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Iron Man Drinks Speed Racer’s Milkshake
— May 12, 2008 Leave a Comment
This weekend’s box office results are out today, and everyone is talking about how ‘Iron Man’ crushed ‘Speed Racer’ on it’s opening weekend. The question is did ‘Speed Racer’ ever have a chance against ‘Iron Man,’ which some say is the greatest superhero movie ever made? The results speak for themselves. ‘Iron Man’ in its second week made more than double ‘Speed Racer’ in its opening week.
But no it wasn’t a fair fight. ‘Iron Man’ has years of history as one of the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes. ‘Speed Racer’ was doomed from the start. Although it had potential, the goofy trailers apparently turned kids away, not to mention the adults, who might have taken their kids to see it.
‘Iron Man,’ in effect, drank ‘Speed Racer’s’ milkshake. The real test for ‘Iron Man’ is coming though. How will ‘Iron Man’ stack up against the real competition which is coming this month, with ‘Prince Caspian’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?’ It’s possible that if ‘Iron Man’ doesn’t outperform it’s competition in the next 2 weekends, it could at least do some serious damage. So in the end, Tony Stark might end up drinking everyone’s milkshakes this summer.
