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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 Thu, Aug. 5 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Aug. 5 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Inception$3,618,265-4%3,545-247$1,021$209,132,0993Warner Bros.
2Dinner for Schmucks$2,742,724-9%2,911--$942$36,245,5521Paramount / DreamWorks
3Despicable Me$2,306,500-1%3,6022$640$200,003,9854Universal
4Salt$2,202,880-5%3,6120$610$80,880,1412Sony / Columbia
5Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$1,667,152-6%3,705--$450$19,526,1501Warner Bros.
6Charlie St. Cloud$1,345,770-9%2,718--$495$18,796,1301Universal
7Toy Story 3$832,838-4%2,105-661$396$393,268,2547Disney
8Ramona and Beezus$743,026-5%2,7190$273$19,451,6602Fox
9The Sorcerer's Apprentice$628,807-3%2,524-980$249$54,701,6173Disney
10The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$623,998-3%2,334-787$267$290,811,6085Summit
11Grown Ups$610,6930%2,269-590$269$153,263,2246Sony / Columbia
12The Last Airbender$232,5400%1,238-889$188$128,266,3675Paramount

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Aug. 5 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Kids Are All Right$431,701-8%847646$510$11,443,0054Focus
2Predators$129,126-3%873-973$148$50,053,9984Fox
3Shrek Forever After$109,230-5%330128$331$236,119,80011Paramount / DreamWorks
4Get Him to the Greek$92,945314%155-66$600$60,851,8109Universal
5Knight and Day$91,7444%831-434$110$74,544,3016Fox
6The Karate Kid (2010)$79,8101%461-319$173$173,271,0108Sony / Columbia
7Robin Hood$49,995297%115-56$435$105,269,73012Universal
8Iron Man 2$47,8502%286-44$167$311,612,66613Paramount
9The A-Team$40,910-2%282-14$145$76,334,0698Fox
10Winter's Bone$40,088-5%13910$288$4,182,2508Roadside Attractions
11Marmaduke$32,670-6%230-24$142$33,045,2549Fox
12Cyrus$31,997-7%216-238$148$7,038,7257Fox Searchlight
13Killers$23,449-4%219-14$107$46,749,6399Lionsgate
14Letters to Juliet$20,740-7%173-61$120$52,836,34412Summit

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Aug. 5 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$92,9701%530$1,754$12,501,98420Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Under the Sea 3D$27,461-6%130$2,112$23,423,20777Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Date Night$10,007-6%76-32$132$98,578,55117Fox
4Jonah Hex$7,51612%83-93$91$10,523,3407Warner Bros.
5Solitary Man$7,4261%63-42$118$4,164,65511Anchor Bay
6Sex and the City 2$6,133-6%42-27$146$95,161,38410Warner Bros. / New Line
7Avatar$5,108484%2-1$2,554$749,755,62833Fox
8The Concert$3,791-6%2--$1,896$36,3162Weinstein Company
9City Island$1,383-4%15-25$92$6,650,86420Anchor Bay
10The Dry Land$1,31021%5--$262$11,7771Freestyle
11Princess Kaiulani$653737%20$327$860,35912Roadside Attractions
12Splice$477-1%14-25$34$17,010,1709Warner Bros