SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE -- $87 MILLION OPENING WEEKEND
X-Men Origins: Wolverine became the fourth consecutive X-Men movie to top the box office, pulling in an estimated $87 million over the weekend.
Wolverine posted the second best X-Men opening, trailing X-Men: The Last Stand, which had the benefit of the four-day Memorial Day weekend for its $104-million performance.
Of the 20 Marvel-based movies to reach theaters since 1998, 16 of them have opened No. 1. Wolverine figures to be the 14th to top $100 million and could become the seventh to reach $200 million.
By comparison, Iron Man opened with $102.3 million in the same weekend last year.
Wolverine opened in 4,099 theaters, a record for a 20th Century Fox release.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past placed second at $15.3 million.
JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Aspen Comics.
* Archie Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mercury Comics.
BRIEFLY
* The Saturday, May 8 episode TMNT: Back to the Sewers on The CW 4Kids is a repeat of "Virtual Reality Check."
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, following are links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Tuesday, April 28: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men animated, Devil's Due Publishing for July, BOOM! Studios for July, Marvel Comics First Looks and Red 5 Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 27: IDW Publishing for July, Red 5 Comics for July, Bluewater Productions First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and X-Men DVD.
* Sunday, April 26: Oni Press for July and IDW Publishing First Looks.
* Saturday, April 25: Dollhouse, Family Guy, Smallville, Viper Comics for July and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 24: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Aspen Comics for July.
* Thursday, April 23: Heroes, Angel, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Iron Man 2, Bongo Comics for July, Image Comics for July and Mercury Comics for July.
* Wednesday, April 22: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Smallville, Heroes, The Simpsons, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Shadowline's Descendant.
* Tuesday, April 21: Marvel Comics for July, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Radical Pubishing for July, Family Guy and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 20: DC Comics for July, Archie Comics for July, G.I. Joe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and DC Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 19: Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
* Saturday, April 18: The Simpsons, Smallville and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 17: Top Cow Productions, Marvel Comics First Looks, IDW Publishing First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, April 16: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 15: Image Comics First Looks, Smallville, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 14: Top Cow Productions roundup, Lauren Shuler Donner talks X-Men: First Class, Hellboy II: The Golden Army on Cinemax, Marvel Comics roundup, DC Comics roundup and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 13: The Dark Knight on HBO, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Carpica, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 12: Family Guy and Dragonball: Evolution box office.
* Saturday, April 11: DC Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Smallville.
* Friday, April 10: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks and Zenescope Entertainment First Looks.
* Thursday, April 9: IDW Publishing First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, March sales leaders, Family Guy and Dollhouse.
* Wednesday, April 8: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Simpsons, Heroes, Warner Bros. Animation, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 7: Dark Horse Comics for July, Family Guy, The Phantom, Dollhouse, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 6: Green Lantern: First Flight, Heroes, Bluewater Productions for July, Smallville, Family Guy, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, DC Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics roundup and Frank Springer dies.
* Sunday, April 5: 28 Days from BOOM! and Fox Atomic and Watchmen box office.
* Saturday, April 4: Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
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