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“Iron Man” Blows Away Box Office Returns

May 5, 2008 by Sam Sloan   || Category: Film

Director Jon Favreau has himself a huge box office blockbuster with “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwenyth Paltrow and Terrance Howard.

Everyone knew this film would do well but no one was prepared for the kinds of numbers it actually netted for its opening three-day weekend premiere.

In the United States alone it now looks like “Iron Man” has garnered a nice tidy sum coming to around $104.3 million, making it the first 2008 mega-film of the summer season. The movie is expected to do as well, of not better, on the international market.

Of course, “Iron Man” ranked number one in the top ten domestic films of the weekend. We will bring you a full listing of the Top Ten Weekend Films on Tuesday.

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4 Responses to ““Iron Man” Blows Away Box Office Returns”

  1. Jeremy from Seattle on May 5th, 2008 5:50 pm

    Saw it. It was awesome.

  2. Michael in Nashville on May 5th, 2008 5:50 pm

    I saw one interesting stat that this is the first movie with Downey in a starring role that’s made over $100 million at the box-office…

  3. Bronzethumb (from Australia) on May 6th, 2008 12:18 am

    W00t!

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