'Iron Man' scores $6.5M more on Monday; ranks 3rd for all-time best follow up Monday
By Steve Mason
MONDAY NIGHT: John Favreau's "Iron Man" (Paramount), the first self-produced and financed film from Marvel Studios, has grabbed another $6.5 million on Monday, bringing its 4 1/2 day cume to $108.62 million. That represents a 25% drop from Sunday's $26 million take, which compares favorably to last year's "Spider-Man 3" (Sony) on the same Monday.
After debuting to an all-time record 3-day of $151.1 million during the first weekend of May '07, "Spider-Man 3" was down 75% from its staggering $39.9 million Sunday, translating to a larger $10.28 million. The percentage drop for "Iron Man," however, is about the same.
Every year, the summer blockbuster season begins on either the first or second Friday of May, and "Iron Man" has posted the all-time 3rd-best follow-up-Monday in history, trailing only "Spider-Man 3" and 2003's "X2: X-Men United."
1. 2007 - "Spider-Man 3" - $10.28M
2. 2003 - "X2: X-Men United" - $6.54M
3. 2008 - "Iron Man" - $6.5M
4. 2002 - "Spider-Man" - $5.21M
5. 2001 - "The Mummy Returns" - $4.93M
6. 2004 - "Van Helsing" - $3.95M
7. 2000 - "Gladiator" - $3.75M
8. 1999 - "The Mummy" - $3.64M
9. 2006 - "Mission: Impossible III" - $3.53M
10. 1998 - "Deep Impact" - $3M
Sony's "Made of Honor," starring TV's Dr. McDreamy Patrick Dempsey, added $810,000 on Monday for a new cume of $15.5 million, while Universal's "Baby Mama" took third. The Tina Fey/Amy Poehler holdover comedy scored an estimated $495,000 on its second Monday.
