Steve Mason is predicting that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will make $162 - $172 Million in it’s first five days of release domestically. (…)

The Saturday Box Office estimates are in over at Fantasy Moguls, and Paramount’s Iron Man is beating it’s second weekend expectations, adding an estimated $21.72M on Saturday, which should result in a $52M 3-day ($163.66M cume). (…)

Speed Racer, as expected, struggled at the box office on Friday, pulling in an estimated $6.5 million, targeting a $28 million weekend according to Steve Mason. (…)

What is wrong with Speed Racer (Warner Bros)? (…)

An umbrella won’t help. (…)

The summer blockbuster season is off to a flying start with Robert Downey, Jr. in Iron Man. (…)

No matter how you look at the numbers, Iron Man (Paramount) is in the stratosphere, but I still believe that this first film from Marvel Studios will reach $100M for the weekend. (…)

After grabbing $5.2M in Thursday night advance screenings, Iron Man (Paramount) has soared to an estimated $35M on Friday. (…)

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When I was a kid, I used to ponder in math class, “What if Summer School’s Mr. (…)

Paramount’s Iron Man is, by all accounts, off to a tremendous start, although it is well under the opening night eve totals of $8M+ for last year’s Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Transformers. (…)

I did a personal survey of studio sources today, and they were unanimous in saying that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 video game sensation released on Tuesday, will have absolutely no effect whatsoever on the box office performance of Iron Man (Paramount) this weekend. (…)

Warner Bros and the Wachowski Brothers may need to call for a tow truck. (…)

It is time to get very serious about the first major summer blockbuster Iron Man (Paramount), which will debut Thursday night at 8pm at multiplexes from coast-to-coast. (…)

Will Grand Theft Auto 4 Hurt Iron Man’s Box Office? This is a question I’ve been thinking about for a while now. (…)

Hollywood is heading into its biggest season after a very solid weekend. Last year, on the weekend before the release of mega-blockbuster Spider-Man 3 (Sony), the Top 12 movies generated $62.2M. (…)