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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, Jan. 23 2013

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Jan. 23 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Mama$1,032,330-32%2,647--$390$34,688,9351Universal
2Zero Dark Thirty$954,683-21%2,9469$324$59,102,2075Sony / Columbia
3Silver Linings Playbook$845,014-16%2,5231713$335$58,546,59810Weinstein Company
4Gangster Squad$664,332-26%3,1030$214$34,798,6862Warner Bros.
5Django Unchained$597,237-20%2,516-496$237$140,681,9714Weinstein Company
6Broken City$543,859-26%2,620--$208$10,741,3271Fox
7Les Miserables (2012)$528,695-20%2,579-348$205$132,757,7704Universal
8Lincoln$421,770-17%2,174147$194$162,746,80511Disney / DreamWorks
9The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$409,182-19%2,323-689$176$289,530,2406Warner Bros. / New Line
10The Last Stand$396,781-29%2,913--$136$8,170,1971Lionsgate
11A Haunted House$334,556-26%2,1600$155$31,871,8682Open Road
12Life of Pi$230,804-27%1,256499$184$100,593,4639Fox
13Parental Guidance$197,275-29%2,337-620$84$68,134,1234Fox
14Jack Reacher$148,978-20%1,707-1000$87$77,198,4885Paramount
15This is 40$129,360-19%1,232-1088$105$65,468,2705Universal
16Texas Chainsaw 3D$73,620-22%1,474-1185$50$33,790,5843Lionsgate
17Wreck-It Ralph$52,492-42%1,312836$40$181,700,13612Disney

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Jan. 23 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Impossible$184,559-25%88678$208$11,158,5845Lionsgate / Summit
2Argo$167,165-7%756135$221$115,585,01115Warner Bros.
3Skyfall$66,103-20%507-316$130$301,180,02411Sony / Columbia
4The Guilt Trip$45,948-21%642-964$72$35,921,0785Paramount
5Hyde Park on Hudson$39,443-5%194-52$203$5,011,0997Focus
6Monsters, Inc. 3D$38,127-27%565-562$67$32,065,9605Disney
7Flight$27,907-13%300150$93$93,206,24912Paramount
8The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$22,359-11%306-236$73$290,830,61410Lionsgate / Summit
9Rise of The Guardians$21,573-40%474-431$46$99,819,3799Paramount / DreamWorks
10Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away$19,617-5%265-165$74$12,262,6005Paramount
11Anna Karenina (2012)$17,266-20%117-27$148$12,301,38310Focus
12Red Dawn (2012)$14,679-17%24924$59$44,369,6539FilmDistrict
13Promised Land (2012)$12,227-18%134-1513$91$7,583,7704Focus
14Hitchcock$9,2966%122-5$76$5,806,3029Fox Searchlight
15Taken 2$6,599-10%156-34$42$139,688,03016Fox
16Pitch Perfect$3,125-29%125-29$25$64,920,34317Universal

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Jan. 23 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Quartet$35,570-27%3230$1,112$502,5152Weinstein Company
2To the Arctic 3D$6,588-40%520$127$10,905,75640Warner Bros. / IMAX
3LUV$5,708-2%45--$127$113,7631Indomina Media
4The Sessions$5,55316%628$90$5,812,59114Fox Searchlight
5The Perks of Being A Wallflower$4,0675%73-27$56$17,679,06418Lionsgate / Summit
6The Master$3,261-2%14-2$233$16,054,79319Weinstein Company
7A Late Quartet$3,08729%14-3$221$1,453,76212Entertainment One / RKO
8Cloud Atlas$3,0484%58-104$53$27,104,55913Warner Bros.
9Born to Be Wild 3D$2,366-44%300$79$21,794,30094Warner Bros. / IMAX
10Playing For Keeps (2012)$1,6391%58-49$28$12,941,7827FilmDistrict
11The Rabbi's Cat$1,42822%7--$204$21,9227GKIDS
12Not Fade Away$1,016-2%56-121$18$609,3775Paramount Vantage
13Officer Down$82-25%1--$82$1,3751Anchor Bay Films