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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 Mon, Oct. 4 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleMon, Oct. 4 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Social Network$2,056,636-63%2,771--$742$24,502,2891Sony / Columbia
2The Town$815,086-65%2,93550$278$64,871,8383Warner Bros.
3Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$773,942-67%3,59732$215$36,552,3712Fox
4Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$574,110-82%3,5750$161$30,653,4082Warner Bros.
5Case 39$439,869-67%2,211--$199$5,790,4391Paramount Vantage
6Let Me In$418,638-64%2,021--$207$5,566,1171Relativity / Overture
7Easy A$406,554-72%2,974118$137$42,583,5213Sony / Screen Gems
8You Again$357,827-73%2,5480$140$16,965,4602Disney
9Resident Evil: Afterlife$253,353-67%1,907-735$133$56,868,4534Sony / Screen Gems
10Devil$251,160-68%2,392-419$105$27,542,6203Universal
11Alpha and Omega$138,856-85%2,303-322$60$19,088,2933Lionsgate

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleMon, Oct. 4 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Inception$68,316-63%625-282$109$288,473,69212Warner Bros.
2Catfish$57,815-63%13679$425$1,679,1643Universal / Rogue
3Takers$57,725-67%773-640$75$56,219,0726Sony / Screen Gems
4Eat Pray Love$31,870-64%398-457$80$79,741,9538Sony / Columbia
5The Other Guys$31,311-67%566-481$55$117,728,4319Sony / Columbia
6Despicable Me$30,095-76%463-147$65$246,121,86513Universal
7The Expendables$21,540-64%410-442$53$102,538,2608Lionsgate
8The American$19,914-60%374-941$53$35,222,3855Focus
9Machete$19,311-66%314-368$62$26,224,4515Fox
10Lottery Ticket$16,609-72%302-68$55$24,262,0147Warner Bros.
11Dinner for Schmucks$16,034-61%261-62$61$72,826,26810Paramount / DreamWorks
12Nanny McPhee Returns$14,430-77%481-284$30$28,535,3907Universal
13The Last Exorcism$10,384-61%307-400$34$41,000,4396Lionsgate
14Vampires Suck$9,739-74%261-154$37$36,375,1007Fox
15The Virginity Hit$7,252-41%434-266$17$542,5014Sony / Columbia
16Scott Pilgrim vs. the World$7,195-59%120-113$60$31,501,4658Universal
17Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$6,744-82%188-79$36$43,439,68910Warner Bros.
18The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$5,929-68%141-83$42$300,418,14514Summit
19Ramona and Beezus$4,560-81%161-30$28$25,976,88911Fox
20Going the Distance (2010)$3,657-59%121-354$30$17,670,0805Warner Bros. / New Line

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleMon, Oct. 4 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Waiting for 'Superman'$32,435-70%3430$954$634,0422Paramount Vantage
2Hubble 3D$25,786-36%58--$445$16,186,19029Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Never Let Me Go$18,348-65%4317$427$742,2213Fox Searchlight
4Buried$12,254-53%3322$371$248,7012Lionsgate
5Jack Goes Boating$9,778-64%7942$124$280,9793Relativity / Overture
6Under the Sea 3D$7,697-12%180$428$24,342,95486Warner Bros. / IMAX
7The Kids Are All Right$6,101-46%64-43$95$20,737,90313Focus
8Piranha 3D$5,662-67%9529$60$24,905,4377Weinstein Company
9Winter's Bone$4,883-59%78-4$63$6,127,17417Roadside Attractions
10The Tillman Story$3,730-47%270$138$637,1077Weinstein Company
11Avatar$2,757-60%19-10$145$760,280,42242Fox
12The Concert$2,076-66%213$99$614,44111Weinstein Company
13Flipped$1,510-51%35-71$43$1,740,6509Warner Bros.
14Bran Nue Dae$682-41%13-42$52$110,7114Freestyle Releasing
15The Disappearance of Alice Creed$304-45%31$101$161,7639Anchor Bay