Why Iron Man 2 WONT Beat The Dark Knight

I am going to make this explanation short and sweet. Now I love Iron Man as much as the next guy. It was a wonderfully crafted super hero film. It deserves all it’s praise but, there is no chance in hell that it is going to beat The Dark Knight box office record. The reason for that is very simple, Batman’s audience is much, much, much more vast than Iron Man’s. Batman has fans that are in their 80′s at this point.

So think about that logically for a second in the way people go to the movies. The Dark Knight’s opening night was filled with people ages 13-35. A massive audience that stuck around for 2 weeks. By week 3 those people clear out so what happens? The senior audience that like empty theaters start to go.

Now, before anyone pulls out the argument “people saw The Dark Knight more than once,” I will say that, that might be true to a point but not in full. If The Dark Knight had as many multiple viewers like people say, then it wouldn’t of lost to Tropic Thunder in week 6. Iron Man started in the 60′s. Most of its early audience is only in their 50′s and 60′s at this point. So I promise you, Iron Man 2 WILL NOT beat The Dark Knight record.