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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 Sun, Oct. 17 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, Oct. 17 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Jackass 3D$11,583,954-31%3,081--$3,760$50,353,6411Paramount
2Red (2010)$5,250,177-43%3,255--$1,613$21,761,4081Summit
3Secretariat$2,489,141-38%3,0720$810$27,332,9412Disney
4The Social Network$2,396,518-48%2,86897$836$62,436,3643Sony / Columbia
5Life As We Know It$2,046,174-47%3,1500$650$28,620,1472Warner Bros.
6Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$1,288,733-32%2,502-723$515$45,994,7764Warner Bros.
7The Town$936,573-48%2,368-352$396$80,510,6295Warner Bros.
8My Soul to Take$757,455-46%2,529-43$300$11,915,5952Universal / Rogue
9Easy A$574,228-52%2,314-533$248$52,317,4815Sony / Screen Gems
10Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$555,479-49%2,045-784$272$47,894,8964Fox
11You Again$286,244-48%1,588-744$180$22,982,0004Disney
12Case 39$284,808-47%1,406-806$203$11,924,1153Paramount Vantage
13Let Me In$202,375-46%1,211-831$167$11,046,6913Relativity / Overture

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, Oct. 17 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1It's Kind of a Funny Story$297,789-43%75715$393$4,005,1612Focus
2Alpha and Omega$282,350-21%969-647$291$22,567,6215Lionsgate
3N-Secure$230,432-55%486--$474$1,166,4061Freestyle
4Devil$205,305-56%891-551$230$31,577,4705Universal
5Waiting for 'Superman'$182,382-39%18279$1,002$2,523,0754Paramount Vantage
6Nowhere Boy$96,348-38%215211$448$412,2142Weinstein Company
7Resident Evil: Afterlife$94,782-38%438-574$216$59,731,7946Sony / Screen Gems
8Despicable Me$92,960-40%332-21$280$247,050,99515Universal
9Never Let Me Go$87,786-38%23265$378$1,660,3535Fox Searchlight
10Inception$76,449-53%297-106$257$289,751,94714Warner Bros.
11I Want Your Money$68,224-30%537--$127$249,4281Freestyle
12Catfish$56,260-38%116-27$485$2,629,3565Universal / Rogue
13The Expendables$54,035-34%30681$177$102,981,57110Lionsgate
14Eat Pray Love$48,131-36%30388$159$80,267,42710Sony / Columbia
15Takers$40,844-56%215-197$190$57,091,8088Sony / Screen Gems
16Salt$37,355-42%200-66$187$118,174,53213Sony / Columbia
17Buried$34,829-35%10311$338$765,0014Lionsgate
18Nanny McPhee Returns$28,610-36%205-113$140$28,893,1859Universal
19Lottery Ticket$22,042-49%138-56$160$24,584,0829Warner Bros.
20Grown Ups$20,198-43%114-45$177$161,920,26517Sony / Columbia
21The Other Guys$20,193-63%174-115$116$118,206,67811Sony / Columbia
22The American$17,854-44%144-30$124$35,491,8727Focus

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, Oct. 17 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hereafter$66,223-29%6--$11,037$220,3221Warner Bros.
2Stone$64,133-35%4135$1,564$343,1002Relativity / Overture
3Hubble 3D$47,948-32%611$786$16,778,28231Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Conviction$28,620-36%11--$2,602$102,3511Fox Searchlight
5Machete$14,064-27%96-71$147$26,477,7667Fox
6Under the Sea 3D$11,791-33%16-2$737$24,496,76688Warner Bros. / IMAX
7Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$10,965-29%77-42$142$43,575,71612Warner Bros.
8Vampires Suck$10,908-46%87-103$125$36,588,5539Fox
9Jack Goes Boating$7,112-40%49-41$145$428,1345Relativity / Overture
10Ramona and Beezus$6,556-45%54-52$121$26,091,42613Fox
11The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$6,056-53%49-34$124$300,523,11316Summit
12Avatar$5,059-34%10-4$506$760,339,00444Fox
13I Spit on Your Grave (2010)$4,722-32%11-1$429$66,0192Anchor Bay
14Going the Distance (2010)$4,102-27%58-138$71$17,797,3167Warner Bros. / New Line
15The Kids Are All Right$4,054-38%28-3$145$20,803,23715Focus
16Winter's Bone$3,859-23%34-18$114$6,190,68619Roadside Attractions
17Piranha 3D$3,719-31%28-26$133$24,973,4789Weinstein Company
18The Tillman Story$3,257-40%17-7$192$690,6829Weinstein Company
19The Concert$1,991-7%9-1$221$641,42413Weinstein Company
20The Disappearance of Alice Creed$135-53%1-1$135$165,89311Anchor Bay