its awareness and want-to-see are strong with women and off the charts terrible for men, especially those under 25: 3 % definite interest! Which makes this a two and a half quadrant movie targeted at women and gay men. Here's Peter Bart on the subject of ...
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Beat Ben @ the Box Office: Can Speed Racer Go? —
Celebrity Fix 5/8/2008
Speed Racer hits theaters this weekend, and despite some of the most amazing visual effects in the history of the movies, it'll be tough for the latest TV show-turned-movie to find a huge audience. One problem: The younger kids that the film's ...
'Speed Racer' enters box office race —
Variety.com 5/8/2008
Front Page: Warner Bros. film takes on 'Iron Man' -- Warner Bros. tentpole "Speed Racer" gets the green light this weekend, but may very well finish behind the second week of "Iron Man." Wachowski Brothers-helmed "Racer," which bows at 3,606 screens, ...
Speed Racer —
Rolling Stone Movie Reviews 5/9/2008
Starring:
Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Susan Sarandon, Melissa Holroyd,
Ari...
Review:
Fun for the whole family: not exactly a phrase you associate
with the films of Andy and Larry Wachowski. Before the brutal
complexities of ...
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