Iron Man 2 stayed top in its second weekend, beating back the challenge of Universal’s Robin Hood.

Universal’s adventure Robin Hood succumbed to Iron Man 2 as Marvel Studios’ superhero stayed top in its second weekend on an estimated $53m, raising the running total through Paramount to $212.2m.

Robin Hood meanwhile had to settle for a somewhat underwhelming $37.1m, which combined with the impressive $74m overseas launch gave rise to $111.1m worldwide.

Summit Entertainment opened the romance Letters To Juliet starring Amanda Seyfried in third place on $13.8m, while some way behind in fourth was Fox Searchlight’s new release Just Wright starring Queen Latifah and Common on $8.5m.

How To Train Your Dragon in fifth crossed $200m in its eighth weekend as $5.1m boosted the tally to $207.8m.

Next weekend’s wide releases are: DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After through Paramount; and Universal’s comedy MacGruber.

Estimated Top 10 North America May 14-16 2010

Film (Dist) / Est wkd gross / Est total to date

1 (1) Iron Man 2 (Marvel/Paramount) PPI $53m $212.2m

2 (-) Robin Hood (Universal) UPI $37.1m –

3 (-) Letters To Juliet (Summit) Summit Int’l $13.8m –

4 (-) Just Wright (Fox Searchlight) Fox Int’l $8.5m –

5 (3) How To Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) PPI $5.1m $207.8m

6 (2) A Nightmare On Elm Street (Warner Bros) $4.7m $56.1m

7 (4) Date Night (Fox) Fox Int’l $4m $86.7m

8 (5) The Back-Up Plan (CBS Films) SPRI $2.5m $34.2m

9 (6) Furry Vengeance (Summit Entertainment) Summit Int’l $2.3m $15.1m

10 (7) Clash Of The Titans (Warner Bros) WBPI $1.3m $160.2m

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