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2008 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Heroes aren't born. They're built.

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3.78

7.9

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$98.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$318.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$584.90M

$266.30M international

Domestic legs3.23x

Budget$140M

2008 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Favreau filmography

Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb Starring

ScreenplayArt Marcum, Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Matt Holloway Produced byAvi Arad, Kevin Feige CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicRamin Djawadi Prod. DesignJ. Michael Riva StudioParamount Pictures SeriesIron Man

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 2-4 1 $98.6M — 4,105 $24,024 $102.1M

2 May 9-11 1 $51.2M −48.1% 4,111 $12,452 $177.8M

3 May 16-18 2 $31.8M −37.8% 4,154 $7,664 $223.1M

4 May 23-25 3 $20.4M −35.8% 3,915 $5,222 $252.6M

5 May 30-Jun 1 4 $13.5M −33.8% 3,650 $3,709 $276.2M

6 Jun 6-8 6 $7.5M −44.8% 2,931 $2,551 $288.8M

7 Jun 13-15 7 $5.6M −24.8% 2,403 $2,338 $297.9M

8 Jun 20-22 9 $4.0M −28.3% 1,912 $2,107 $304.8M

9 Jun 27-29 11 $2.3M −44.0% 1,379 $1,636 $309.2M

10 Jul 4-6 12 $1.5M −35.3% 1,019 $1,432 $311.7M

11 Jul 11-13 14 $939.1K −35.7% 710 $1,322 $313.4M

12 Jul 18-20 16 $451.8K −51.9% 375 $1,204 $314.4M

13 Jul 25-27 22 $310.7K −31.2% 274 $1,133 $314.9M

14 Aug 1-3 16 $580.2K +86.8% 407 $1,425 $315.7M

15 Aug 8-10 19 $426.5K −26.5% 345 $1,236 $316.5M

16 Aug 15-17 23 $341.2K −20.0% 315 $1,083 $317.1M

17 Aug 22-24 29 $243.3K −28.7% 257 $946 $317.5M

18 Aug 29-31 33 $223.6K −8.1% 220 $1,016 $317.8M

19 Sep 5-7 39 $126.7K −43.3% 205 $618 $318.0M

20 Sep 12-14 39 $94.8K −25.2% 156 $607 $318.1M

21 Sep 19-21 43 $59.0K −37.7% 124 $476 $318.2M

22 Sep 26-28 48 $58.4K −1.1% 121 $482 $318.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 2 #1 $38.7M — $38.7M 4,105 $9,435 1

Sat May 3 #1 $37.4M −4% $76.1M 4,105 $9,098 2

Sun May 4 #1 $26.0M −30% $102.1M 4,105 $6,342 3

Mon May 5 #1 $6.9M −73% $109.1M 4,105 $1,689 4

Tue May 6 #1 $6.5M −6% $115.6M 4,105 $1,584 5

Wed May 7 #1 $5.7M −12% $121.3M 4,105 $1,400 6

Thu May 8 #1 $5.3M −7% $126.6M 4,105 $1,297 7

Fri May 9 #1 $14.9M +179% −62% $141.5M 4,111 $3,617 8

Sat May 10 #1 $21.4M +44% −43% $162.9M 4,111 $5,199 9

Sun May 11 #1 $14.9M −30% −43% $177.8M 4,111 $3,634 10

Mon May 12 #1 $3.9M −74% −44% $181.7M 4,111 $936 11

Tue May 13 #1 $3.4M −13% −48% $185.0M 4,111 $816 12

Wed May 14 #1 $3.1M −8% −46% $188.1M 4,111 $749 13

Thu May 15 #1 $3.2M +3% −41% $191.3M 4,111 $770 14

Fri May 16 #2 $8.7M +173% −42% $199.9M 4,154 $2,084 15

Sat May 17 #2 $13.4M +55% −37% $213.4M 4,154 $3,233 16

Sun May 18 #2 $9.7M −27% −35% $223.1M 4,154 $2,346 17

Mon May 19 #2 $3.1M −68% −20% $226.2M 4,154 $739 18

Tue May 20 #2 $2.2M −28% −34% $228.4M 4,154 $534 19

Wed May 21 #2 $1.9M −13% −38% $230.3M 4,154 $463 20

Thu May 22 #3 $1.8M −5% −42% $232.2M 4,154 $439 21

Fri May 23 #3 $5.4M +198% −37% $237.6M 3,915 $1,388 22

Sat May 24 #3 $7.9M +45% −41% $245.5M 3,915 $2,017 23

Sun May 25 #3 $7.1M −10% −27% $252.6M 3,915 $1,816 24

Mon May 26 #3 $5.7M −20% +84% $258.3M 3,915 $1,446 25

Tue May 27 #3 $1.6M −72% −30% $259.8M 3,915 $398 26

Wed May 28 #3 $1.4M −11% −28% $261.2M 3,915 $356 27

Thu May 29 #3 $1.4M n/c −24% $262.6M 3,915 $355 28

Fri May 30 #4 $3.8M +172% −30% $266.4M 3,650 $1,036 29

Sat May 31 #4 $6.1M +60% −23% $272.5M 3,650 $1,662 30

Sun Jun 1 #4 $3.7M −39% −48% $276.2M 3,650 $1,010 31

Mon Jun 2 #4 $1.2M −67% −78% $277.4M 3,650 $337 32

Tue Jun 3 #4 $1.3M +9% −14% $278.7M 3,650 $366 33

Wed Jun 4 #4 $1.3M −2% −6% $280.0M 3,650 $359 34

Thu Jun 5 #4 $1.3M +1% −5% $281.4M 3,650 $362 35

Fri Jun 6 #6 $2.2M +65% −42% $283.6M 2,931 $746 36

Sat Jun 7 #6 $3.2M +45% −48% $286.7M 2,931 $1,079 37

Sun Jun 8 #6 $2.1M −33% −42% $288.8M 2,931 $725 38

Mon Jun 9 #6 $894.0K −58% −27% $289.7M 2,931 $305 39

Tue Jun 10 #6 $859.8K −4% −36% $290.6M 2,931 $293 40

Wed Jun 11 #6 $857.9K n/c −35% $291.5M 2,931 $292 41

Thu Jun 12 #6 $838.6K −2% −37% $292.3M 2,931 $286 42

Fri Jun 13 #8 $1.5M +75% −33% $293.8M 2,403 $610 43

Sat Jun 14 #7 $2.1M +45% −33% $295.9M 2,403 $881 44

Sun Jun 15 #7 $2.0M −4% −4% $297.9M 2,403 $846 45

Mon Jun 16 #7 $720.9K −65% −19% $298.6M 2,403 $299 46

Tue Jun 17 #7 $680.3K −6% −21% $299.3M 2,403 $283 47

Wed Jun 18 #7 $723.3K +6% −16% $300.0M 2,403 $301 48

Thu Jun 19 #7 $743.1K +3% −11% $300.8M 2,403 $309 49

Fri Jun 20 #9 $1.1M +52% −23% $301.9M 1,912 $591 50

Sat Jun 21 #9 $1.6M +45% −22% $303.6M 1,912 $860 51

Sun Jun 22 #9 $1.3M −24% −38% $304.8M 1,912 $656 52

Mon Jun 23 #9 $552.9K −56% −23% $305.4M 1,912 $289 53

Tue Jun 24 #9 $512.3K −7% −25% $305.9M 1,912 $267 54

Wed Jun 25 #9 $503.2K −2% −30% $306.4M 1,912 $263 55

Thu Jun 26 #9 $537.6K +7% −28% $306.9M 1,912 $281 56

Fri Jun 27 #11 $637.0K +18% −44% $307.6M 1,379 $461 57

Sat Jun 28 #11 $928.7K +46% −44% $308.5M 1,379 $673 58

Sun Jun 29 #11 $691.5K −26% −45% $309.2M 1,379 $501 59

Mon Jun 30 #11 $336.9K −51% −39% $309.5M 1,379 $244 60

Tue Jul 1 #12 $244.2K −28% −52% $309.8M 1,379 $177 61

Wed Jul 2 #13 $194.1K −21% −61% $310.0M 1,379 $140 62

Thu Jul 3 $294.0K +52% −45% $310.2M 1,379 $213 63

Fri Jul 4 #12 $405.3K +38% −36% $310.7M 1,019 $397 64

Sat Jul 5 #13 $627.5K +55% −32% $311.3M 1,019 $615 65

Sun Jul 6 $426.8K −32% −38% $311.7M 1,019 $418 66

Mon Jul 7 #13 $190.7K −55% −43% $311.9M 1,019 $187 67

Tue Jul 8 $191.8K +1% −21% $312.1M 1,019 $188 68

Wed Jul 9 $193.8K +1% n/c $312.3M 1,019 $190 69

Thu Jul 10 $197.5K +2% −33% $312.5M 1,019 $193 70

Fri Jul 11 $266.5K +35% −34% $312.7M 710 $375 71

Sat Jul 12 $393.3K +48% −37% $313.1M 710 $553 72

Sun Jul 13 $279.3K −29% −35% $313.4M 710 $393 73

Mon Jul 14 $126.1K −55% −34% $313.5M 710 $177 74

Tue Jul 15 $124.5K −1% −35% $313.7M 710 $175 75

Wed Jul 16 $132.9K +7% −31% $313.8M 710 $187 76

Thu Jul 17 $120.6K −9% −39% $313.9M 710 $169 77

Fri Jul 18 $141.6K +17% −47% $314.1M 375 $377 78

Sat Jul 19 $190.0K +34% −52% $314.3M 375 $506 79

Sun Jul 20 $120.3K −37% −57% $314.4M 375 $320 80

Mon Jul 21 $55.2K −54% −56% $314.4M 375 $147 81

Tue Jul 22 $57.1K +3% −54% $314.5M 375 $152 82

Wed Jul 23 $62.7K +10% −53% $314.6M 375 $167 83

Thu Jul 24 $63.3K +1% −47% $314.6M 375 $168 84

Fri Jul 25 $92.2K +46% −35% $314.7M 274 $336 85

Sat Jul 26 $127.6K +38% −33% $314.8M 274 $465 86

Sun Jul 27 $90.9K −29% −24% $314.9M 274 $331 87

Mon Jul 28 $42.0K −54% −24% $315.0M 274 $153 88

Tue Jul 29 $50.4K +20% −12% $315.0M 274 $183 89

Wed Jul 30 $46.2K −8% −26% $315.1M 274 $168 90

Thu Jul 31 $43.0K −7% −32% $315.1M 274 $156 91

Fri Aug 1 #15 $174.0K +305% +89% $315.3M 407 $427 92

Sat Aug 2 #16 $234.2K +35% +84% $315.5M 407 $575 93

Sun Aug 3 #16 $172.0K −27% +89% $315.7M 407 $422 94

Mon Aug 4 #16 $91.4K −47% +118% $315.8M 407 $224 95

Tue Aug 5 #16 $94.7K +4% +88% $315.9M 407 $232 96

Wed Aug 6 #18 $84.5K −11% +83% $316.0M 407 $207 97

Thu Aug 7 $83.9K −1% +95% $316.0M 407 $206 98

Fri Aug 8 #18 $123.5K +47% −29% $316.2M 345 $357 99

Sat Aug 9 #18 $177.1K +43% −24% $316.3M 345 $513 100

Sun Aug 10 #18 $125.9K −29% −27% $316.5M 345 $365 101

Mon Aug 11 #18 $60.1K −52% −34% $316.5M 345 $174 102

Tue Aug 12 #18 $61.9K +3% −35% $316.6M 345 $179 103

Wed Aug 13 #19 $62.9K +2% −26% $316.7M 345 $182 104

Thu Aug 14 #18 $63.4K +1% −24% $316.7M 345 $183 105

Fri Aug 15 $101.7K +60% −18% $316.8M 315 $322 106

Sat Aug 16 $146.6K +44% −17% $317.0M 315 $465 107

Sun Aug 17 $92.9K −37% −26% $317.1M 315 $295 108

Mon Aug 18 $41.2K −56% −32% $317.1M 315 $130 109

Tue Aug 19 $46.8K +14% −24% $317.1M 315 $148 110

Wed Aug 20 $43.5K −7% −31% $317.2M 315 $137 111

Thu Aug 21 $40.4K −7% −36% $317.2M 315 $128 112

Fri Aug 22 $73.0K +81% −28% $317.3M 257 $283 113

Sat Aug 23 $106.4K +46% −27% $317.4M 257 $413 114

Sun Aug 24 $64.0K −40% −31% $317.5M 257 $249 115

Mon Aug 25 $22.2K −65% −46% $317.5M 257 $86 116

Tue Aug 26 $26.1K +18% −44% $317.5M 257 $101 117

Wed Aug 27 $24.2K −7% −44% $317.5M 257 $94 118

Thu Aug 28 $24.6K +2% −39% $317.6M 257 $95 119

Fri Aug 29 $49.6K +102% −32% $317.6M 220 $225 120

Sat Aug 30 $84.6K +71% −20% $317.7M 220 $384 121

Sun Aug 31 $89.4K +6% +40% $317.8M 220 $406 122

Mon Sep 1 #34 $53.5K −40% +141% $317.8M 220 $243 123

Tue Sep 2 $11.2K −79% −57% $317.9M 220 $50 124

Wed Sep 3 $10.3K −8% −57% $317.9M 220 $46 125

Thu Sep 4 $10.9K +6% −56% $317.9M 220 $49 126

Fri Sep 5 $35.4K +225% −29% $317.9M 205 $172 127

Sat Sep 6 $62.0K +75% −27% $318.0M 205 $302 128

Sun Sep 7 $29.4K −53% −67% $318.0M 205 $143 129

Mon Sep 8 $7.2K −76% −87% $318.0M 205 $35 130

Tue Sep 9 $8.6K +19% −23% $318.0M 205 $41 131

Wed Sep 10 $8.3K −4% −20% $318.0M 205 $40 132

Thu Sep 11 $9.1K +10% −16% $318.0M 205 $44 133

Fri Sep 12 $26.1K +186% −26% $318.1M 156 $167 134

Sat Sep 13 $46.8K +79% −24% $318.1M 156 $299 135

Sun Sep 14 $21.9K −53% −25% $318.1M 156 $140 136

Mon Sep 15 $5.6K −75% −23% $318.1M 156 $35 137

Tue Sep 16 $6.4K +15% −26% $318.1M 156 $40 138

Wed Sep 17 $6.7K +5% −19% $318.2M 156 $42 139

Thu Sep 18 $6.7K +1% −26% $318.2M 156 $43 140

Fri Sep 19 $15.7K +132% −40% $318.2M 124 $126 141

Sat Sep 20 $27.8K +78% −41% $318.2M 124 $224 142

Sun Sep 21 $15.6K −44% −29% $318.2M 124 $125 143

Mon Sep 22 $4.6K −70% −17% $318.2M 124 $37 144

Tue Sep 23 $5.7K +24% −10% $318.2M 124 $46 145

Wed Sep 24 $5.0K −14% −26% $318.2M 124 $39 146

Thu Sep 25 $5.3K +8% −21% $318.2M 124 $43 147

Fri Sep 26 $16.9K +217% +8% $318.3M 121 $140 148

Sat Sep 27 $28.8K +70% +4% $318.3M 121 $238 149

Sun Sep 28 $12.6K −56% −19% $318.3M 121 $104 150

Mon Sep 29 $3.7K −70% −19% $318.3M 121 $30 151

Tue Sep 30 $4.0K +8% −30% $318.3M 121 $33 152

Wed Oct 1 $3.5K −14% −30% $318.3M 121 $28 153

Thu Oct 2 $3.8K +10% −29% $318.3M 121 $31 154

Thu May 6 #11 $192.0K — $318.6M 1,105 $173 735

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$312.5M

May 2May 19Jun 6Jun 23Jul 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$98.6M

$51.2M

$31.8M

$20.4M

$13.5M

$7.5M

$5.6M

$4.0M

$2.3M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,154 → 1,019 −75.5%

4,105 open1,019 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.3%

−48.1%

W1→2

−37.8%

W2→3

−35.8%

W3→4

−33.8%

W4→5

−44.8%

W5→6

−24.8%

W6→7

−28.3%

W7→8

−44.0%

W8→9

−35.3%

W9→10

Steepest −48.1%Best hold −24.8%

Run milestones

$300M in 48 days

$100M

Day 3

May 4

$200M

Day 16

May 17

$300M

Day 48

Jun 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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