Although a few box office analysts had predicted that The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian would gross as much as $100 million over the weekend and the general prediction was that it would do about $70-80 million, the film fell far short of those predictions. According to studio estimates, it opened with $56.6 million. It was the second week in a row that a big-budget film had failed to fulfill expectations -- although Prince Caspian did not match the disastrous performance of last week's Speed Racer, which opened with just $18.6 million. That film sold only $7.6 million in its second week and dropped to fourth place. Iron Man, which had held the top spot for the previous two weeks, dropped to second place with $31.2 million, as it crossed the $200-million mark to finish the weekend with $222.5 million. What Happens in Vegas slipped to third place with $13.9 million, to bring its domestic total to $40.3 million.
The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $56.6 million; 2. Iron Man, $31.2 million; 3. What Happens in Vegas, $13.9 million; 4. Speed Racer, $7.6 million; 5. Baby Mama, $4.6 million; 6. Made of Honor, $4.5 million; 7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $2.5 million; 8. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay, $1.8 million; 9. The Forbidden Kingdom, $1 million; 10. The Visitor, $687,000.
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