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Iron Man Blasts Off at Box Office

Posted May 4, 08 4:56 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Paramount and Marvel struck gold with Iron Man this weekend, raking in $201 million worldwide in the tenth-best opening ever, Variety reports. The male-skewing film left room for Made of Honor to draw in women and $15.5 million in second spot. 

Filling out the top five were holdover Baby Mama with $10.3 million, Forgetting Sarah Marshall with $6.1 million, and Harold & Kumar Escape with $6 million, Bloomberg reports. David Mamet's martial arts flick Redbelt banked about $68,000 on six New York and Los Angeles screens.

Sources Variety, Bloomberg

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In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Robert Downey Jr. stars as billionaire industrialist Tony Stark in "Iron Man."   (Associated Press)
In this April 22, 2008 file photo, Gwyneth Paltrow looks on during a photo call to promote the movie "Iron Man" in Berlin.   (Associated Press)
In this image released by Paramount Pictures, a scene from the film "Iron Man" is shown.   (Associated Press)
Terrence Howard arrives for the premiere of "Iron Man" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Robert Downey Jr. appears on on MTV's "Total Request Live" on Monday, April 28, 2008, to promote "Iron Man."   (Associated Press)
Patrick Dempsey stars in "Made of Honor."   (MovieWeb)
Tina Fey attends the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival and the world premiere of "Baby Mama" at the Ziegfeld Theater, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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