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Paramount's Iron Man 2 started off the summer box office season with $128.12 million. That represented the largest opening weekend of the year (topping the $116.10 million debut of Alice in Wonderland) and the fifth largest opening weekend of all-time (without adjusting for ticket price inflation). When accounting for inflation, Iron Man 2 scored the tenth largest opening weekend of all-time. However, Iron Man 2 ended up coming in a sizable $5.48 million below Sunday's studio estimate, which isn't a good early sign for the film's holding power going forward.
Coming into the weekend, many thought that Iron Man 2 would open in the same neighborhood as the $151.12 million start of 2007's Spider-Man 3, but the film ultimately opened 15 percent weaker than the fellow comic book sequel from Marvel. Iron Man 2 did open 30 percent stronger than 2008's Iron Man, which means that Iron Man 2 still has a good chance of topping the $318.41 million total domestic gross of Iron Man.
Internationally, Iron Man 2 grossed $58.4 million over the weekend. That brings the film's ten-day international total to $194.2 million and the film's worldwide total to $322.3 million. Second weekend grosses in key markets included $4.9 million in the United Kingdom (down 58 percent), $4.6 million in France (down 51 percent), $4.4 million in Korea (down 52 percent) and $4.2 million in Australia (down 52 percent). The film opened with $3.2 million in Germany.
After debuting a bit softer than expected last weekend, Warner's A Nightmare on Elm Street took a nose dive in its second weekend of release. The R-rated horror remake grossed $9.12 million, which was down a massive 72 percent from last weekend. A Nightmare on Elm Street has grossed $48.48 million through ten days, as the film continues to run in between the pace of 2007's Halloween (up 11 percent) and last year's Friday the 13th (down 12 percent). Look for Nightmare to finish its domestic run in the area of $60 million. Internationally, A Nightmare on Elm Street grossed an estimated $6.7 million, with key debuts including $3.2 million in Russia and $2.2 million in the United Kingdom.
How to Train Your Dragon grossed $6.68 million to finish in third. The computer animated blockbuster from Paramount and DreamWorks was down one spot and 37 percent from last weekend. That represented another good hold for the film, especially given the addition of Iron Man 2 in the marketplace. Dragon crossed the $200 million domestic mark this weekend, making it the second release of 2010 to do so (joining Alice in Wonderland). How to Train Your Dragon is now $14.42 million away from the $215.43 million domestic gross of 2008's Kung Fu Panda.
Fox's Date Night and CBS Films' The Back-up Plan also held up well this weekend, as both films got an added boost from Mother's Day on Sunday (especially The Back-up Plan). Date Night was down 28 percent with a weekend take of $5.45 million. The Back-up Plan was down 31 percent with a gross of $5.03 million. This weekend saw Date Night pass by the $80 million mark and The Back-up Plan reach the $30 million mark.
Released just in time for Mother's Day, Babies opened in ninth place with $2.16 million. The documentary from Focus earned a respectable per-location average of $4,048 from 534 locations. The film was especially back-loaded towards Sunday this weekend, with the film's Mother's Day gross of $1.09 million making up 50 percent of its weekend total.
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