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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.

Daily Domestic Gross Thu, Dec. 1 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Dec. 1 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1$2,239,1184%4,0660$551$230,390,9442Lionsgate / Summit
2The Muppets$833,6993%3,4400$242$45,274,4151Disney
3Immortals$587,7794%2,6770$220$71,194,2853Relativity Media
4Hugo$520,45710%1,2770$408$17,563,4761Paramount
5Happy Feet Two$469,3695%3,6115$130$45,785,1762Warner Bros.
6Jack and Jill$391,4756%3,0290$129$58,808,4813Sony / Columbia
7Arthur Christmas$390,6665%3,3760$116$17,941,7511Sony / Columbia
8Tower Heist$357,4957%2,474-15$145$66,644,8304Universal
9J. Edgar$328,482-5%1,910-37$172$30,261,0813Warner Bros.
10Puss in Boots (2011)$238,4024%3,0050$79$136,472,2015Paramount / DreamWorks

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Dec. 1 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Descendants$453,312-5%43343$1,047$12,887,3302Fox Searchlight
2My Week with Marilyn$145,700-3%244121$597$2,681,2061Weinstein Company
3A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas$135,4967%875-85$155$32,099,9674Warner Bros. / New Line
4In Time$59,2175%457-13$130$35,295,3935Fox
5Like Crazy$36,96711%1500$246$2,616,6065Paramount Vantage
6Courageous$25,331106%2110$120$32,823,2269Sony / TriStar
7Margin Call$22,114-10%140-30$158$4,469,3176Roadside Attractions
850/50$18,5264%2100$88$34,627,9919Summit
9Martha Marcy May Marlene$18,0686%113-14$160$2,640,6686Fox Searchlight
10The Way$17,261-5%101-36$171$3,445,6488Producers Distribution Agency
11Moneyball$16,57216%1870$89$73,217,33810Sony / Columbia
12Paranormal Activity 3$16,4218%3550$46$103,311,5616Paramount
13The Ides of March$15,9747%1590$100$39,607,6938Sony / Columbia
14The Three Musketeers (2011)$15,7639%2240$70$19,975,5766Summit
15Footloose (2011)$14,59115%3840$38$50,888,5677Paramount
16Contagion$11,5156%218-83$53$75,495,37212Warner Bros.
17Dolphin Tale$10,07124%216-172$47$70,399,59810Warner Bros.
18Abduction$8,2068%1630$50$27,873,16310Lionsgate
19Rise of the Planet of the Apes$4,79020%103-17$47$176,602,96117Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Dec. 1 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Artist$24,73413%4--$6,184$290,3591Weinstein Company
2Born to Be Wild 3D$19,76029%490$403$14,500,08834Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Drive (2011)$9,5051%930$102$34,537,80711FilmDistrict
4Anonymous$7,10746%720$99$4,323,5735Sony / Columbia
5The Rum Diary$5,291-3%540$98$12,980,7895FilmDistrict
6The Polar Express (2011 re-issue)$5,26521%19--$277$87,5181Warner Bros.
7The Big Year$1,639-11%531$31$7,168,0387Fox
8Inni$1,016-41%54$203$103,6955Cinema Purgatorio
9Sarah's Key$93531%270$35$7,688,74419Weinstein Company
10Spy Kids: All The Time in the World$76028%480$16$38,519,75615Weinstein Company
11Machine Gun Preacher$214-44%90$24$538,69010Relativity Media
12Laugh at My Pain$13253%4-7$33$7,702,44312CodeBlack Entertainment
13Project Nim$36-63%1--$36$407,42021Roadside Attractions