Weekend Receipts: It's a Man's World

I hate to say I told you so, but: Using the Price is Right rule book -- closest without going over -- the only Movieline staffer to accurately predict the opening weekend gross for Iron Man 2 was yours truly. High five! Anyway, as expected, the Marvel sequel got the summer box office season started in a big way, grossing more than the other films in the top-ten combined... 3.6 times over. So, ka-ching. Grab an Iron Man 2-approved Dr. Pepper and click ahead, it's time for some weekend receipts.

1. Iron Man 2

Gross: $133,600,000 (new)

Screens: 4,380 (PSA: $30,502)

Weeks: 1

Okay, the bad news is that Iron Man 2 didn't break The Dark Knight's opening weekend record. And that's the only bad news. The $133.6 million start was the fifth highest opening weekend of all-time and the second biggest May debut ever. It's also well-liked: Audiences gave Iron Man 2 an A-grade on CinemaScore and ticket sales dropped just 11% between Friday and Saturday meaning early word of mouth is strong. Can you imagine what these numbers would look like in 3D? Maybe next time.

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Gross: $9,170,000 ($48,530,000)

Screens: 3,332 (PSA: $2,752)

Weeks: 2 (change: -72.1%)

When it comes to depreciation, A Nightmare on Elm Street ranks behind only the remake of Friday the 13th and Bruno on the list of biggest second weekend drops for movies that opened with more than $30 million. Now that's a nightmare.

3. How to Train Your Dragon

Gross: $6,760,000 ($201,093,000)

Screens: 3,003 (PSA: $2,251)

Weeks: 7 (change: -36.3%)

Hooray: How to Train Your Dragon finally crossed $200 million in domestic sales, making it the fifth Dreamworks Animation release -- and only second non-Shrek one -- to do so. It also crossed into "How many more things can you possibly write about How to Train Your Dragon after seven weeks?" territory.

4. Date Night

Gross: $5,300,000 ($80,854,000)

Screens: 2,734 (PSA: $1,939)

Weeks: 5 (change: -30.1%)

For the sequel, can Fox cast Betty White as Tina Fey's wisecracking old grandmother?

5. The Back-Up Plan

Gross: $4,345,000 ($29,415,000)

Screens: 3,003 (PSA: $1,447)

Weeks: 3 (change: -40.1%)

It's hard to imagine -- three weeks into its release -- people still walking up to the ticket counter and saying, "One for The Back-Up Plan, please," but, hey, to each their own.

[Box Office Mojo]