May 5th, 2008
It’s pay day at Marvel Studios after the studio’s first independently produced film surpassed even the more optimistic estimations at the US and international box office.
In the United States, Iron Man beat the $100 million mark in its first week of release, grossing a total of $104.2 million (and averaging no less than $24,543 per screen). But the film also stormed the international box office, taking in a further $96.7 million in 57 countries, which brings its worldwide total up to $201 million after just five days!
Iron Man had the 10th biggest opening weekend of all-time (the fourth biggest among superhero movies). Among nonsequels it came in behind only Spider-Man ($114.8 million opening). The movie has also fallen well with the critics (currently 94% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes) and according to Entertainment Tonight, a sequel could soon get the greenlight for May 2010.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.