Prince Caspian Takes Down Iron Man

Tony Stark would have gotten away with the weekend box office again if it wasn’t for those meddling Narnia kids and their stupid lion. Marvel’s first effort from its own studio slipped to second place as the family-friendly Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian bowed with a whopping $56.6 million.

High profile misfire Speed Racer continued its spinout with a fourth-place finish. Warner Bros. execs still aren’t admitting defeat publicly but with Narnia pulling at the same family audience, Racer’s prospects look dim. Narnia is poised for a strong summer with the Memorial Day Weekend on the horizon.

It will likely enjoy only a single week at the top though, with much anticipated sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opening May 22.

These estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters come from Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday. (And then we’ll see a five-percent drop in Racer’s numbers after Warner Bros. tells the truth.)

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 Guantanamo Bay,” $1.8 million.

9. “The Forbidden Kingdom,” $1 million.

10. “The Visitor,” $687,000.

Images: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2008