Friday Box Office & Early Weekend Projections: Iron Man On Top – Speed Racer Stalls

The Friday Box Office projections are in and things are looking great for Iron Man while Speed Racer has its work cut out for it over Saturday and Sunday.

According to Fantasy Moguls, Speed Racer only managed to pull in an estimated $6.5M on Friday which targets it for a very disappointing $23M to $28M weekend. Iron Man on the other hand hauled in an impressive $14.75M on Friday alone which puts its projected weekend haul at a massive $49M. What Happens In Vegas is also projecting disappointing numbers with $6.25M for Friday and a little over $17M for the weekend.

Speed Racer’s overall weekend take will depend largely on how well it does with families and kids on Saturday afternoon showings so the numbers could go up more than projected. It should also be noted that most analysts expect the film to do very well in many overseas (esp. Asian) markets over the summer and the year so it’s not likely the film will actually be a flop.

Here are the weekend estimates as of Friday night:

FRIDAY ESTIMATES
1. Iron Man (Paramount) – $14.75M – $3,588 PTA – $141.38M cume
2. NEW – Speed Racer (Warner Bros) – $6.5M – $1,803 PTA – $6.5M cume
3. NEW – What Happens in Vegas (Fox) – $6.25M – $1,944 PTA – $6.25M cume
4. Made of Honor (Sony) – $2.61M – $955 PTA – $21.2M cume
5. Baby Mama (Universal) – $1.98M – $755 PTA – $36.5M cume
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) – $1.32M- $558 PTA – $48.2M cume
7. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo (Warner Bros) – $1.23M – $547 PTA – $28.7M cume
8. The Forbidden Kingdom (Lionsgate) – $525,000 – $305 PTA – $46.5M cume
9. Prom Night (Sony) – $490,000 – $334 PTA – $42.2M cume
10. Redbelt (Sony Classics) – $320,000 – $233 PTA – $415,000 cume

WEEKEND ESTIMATES
1. Iron Man (Paramount) – $49M – $11,919 PTA – $175.63M cume
2. NEW – Speed Racer (Warner Bros) – $23M – $6,378 PTA – $23M cume
3. NEW – What Happens in Vegas (Fox) – $17.31M – $5,384 PTA – $17.31M cume
4. Made of Honor (Sony) – $7.83M – $2,865 PTA – $26.5M cume
5. Baby Mama (Universal) – $5.84M – $2,226 PTA – $40.5M cume
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) – $4.18M- $1,758 PTA – $51.1M cume
7. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo (Warner Bros) – $3.71M – $1,640 PTA – $31.2M cume
8. The Forbidden Kingdom (Lionsgate) – $1.89M – $1,096 PTA – $47.9M cume
9. Prom Night (Sony) – $1.39M – $953 PTA – $43.1M cume
10. Nim’s Island (Fox) – $1.28M- $800 PTA – $44.2M cume