Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office

Iron Man shows no signs of rust
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2008 4:32 PM CDT
Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office
Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz star in "What Happens in Vegas," which opened in third place.   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, K.C. Bailey)

Speed Racer stalled in its weekend box office debut, banking just a fifth of its $100 million budget and allowing Iron Man to maintain top spot and earn another $50 million. Racer ran neck-and-neck with the comedy What Happens in Vegas, which also scored $20 million. Made of Honor and Baby Mama complete the top 5. (More Hollywood stories.)

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