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2013 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Unleash the power behind the armor.

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3.10

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$174.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$408.99M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.21B

$805.60M international

Domestic legs2.35x

Budget$200M

2013 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Black filmography

Shane Black

Shane Black Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall Starring

ScreenplayShane Black, Drew Pearce Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyJohn Toll MusicBrian Tyler Prod. DesignBill Brzeski StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesIron Man

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 3-5 1 $174.1M — 4,253 $40,946 $174.1M

2 May 10-12 1 $72.5M −58.4% 4,253 $17,052 $284.9M

3 May 17-19 2 $35.8M −50.7% 4,237 $8,442 $337.7M

4 May 24-26 5 $19.3M −46.0% 3,424 $5,643 $367.4M

5 May 31-Jun 2 7 $8.4M −56.3% 2,895 $2,916 $385.2M

6 Jun 7-9 9 $5.8M −31.8% 2,351 $2,447 $394.3M

7 Jun 14-16 10 $3.0M −48.6% 1,649 $1,793 $399.7M

8 Jun 21-23 10 $2.2M −25.2% 924 $2,394 $403.2M

9 Jun 28-30 11 $1.4M −38.5% 540 $2,520 $405.4M

10 Jul 5-7 16 $481.7K −64.6% 294 $1,638 $406.4M

11 Jul 12-14 24 $241.3K −49.9% 199 $1,212 $406.9M

12 Jul 19-21 32 $154.6K −35.9% 145 $1,066 $407.1M

13 Jul 26-28 36 $116.8K −24.4% 124 $942 $407.4M

14 Aug 2-4 27 $239.6K +105.1% 376 $637 $407.7M

15 Aug 16-18 27 $314.5K +31.3% 190 $1,655 $408.2M

16 Aug 23-25 33 $217.3K −30.9% 173 $1,256 $408.6M

17 Aug 30-Sep 1 42 $190.5K −12.4% 160 $1,190 $408.8M

18 Sep 6-8 46 $79.2K −58.4% 124 $639 $409.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 3 #1 $68.9M — $68.9M 4,253 $16,190 1

Sat May 4 #1 $62.3M −10% $131.1M 4,253 $14,642 2

Sun May 5 #1 $43.0M −31% $174.1M 4,253 $10,113 3

Mon May 6 #1 $11.3M −74% $185.4M 4,253 $2,649 4

Tue May 7 #1 $11.3M n/c $196.7M 4,253 $2,653 5

Wed May 8 #1 $8.1M −28% $204.8M 4,253 $1,907 6

Thu May 9 #1 $7.6M −6% $212.4M 4,253 $1,789 7

Fri May 10 #1 $19.7M +159% −71% $232.1M 4,253 $4,635 8

Sat May 11 #1 $32.1M +63% −49% $264.2M 4,253 $7,536 9

Sun May 12 #1 $20.8M −35% −52% $284.9M 4,253 $4,880 10

Mon May 13 #1 $4.6M −78% −59% $289.6M 4,253 $1,085 11

Tue May 14 #1 $5.2M +12% −54% $294.7M 4,253 $1,213 12

Wed May 15 #2 $3.9M −25% −52% $298.6M 4,253 $910 13

Thu May 16 #3 $3.3M −15% −57% $301.9M 4,253 $775 14

Fri May 17 #2 $9.5M +189% −52% $311.4M 4,237 $2,245 15

Sat May 18 #2 $15.4M +62% −52% $326.8M 4,237 $3,640 16

Sun May 19 #2 $10.8M −30% −48% $337.7M 4,237 $2,556 17

Mon May 20 #2 $3.2M −70% −31% $340.9M 4,237 $756 18

Tue May 21 #3 $2.8M −14% −47% $343.6M 4,237 $649 19

Wed May 22 #3 $2.3M −18% −42% $345.9M 4,237 $532 20

Thu May 23 #3 $2.2M −2% −33% $348.1M 4,237 $520 21

Fri May 24 #5 $5.1M +133% −46% $353.2M 3,424 $1,503 22

Sat May 25 #5 $7.5M +46% −51% $360.8M 3,424 $2,200 23

Sun May 26 #5 $6.6M −12% −39% $367.4M 3,424 $1,940 24

Mon May 27 #5 $5.4M −19% +67% $372.8M 3,424 $1,567 25

Tue May 28 #6 $1.6M −71% −43% $374.3M 3,424 $455 26

Wed May 29 #6 $1.2M −20% −45% $375.6M 3,424 $364 27

Thu May 30 #6 $1.2M −7% −47% $376.7M 3,424 $339 28

Fri May 31 #7 $2.3M +94% −56% $379.0M 2,895 $778 29

Sat Jun 1 #7 $3.6M +62% −52% $382.6M 2,895 $1,257 30

Sun Jun 2 #7 $2.5M −30% −62% $385.2M 2,895 $880 31

Mon Jun 3 #8 $755.2K −70% −86% $385.9M 2,895 $260 32

Tue Jun 4 #8 $880.3K +17% −44% $386.8M 2,895 $304 33

Wed Jun 5 #8 $808.3K −8% −35% $387.6M 2,895 $279 34

Thu Jun 6 #7 $898.1K +11% −23% $388.5M 2,895 $310 35

Fri Jun 7 #9 $1.7M +89% −25% $390.2M 2,351 $720 36

Sat Jun 8 #9 $2.5M +46% −32% $392.7M 2,351 $1,055 37

Sun Jun 9 #9 $1.6M −37% −38% $394.3M 2,351 $670 38

Mon Jun 10 #9 $669.0K −58% −11% $395.0M 2,351 $284 39

Tue Jun 11 #9 $654.3K −2% −26% $395.6M 2,351 $278 40

Wed Jun 12 #10 $553.1K −15% −32% $396.2M 2,351 $235 41

Thu Jun 13 #11 $542.4K −2% −40% $396.7M 2,351 $230 42

Fri Jun 14 #11 $749.1K +38% −56% $397.5M 1,649 $454 43

Sat Jun 15 #11 $1.1M +41% −58% $398.5M 1,649 $639 44

Sun Jun 16 #10 $1.2M +9% −27% $399.7M 1,649 $699 45

Mon Jun 17 #11 $326.1K −72% −51% $400.0M 1,649 $197 46

Tue Jun 18 #10 $368.6K +13% −44% $400.4M 1,649 $223 47

Wed Jun 19 #11 $315.6K −14% −43% $400.7M 1,649 $191 48

Thu Jun 20 #10 $275.8K −13% −49% $400.9M 1,649 $167 49

Fri Jun 21 #10 $770.8K +179% +3% $401.7M 924 $834 50

Sat Jun 22 #10 $927.0K +20% −12% $402.6M 924 $1,003 51

Sun Jun 23 #12 $514.8K −44% −55% $403.2M 924 $557 52

Mon Jun 24 #12 $208.4K −60% −36% $403.4M 924 $225 53

Tue Jun 25 #12 $236.9K +14% −36% $403.6M 924 $256 54

Wed Jun 26 #12 $220.0K −7% −30% $403.8M 924 $238 55

Thu Jun 27 #12 $209.0K −5% −24% $404.0M 924 $226 56

Fri Jun 28 #11 $416.2K +99% −46% $404.4M 540 $770 57

Sat Jun 29 #10 $597.8K +44% −36% $405.0M 540 $1,106 58

Sun Jun 30 #11 $347.2K −42% −33% $405.4M 540 $642 59

Mon Jul 1 #12 $163.9K −53% −21% $405.6M 540 $303 60

Tue Jul 2 #13 $129.2K −21% −45% $405.7M 540 $239 61

Mon Jul 8 $44.6K — −73% $406.5M 294 $151 67

Tue Jul 9 $57.0K +28% −56% $406.5M 294 $193 68

Wed Jul 10 $50.8K −11% $406.6M 294 $172 69

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

Cumulative total$406.6M

May 3May 19Jun 4Jun 19Jul 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $481.7K

$174.1M

$72.5M

$35.8M

$19.3M

$8.4M

$5.8M

$3.0M

$2.2M

$1.4M

$481.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,253 → 294 −93.1%

4,253 open294 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −64.6%

−58.4%

W1→2

−50.7%

W2→3

−46.0%

W3→4

−56.3%

W4→5

−31.8%

W5→6

−48.6%

W6→7

−25.2%

W7→8

−38.5%

W8→9

−64.6%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Best hold −25.2%

Run milestones

$400M in 47 days

$100M

Day 2

May 4

$200M

Day 6

May 8

$300M

Day 14

May 16

$400M

Day 47

Jun 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#5 Biggest May openingsAll-time $174.1M #15 Biggest PG-13-rated openingsAll-time $174.1M #16 Biggest superhero filmsAll-time $409.0M #19 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $174.1M #19 Fastest to $100M domesticAll-time 2 days #31 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.21B

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