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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 Thu, May. 10 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, May. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Marvel's The Avengers$12,391,566-9%4,349--$2,849$270,019,3731Disney
2Think Like a Man$562,4231%2,010-5$280$75,616,7323Sony / Screen Gems
3The Five-Year Engagement$500,025-6%2,9415$170$21,309,4102Universal
4The Hunger Games$465,6921%2,794-778$167$382,501,6867Lionsgate
5The Lucky One (2012)$441,104-4%3,005-170$147$49,680,7413Warner Bros.
6The Pirates! Band of Misfits$305,2411%3,3580$91$19,903,5582Sony / Columbia
7The Raven$272,263-6%2,2096$123$13,344,9282Relativity Media
8Safe (2012)$270,360-2%2,2715$119$14,270,2552Lionsgate
9Chimpanzee$217,5877%1,531-36$142$23,961,9713Disneynature
10The Cabin in the Woods$187,5520%1,669-970$112$38,782,4474Lionsgate
1121 Jump Street$111,1937%1,040-780$107$134,472,4348Sony / Columbia
12The Three Stooges$90,680-8%2,174-931$42$40,075,4304Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, May. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1American Reunion$72,7000%856-1298$85$55,617,7405Universal
2Mirror Mirror$53,639-4%922-1095$58$60,394,2696Relativity Media
3Bully (2012)$50,0606%2630$190$2,729,2426Weinstein Company
4Titanic 3D$45,79019%333-1076$138$57,456,4635Paramount
5Wrath of the Titans$41,05710%715-857$57$81,775,2356Warner Bros.
6Salmon Fishing in the Yemen$33,9140%247-88$137$8,353,2269CBS Films
7Dr. Seuss' The Lorax$31,27510%521-362$60$209,159,69010Universal
8Journey 2: The Mysterious Island$17,2814%303-98$57$102,345,20013Warner Bros. / New Line
9Lockout$15,337-8%311-948$49$13,956,6504Open Road
10Safe House$11,4451%175-54$65$126,064,64013Universal
11This Means War$9,1283%171-61$53$54,519,34912Fox
12Act of Valor$8,899-4%193-92$46$69,861,94311Relativity Media
13A Thousand Words$7,1415%140-29$51$18,214,4789Paramount
14Tyler Perry's Good Deeds$6,0805%143104$43$34,963,72611Lionsgate

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, May. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel$83,545-3%27--$3,094$1,072,5161Fox Searchlight
2To the Arctic 3D$54,57119%500$1,091$1,203,8373Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Born to Be Wild 3D$26,056-2%340$766$18,723,65557Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Sound of My Voice$7,083-11%2823$253$131,1752Fox Searchlight
5Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked$4,41944%75-36$59$133,041,94921Fox
6Casa de mi Padre$4,2664%6832$63$5,865,5368Lionsgate / Pantelion
7Chronicle$3,659-2%78-43$47$64,487,02714Fox
8Project X (2012)$3,4912%72-83$48$54,711,86010Warner Bros.
9Jeff Who Lives at Home$2,916-22%47-32$62$4,203,5348Paramount Vantage
10Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day$2,3668%30-37$79$1,146,6164Code Black Entertainment
11The Artist$1,924-21%41-9$47$44,250,62924Weinstein Company
12Friends With Kids$1,889-7%34-19$56$7,193,4029Roadside Attractions
13Coriolanus$1,8610%184$103$734,45716Weinstein Company
14Blue Like Jazz$1,539-15%20-26$77$583,8434Roadside Attractions
15Undefeated$983-59%13-7$76$536,54412Weinstein Company
16Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D$7320%17-10$43$43,449,19213Fox
17Touchback$464-5%12-16$39$199,1954Anchor Bay Films
18W.E.$39961%6-4$67$583,45514Weinstein Company
19Red Tails$346-38%12-11$29$49,859,98016Fox
20Albert Nobbs$14100%5-11$3$3,013,86615Roadside Attractions