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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 Wed, Oct. 13 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Oct. 13 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Social Network$1,231,517-11%2,7710$444$50,818,2942Sony / Columbia
2Life As We Know It$1,080,372-13%3,150--$343$18,531,2991Warner Bros.
3Secretariat$1,057,498-12%3,072--$344$16,842,0151Disney
4The Town$550,343-10%2,720-215$202$75,956,4634Warner Bros.
5Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$401,649-13%2,829-768$142$45,111,3833Fox
6My Soul to Take$386,125-21%2,572--$150$8,372,0601Universal / Rogue
7Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$365,460-14%3,225-350$113$41,337,4953Warner Bros.
8Easy A$275,755-11%2,847-127$97$49,375,1834Sony / Screen Gems
9Case 39$226,803-11%2,2121$103$10,482,4762Paramount Vantage
10Let Me In$218,634-13%2,04221$107$9,996,4692Relativity / Overture
11You Again$191,513-12%2,332-216$82$21,543,1453Disney
12Resident Evil: Afterlife$111,123-6%1,012-895$110$59,269,3185Sony / Screen Gems
13Devil$108,150-12%1,442-950$75$30,486,1054Universal
14Alpha and Omega$94,661-13%1,616-687$59$21,632,2084Lionsgate

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Oct. 13 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1It's Kind of a Funny Story$165,485-6%742--$223$2,619,3541Focus
2Waiting for 'Superman'$78,96315%10369$767$1,685,1933Paramount Vantage
3Inception$44,102-4%403-222$109$289,350,07613Warner Bros.
4Catfish$41,4706%1437$290$2,380,8344Universal / Rogue
5Never Let Me Go$39,894-12%167124$239$1,292,0374Fox Searchlight
6Takers$25,232-14%412-361$61$56,877,9747Sony / Screen Gems
7Despicable Me$22,945-7%353-110$65$246,672,18014Universal
8The Expendables$12,017-7%225-185$53$102,777,4059Lionsgate
9Dinner for Schmucks$10,240-7%159-102$64$73,014,53111Paramount / DreamWorks
10The American$9,905-6%174-200$57$35,409,0686Focus
11Machete$9,578-3%167-147$57$26,421,6736Fox
12Nanny McPhee Returns$9,540-15%318-163$30$28,776,4558Universal
13Lottery Ticket$8,684-1%194-108$45$24,486,8168Warner Bros.
14Going the Distance (2010)$7,870-16%19675$40$17,775,0376Warner Bros. / New Line
15Vampires Suck$6,312-10%190-71$33$36,538,9748Fox
16Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$4,085-10%119-69$34$43,534,67611Warner Bros.
17Ramona and Beezus$4,0395%106-55$38$26,057,80712Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Oct. 13 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$35,56612%602$593$16,561,44930Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Buried$26,204-14%9259$285$610,1473Lionsgate
3Under the Sea 3D$9,62033%180$534$24,440,04687Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Stone$8,234-17%6--$1,372$104,7981Relativity / Overture
5Jack Goes Boating$6,193-13%9011$69$393,9314Relativity / Overture
6Winter's Bone$4,28956%57-21$75$6,177,09018Roadside Attractions
7Nowhere Boy$4,104-7%4--$1,026$67,6931Weinstein Company
8Avatar$3,767-14%14-5$269$760,318,38243Fox
9The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$3,7281%83-58$45$300,489,84715Summit
10I Spit on Your Grave (2010)$3,59418%12--$300$44,2771Anchor Bay
11The Kids Are All Right$3,23829%31-33$104$20,783,57114Focus
12The Tillman Story$2,58711%24-3$108$675,1288Weinstein Company
13Piranha 3D$2,49014%54-41$46$24,958,8968Weinstein Company
14The Concert$1,22730%10-11$123$634,88712Weinstein Company
15Flipped$591-13%18-17$33$1,754,13610Warner Bros.
16The Disappearance of Alice Creed$231-26%2-1$116$165,03710Anchor Bay