When Iron Man 2 opens this Friday at 12:01 am it will break The Dark Knights record for biggest domestic opening for a movie in history. The old record was 4,366 movie screens and Iron Man 2 will open at 4,380 screens.
The big question is will this translate into the most money for a opening weekend ever. Some predictions are that the movie will open between $155 and $160 million. The Dark Knight holds the record for biggest opening weekend (money grossed) with $158.4 million. Mixed reviews,rottentomatoes.com has it at 65% fresh, might hinder it in the long run but should not hurt opening weekend to much.
I know that it will get my $40 this Saturday morning.