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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. 27 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Oct. 27 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Paranormal Activity 2$1,865,776-16%3,216--$580$47,178,9861Paramount
2Jackass 3D$1,422,941-18%3,11130$457$91,785,4052Paramount
3Red (2010)$1,063,847-16%3,27318$325$46,970,2482Summit
4Hereafter$829,180-18%2,1812173$380$15,060,4342Warner Bros.
5Secretariat$538,579-11%3,10836$173$39,134,0833Disney
6The Social Network$503,755-13%2,92153$172$74,497,3644Sony / Columbia
7Life As We Know It$451,296-14%3,019-131$149$38,995,6513Warner Bros.
8The Town$244,071-7%1,918-450$127$85,419,2266Warner Bros.
9Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$158,302-2%2,236-266$71$50,749,4305Warner Bros.
10Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$108,538-8%1,255-790$86$50,328,1735Fox
11Easy A$105,552-7%1,632-682$65$55,111,2296Sony / Screen Gems
12My Soul to Take$92,895-8%1,689-840$55$14,281,2553Universal / Rogue

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Oct. 27 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Waiting for 'Superman'$107,39124%290108$370$3,980,9425Paramount Vantage
2It's Kind of a Funny Story$56,379-8%560-197$101$5,283,0753Focus
3Inception$48,471-9%452155$107$290,534,29815Warner Bros.
4Stone$38,173-9%11372$338$902,6043Relativity / Overture
5Case 39$36,784-6%721-685$51$12,824,2974Paramount Vantage
6Alpha and Omega$32,897-5%727-242$45$23,627,7516Lionsgate
7N-Secure$32,791-13%445-41$74$2,073,6062Freestyle
8Devil$32,110-9%642-249$50$32,540,5706Universal
9Let Me In$26,679-10%513-698$52$11,703,2914Relativity / Overture
10Never Let Me Go$22,0140%178-54$124$2,067,9006Fox Searchlight
11Nowhere Boy$20,538-21%2150$96$835,5893Weinstein Company
12Despicable Me$19,440-8%324-8$60$247,584,78516Universal
13Catfish$17,3751%13923$125$2,931,0246Universal / Rogue
14I Want Your Money$4,649-10%172-365$27$404,4692Freestyle
15Nanny McPhee Returns$3,735-1%150-55$25$29,006,70010Universal

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Oct. 27 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$38,42320%60-1$640$17,202,93332Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Conviction$26,1971%5544$476$524,4802Fox Searchlight
3Under the Sea 3D$9,01824%160$564$24,601,34889Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Buried$7,286-15%88-15$83$908,7565Lionsgate
5Avatar$5,26974%9-1$585$760,387,67745Fox
6The American$3,928-4%76-68$52$35,573,2068Focus
7Lottery Ticket$3,0660%92-46$33$24,673,10510Warner Bros.
8Machete$2,720-14%50-46$54$26,528,8848Fox
9The Tillman Story$2,411-2%247$100$722,78310Weinstein Company
10Jack Goes Boating$1,619-18%35-14$46$458,5526Relativity / Overture
11Vampires Suck$1,3188%54-33$24$36,627,38210Fox
12I Spit on Your Grave (2010)$1,1518%8-3$144$86,9533Anchor Bay
13Winter's Bone$362-8%18-19$20$6,204,36120Roadside Attractions
14The Concert$3264%5-4$65$647,78614Weinstein Company
15Piranha 3D$1434%0-28--$24,980,42310Weinstein Company
16The Disappearance of Alice Creed$27200%1-3$27$166,71912Anchor Bay