If you’re planning to see “Iron Man 2″ opening weekend, you may want to Fandango those tickets as soon possible.
The Los Angeles Times believes the sequel has a very good shot at beating the record set by “The Dark Knight” for a three-day haul at the box-office.
According to just-released tracking surveys, director Jon Favreau’s second installment in the Marvel franchise is showing astonishing levels of interest and awareness well ahead of its three-day opening next month. There are enough statistical indications to think that the first-weekend gross could top the $158.4-million haul for “Dark Knight”, the current record-holder for the biggest (non inflation-adjusted) opening weekend and the gold standard for movie debuts.
Thanks in part to Downey, the Paramount-distributed film is drawing as much (strong) interest among women over 30 as it is among women in their 20s, the tracking surveys show. Males in their teens and 20s are so keen on the film they may as well be dressing up in an iron suit. About the only people who aren’t fully sold are teen girls, but there are signs of robustness there too.
Looks like there could be a crowd….
“Iron Man 2″ opens in May.
Of course it will. Duh.