DarkestPhoenix

I was looking at boxofficemojo and was curious how much more Iron Man will make in its run. It made less than a million last weekend, but it made $1.7 M on the week.

Here's a segment of the lower end of the top twenty all-time domestic grosses:

15 Spider-Man 3 Sony $336,530,303 2007
16 Forrest Gump Par. $329,694,499 1994
17 The Lion King BV $328,541,776 1994
18 Shrek the Third P/DW $322,719,944 2007
19 Transformers P/DW $319,246,193 2007
20 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $317,575,550 2001
21 The Fellowship of the Ring NL $314,776,170 2001
22 Iron Man Par. $313,413,000 2008

So, it needs $4.1 M more to break into the top 20 and almost six million to overtake Transformers. I don't think there's any way it can make 10 million more, at this point to rest at 18.

Also, interesting to see Indiana closing the gap on Iron Man:

23 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $310,676,740 2002
24 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $310,477,000 2008

Do you think Iron Man will hold his lead, or will Indy end up higher, in the end? IJ&TKOTCS made 2 1/4 million last weekend, but it took 8 weeks to drop to that, though it had a bigger opening than Iron Man. Iron Man took 10 weeks to get down to the level of making that same amount for a weekend.

I know it matters very little in the long run, but it interests me.

clemente

The numbers and momentum seem to favor Indy catching and passing Iron Man (by a small margin - but nonetheless, passing). The one thing that could help out Iron Man is TDK. TDK is opening on a massive number of screens - and those have to come at the expense of someone - and a 6 weeks old Indy is more likely than a 2 week old Hancock or 3 week old Wall-E.

Of course it matters little - but it sure is fun to speculate about.

NoirFan

This could sum up virtually any comment on any internet forum, so no need to apologize.

Matthew Chmiel

Every film will be losing screens to TDK this weekend.

Shannon Nutt

I think INDY will wind up with more than IRON MAN domestically when all is said and done.

Worldwide, it's no contest - INDY's the leader.

chris_sc77

It's is gonna be one hell of a close contest between Indy and Iron Man. Wonder how close they'll end up coming within each other in terms of $. I say less than $275,000 difference between them.

islandclaws

By the time they both close, Indy will have overtaken Ironman by about $3m I'm guessing. But, yes, worldwide it's no contest. The only real question is: how much competition, if any, will TDK give them for top 2008 domestic gross?

Shannon Nutt

I don't think it will be close. I can't see TDK breaking $300 million domestically. It's just too dark, too violent, and too long (frankly) to make it there. Not to say it won't be a great film, but I can't see it happening.