Saturday Box Office: Iron Man targets $52M Second Weekend; Speed Racer heads for Disappointing $18.7M Opening

Posted on Sunday, May 11th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

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 is doing even worse than expected, heading for a very disappointing $18.72M opening weekend. Surprisingly, this should be just enough to Fox’s What Happens in Vegas, which is expected to end short with $17.6M.

EARLY SATURDAY ESTIMATES
1. Iron Man (Paramount) – $21.72M – $5,285 PTA – $163.66M cume
2. NEW – Speed Racer (Warner Bros) – $7.66M – $2,125 PTA – $13.51M cume
3. NEW – What Happens in Vegas (Fox) – $7.03M – $2,188 PTA – $13.73M cume
4. Made of Honor (Sony) – $2.98M – $1,093 PTA – $24.11M cume
5. Baby Mama (Universal) – $2.3M – $878 PTA – $38.8M cume

REVISED 3-DAY ESTIMATES
1. Iron Man (Paramount) – $51.79M – $12,600 PTA – $178.43M cume
2. NEW – Speed Racer (Warner Bros) – $18.72M – $5,193 PTA – $18.72M cume
3. NEW – What Happens in Vegas (Fox) – $17.6M – $5,476 PTA – $17.6M cume
4. Made of Honor (Sony) – $7.29M – $2,667 PTA – $25.96M cume
5. Baby Mama (Universal) – $5.57M – $2,124 PTA – $40.18M cume