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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 Sat, Oct. 8 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSat, Oct. 8 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Real Steel$10,815,61027%3,440--$3,144$19,349,3001Disney / DreamWorks
2The Ides of March$4,265,44524%2,199--$1,940$7,691,8791Sony / Columbia
3Dolphin Tale$3,952,79864%3,478-37$1,137$46,270,7483Warner Bros.
4Moneyball$3,229,20546%3,01825$1,070$47,196,9803Sony / Columbia
550/50$2,277,77328%2,47921$919$15,891,3092Summit
6The Lion King 3D$1,949,38761%2,267-73$860$84,571,9804Disney
7Dream House$1,931,40042%2,6643$725$13,282,0102Universal
8Courageous$1,882,43133%1,1610$1,621$14,587,6252Sony / TriStar
9Contagion$1,284,02752%2,250-494$571$68,215,7705Warner Bros.
10Abduction$1,258,24750%2,591-527$486$22,568,3603Lionsgate
11What's Your Number?$1,249,43121%3,0119$415$9,542,0372Fox
12Killer Elite$909,10141%2,411-575$377$20,997,8683Open Road
13The Help$827,90247%2,064-441$401$162,096,8829Disney / DreamWorks
14Drive (2011)$761,73340%1,330-644$573$29,572,4634FilmDistrict

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSat, Oct. 8 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Smurfs$223,36573%515104$434$139,221,86311Sony / Columbia
2Laugh at My Pain$213,24056%248-30$860$6,812,0105CodeBlack Entertainment
3Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$169,47351%407155$416$379,626,52813Warner Bros.
4Rise of the Planet of the Apes$132,20862%382-209$346$174,855,79110Fox
5Captain America: The First Avenger$131,96044%303-47$436$175,717,85012Paramount
6The Debt$108,70166%358-245$304$30,490,0556Focus
7Colombiana$101,38459%245-167$414$36,143,7017Sony / TriStar
8Crazy, Stupid, Love$85,09930%222-183$383$83,069,17511Warner Bros.
9Spy Kids: All The Time in the World$71,941151%365-345$197$37,705,2328Weinstein Company
10Warrior (2011)$68,65632%319-388$215$13,377,8625Lionsgate
11Zookeeper$67,04779%198-55$339$80,069,66614Sony / Columbia
12Cowboys & Aliens$63,86048%206-35$310$99,728,50111Universal
13Horrible Bosses$41,35131%142-80$291$117,360,07114Warner Bros. / New Line
14I Don't Know How She Does It$39,16522%240-505$163$9,457,7024Weinstein Company
15Straw Dogs (2011)$36,72337%181-693$203$10,300,3854Sony / Screen Gems
16Transformers: Dark of the Moon$35,89461%143-65$251$352,334,01215Paramount / DreamWorks
17Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)$31,47360%114-102$276$23,801,0137FilmDistrict
18Shark Night 3D$30,10083%145-147$208$18,576,2676Relativity Media
19Sarah's Key$22,86247%113-26$202$6,862,67512Weinstein Company

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSat, Oct. 8 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Machine Gun Preacher$46,20845%9360$497$256,6633Relativity Media
2Born to Be Wild 3D$39,69444%490$810$13,299,43227Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Seven Days in Utopia$20,14428%77-58$262$4,272,0056Visio Entertainment
4Munger Road$19,29723%98$2,144$82,7362Freestyle Releasing
5Mr. Popper's Penguins$15,73374%68-35$231$68,169,94617Fox
6Thunder Soul$14,37236%3724$388$111,1293Roadside Attractions
7Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame$13,53152%27-7$501$399,3826Indomina Media
8Bad Teacher$13,49935%64-290$211$100,283,78716Sony / Columbia
9Final Destination 5$13,47468%61-83$221$42,566,6209Warner Bros. / New Line
10Our Idiot Brother$11,09315%67-69$166$24,650,2947Weinstein Company
11Apollo 18$7,25033%46-68$158$17,515,7346Weinstein Company
12Dirty Girl$6,5725%9--$730$12,8151Weinstein Company
13Circumstance$6,01834%18-5$334$366,3197Roadside Attractions
14Margaret$5,22153%1412$373$20,4562Fox Searchlight
15Muran$3,075123%7-3$439$24,2482UTV Communications
16The Future$1,63646%15-1$109$543,60811Roadside Attractions
17Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster$1,122173%90$125$12,8472UTV Communications
18Sarah Palin: You Betcha!$361-1%4-2$90$10,3042Freestyle Releasing
19Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?$21742%1--$217$244,59756Collective Eye
20Project Nim$150183%6-1$25$398,95414Roadside Attractions