Early Iron Man Opening?

Coming Soon.net has reported from ShoWest that Paramount is thinking to release Iron Man earlier as planned.

Now most people might remember that Iron Man has long staked a claim on the
release date of May 2, 2008, almost since it was announced, and it seems odd
that Paramount might release the movie two days earlier in other markets,
although it’s not unheard of. (Maybe this writer is misremembering but they
might have done that with Mission: Impossible III a few years ago.) It’s more
likely that they realized how much anticipation there’ll be for the movie and
decided to try a similar strategy they did with Michael Bay’s Transformers last
year, where the release date kept being moved earlier and earlier until it had
screenings on Monday night, building up word-of-mouth for its first weekend. If
Paramount does plan to release the movie a few days earlier, possibly with
preview screenings on Wednesday or Thursday, expect that announcement to be made
very soon.

I’m all for the movie to come out early, but at the same time the “other markets”, bothers me, where there’s an early release out of the states and later showings here.