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'Man of Steel' Passes $150 Million; 'Iron Man 3' Passes $400 MillionJune 19, 2013 11:36 AM

by Daniel Garris

Warner's Man of Steel continued to dominate the daily box office on Tuesday with a first place take of $11.51 million. In the process, the blockbuster superhero franchise re-launch surpassed the $150 million mark yesterday. Man of Steel did fall 9 percent from Monday. While that represented the day's poorest daily hold among wide releases, the percentage hold was quite understandable given the size of the film's grosses and the competition the film (and the rest of the marketplace) faced from Game 6 of the NBA Finals. With $152.78 million through Tuesday, Man of Steel continues to perform far stronger than 2006's Superman Returns, which grossed $108.09 million through its first Tuesday (its seventh day of release). Man of Steel is currently running 23 percent behind the $198.04 million five-day start of last year's The Dark Knight Rises, a comparison which strongly suggests that Man of Steel won't have a problem surpassing the $300 million domestic mark.

In other box office news, fellow superhero film Iron Man 3 surpassed the $400 million domestic mark on Tuesday after taking in $368,605 for the day. The blockbuster superhero sequel from Disney and Marvel reached the milestone in 47 days. Iron Man 3 has grossed $400.35 million to date, which currently ranks the film in 17th place on the all-time unadjusted domestic chart.

This Is The End held up well once again on Tuesday with a second place take of $3.36 million. Sony's modestly budgeted ensemble R-rated comedy was down a slim 2 percent from Monday. In comparison, 2008's Pineapple Express fell 15 percent on its first Tuesday to gross $3.28 million. With a one-week start of $39.80 million, This Is The End is running 18 percent behind the $48.45 million one-week start of Pineapple Express and continues to make up ground in the comparison as days go by.

Lionsgate's Now You See Me held steady in third with $1.73 million. The surprise hit ensemble thriller was up 16 percent over Monday and down 29 percent from last Tuesday. Now You See Me has grossed $83.92 million through 19 days of release and is now just $16.08 million away from reaching the $100 million domestic milestone.

Daily Domestic Gross Sat, Jul. 10 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSat, Jul. 10 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Despicable Me$20,838,620-2%3,476--$5,995$42,181,2601Universal
2The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$12,288,70311%4,4680$2,750$227,019,7202Summit
3Toy Story 3$8,945,34738%3,753-275$2,384$333,652,1994Disney
4Predators$8,467,871-19%2,669--$3,173$18,874,3651Fox
5The Last Airbender$6,718,55629%3,20334$2,098$95,017,4582Paramount
6Grown Ups$6,507,84128%3,463-71$1,879$106,506,2393Sony / Columbia
7Knight and Day$3,336,11535%2,628-476$1,269$59,887,2933Fox
8The Karate Kid (2010)$2,289,49435%2,458-651$931$162,914,7185Sony / Columbia
9The A-Team$738,98931%1,236-917$598$73,473,4345Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSat, Jul. 10 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Cyrus$586,64860%200123$2,933$3,098,7784Fox Searchlight
2Get Him to the Greek$296,14035%442-442$670$59,227,3606Universal
3Winter's Bone$215,01466%10623$2,028$2,400,2245Roadside Attractions
4Shrek Forever After$207,38226%461-496$450$233,654,8388Paramount / DreamWorks
5Solitary Man$199,40167%172-4$1,159$3,404,8898Anchor Bay
6Iron Man 2$170,99541%333-189$513$309,137,17710Paramount
7Letters to Juliet$153,02240%241-99$635$51,652,0869Summit
8Marmaduke$140,40415%383-92$367$31,454,6456Fox
9How to Train Your Dragon$126,52617%254-49$498$216,811,02816Paramount / DreamWorks
10Robin Hood$121,42528%300-78$405$104,422,8209Universal
11Killers$120,19531%269-458$447$45,788,6916Lionsgate
12Sex and the City 2$85,37327%156-199$547$94,645,7907Warner Bros. / New Line
13Date Night$77,36023%205-37$377$97,954,19014Fox
14Splice$51,26735%20464$251$16,719,8566Warner Bros
15Clash of the Titans (2010)$33,32228%130-45$256$163,077,66715Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSat, Jul. 10 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Kids Are All Right$199,94439%7--$28,563$343,3241Focus
2Hubble 3D$94,7231%531$1,787$10,205,37717Warner Bros. / IMAX
3I Hate Luv Storys$55,31639%79--$700$719,7062UTV
4City Island$42,564108%65-16$655$6,477,95917Anchor Bay
5Grease Sing-a-Long$31,51227%12--$2,626$91,3181Paramount
6Just Wright$22,79240%80-15$285$21,401,9539Fox Searchlight
7Furry Vengeance$22,42833%86-21$261$17,585,10811Summit
8Under the Sea 3D$20,892-12%130$1,607$22,804,23774Warner Bros. / IMAX
9Avatar$17,79170%90$1,977$749,648,67230Fox
10Jonah Hex$17,53536%65-285$270$10,073,2984Warner Bros.
11The Back-up Plan$14,87523%61-36$244$37,438,29912CBS Films
12Diary of a Wimpy Kid$12,2492%51-19$240$63,862,44117Fox
13A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)$11,24325%53-57$212$63,051,07611Warner Bros. / New Line
14Princess Kaiulani$2,06321%61$344$845,0429Roadside Attractions
15Racing Dreams$1,600-51%1-1$1,600$54,9458Hanover House
16The Secret of Kells$1,445115%10-4$145$680,04119GKIDS
17The Square$1,41754%50$283$400,13214Apparition
18Raajneeti$964103%5--$193$1,514,2696UTV Communications
19The Joneses$8071%21$404$1,473,65713Roadside Attractions