It’s already been doing rather well over here, where it opened early to avoid World Cup clashes, but Iron Man 2 defied some mixed reviews and the surge of pirated copies online to launch at the top of the US box office with $133.6 million.
While some have voiced disappointment that it didn’t best The Dark Knight or New Moon, it’s a good start for the movie, and with strong word of mouth, it should keep flying for a while and turn a healthy profit.
The new arrival meant that A Nightmare On Elm Street was pushed to second place, which is not a shock given that it dropped 72% and made $9.2 million for the weekend. How To Train Your Dragon was third with $6.7 million and **Date Night **proved it still had some legs in fourth with $5.3 million. The Back-Up Plan rounded out the top five, taking $4.3 million.
As for the rest of the top 10, it ran thusly: Furry Vengeance at sixth place ($4 million); Clash Of The Titans in seventh with $2.3 million; Death At A Funeral in eighth ($2.1 million) and **The Losers **ninth, making $1.8 million. The week’s other new arrival, infant documentary Babies, launched at 10 with $1.5 million. Which isn’t bad given that it was in just 534 cinemas and most of its subjects worked for rusks.
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