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@Secret Stalker Most Studios don't want their opening day estimate to be too high, otherwise they will be perceived as a flop if they miss..

Posted by: UniversalTrader on Apr 07, 16:44 in response to Catzan's post LAT: Can 'Iron Man 2' beat 'The Dark Knight'? [IRNM2]

it. So I doubt that Paramount was feeding record breaking numbers to the LA Times. If anything, they do their best to underrate their movies and down play the estimates so that their film has a better chance of beating expectations and appearing like a success. Patrick Goldstein does a great article about this very subject infact, but i can't seem to find it.





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