'Iron Man 2' Soars in Opening Weekend
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 4:24PM
KenPierce in Box Office, Date Night, How to Train Your Dragon, Iron Man 2, Movies, News, Nightmare On Elm Street, box office

Paramount Pictures' Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey, Jr., rocketed to a massive opening weekend, bringing in $128 million to take first place.

Last weekend's #1 picture, Warner Bros. remake of Nightmare on Elm Street, plummeted 72% in its second weekend, bringing in $9 million for a $48.5 million take so far.

DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon continued to hold over well, dropping 37% to $6.7 million in its 7th weekend.  This weekend's third place finish means the picture has passed last year's Monsters vs. Aliens for a total of $201 million to date.

Date Night, from 20th Century Fox, dropped a modest 28% in its 5th weekend for a fourth place finish.  With another $5.5 million, the Steve Carell / Tina Fey comedy has grossed approximately $81 million so far.

Finally, the top 5 is rounded out by The Back-Up Plan, starring Jennifer Lopez.  The film dropped 30% in its third weekend, to add another $5 million to its total, bringing it to $30 million in grosses so far.

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