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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, Mar. 11 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, Mar. 11 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Dr. Seuss' The Lorax$11,369,110-37%3,74617$3,035$121,724,8502Universal
2John Carter$8,040,836-35%3,749--$2,145$30,180,1881Disney
3Project X (2012)$2,724,497-38%3,0550$892$39,717,0982Warner Bros.
4Act of Valor$1,878,707-39%2,951-102$637$56,092,4743Relativity Media
5A Thousand Words$1,540,527-43%1,890--$815$6,176,2801Paramount
6Silent House (2012)$1,332,039-50%2,124--$627$6,661,2341Open Road
7Safe House$1,221,880-45%2,144-409$570$115,605,3255Universal
8Journey 2: The Mysterious Island$1,047,949-38%2,525-535$415$90,641,9995Warner Bros. / New Line
9The Vow$866,512-49%2,478-348$350$117,456,2315Sony / Screen Gems
10This Means War$845,763-50%1,949-393$434$46,895,4104Fox
11Tyler Perry's Good Deeds$706,664-49%1,516-616$466$30,446,4533Lionsgate
12Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance$533,103-41%1,804-683$296$48,065,2704Sony / Columbia
13The Artist$526,750-46%1,505-251$350$40,234,93316Weinstein Company
14Wanderlust$403,195-46%1,220-782$330$15,517,7653Universal
15Gone$185,824-54%1,144-1042$162$10,727,0703Summit

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, Mar. 11 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Friends With Kids$511,474-44%369--$1,386$2,019,0831Roadside Attractions
2Chronicle$236,387-43%595-459$397$62,267,4416Fox
3Hugo$173,154-42%313-93$553$72,269,11916Paramount
4The Descendants$164,104-50%517-177$317$81,454,62417Fox Searchlight
5The Iron Lady$145,998-46%447-64$327$27,931,79111Weinstein Company
6The Secret World of Arrietty$140,785-28%501-930$281$17,572,9654Disney
7The Woman in Black$109,725-51%433-379$253$53,031,2836CBS Films
8Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D$107,972-32%258-473$418$42,845,7545Fox
9Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked$82,187-39%287-27$286$131,187,52513Fox
10Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol$81,008-43%229122$354$208,394,55413Paramount
11We Bought a Zoo$50,072-43%228-38$220$74,669,87712Fox
12The Adventures of Tintin$44,413-30%153-62$290$77,384,66712Paramount
13The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)$42,861-48%211-45$203$102,363,77112Sony / Columbia
14Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy$41,197-53%109-17$378$23,922,14414Focus
15Big Miracle$36,905-49%238-121$155$19,594,7656Universal
16Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows$36,098-50%208-58$174$186,523,36613Warner Bros.
17The Grey$35,981-34%151-157$238$50,960,0417Open Road
18Red Tails$30,171-42%178-71$170$49,343,1888Fox
19Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close$29,006-43%202-101$144$31,711,09312Warner Bros.
20My Week with Marilyn$23,853-38%1200$199$14,486,30316Weinstein Company
21Contraband$23,800-30%119-29$200$66,489,4259Universal
22Joyful Noise$16,214-37%103-99$157$30,867,7069Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, Mar. 11 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Salmon Fishing in the Yemen$60,707-43%18--$3,373$225,8941CBS Films
2Born to Be Wild 3D$32,790-32%400$820$17,007,78049Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Undefeated$16,794-38%130$1,292$254,3884Weinstein Company
4Coriolanus$13,909-37%195$732$474,7908Weinstein Company
5Being Flynn$12,148-41%128$1,012$102,9862Focus
6Haywire$11,628-34%8250$142$18,898,1798Relativity Media
7W.E.$11,218-28%245$467$384,9626Weinstein Company
8Albert Nobbs$10,926-37%45-23$243$2,791,4087Roadside Attractions
9One For the Money$8,856-42%64-53$138$26,119,7687Lionsgate
10Pariah (2011)$6,348-29%196$334$758,09911Focus
11Shame$5,609-45%20-2$280$3,896,10115Fox Searchlight
12Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya$2,79820%10-16$280$171,7763UTV Communications
13Paan Singh Tomar$2,205-34%5-5$441$33,9132UTV Communications
14The Devil Inside$404-56%10-7$40$53,205,75910Paramount
15Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu$371-60%4-21$93$1,153,3605UTV Communications