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Iron Man 2

2010 PG-13 2h 4m Action, Sci-Fi Paramount Pictures

It's not the armor that makes the hero, but the man inside.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$128M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$312M
Final
Worldwide Total
$624M
$312M international
Domestic Legs2.44x
Budget$200M
2010 Rank#3
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 7-9 1 $128.1M $128.1M 4,380 $29K 1
May 14-16 1 $52.0M -59.4% $211.2M 4,390 $12K 2
May 21-23 2 $26.4M -49.3% $251.0M 4,177 $6K 3
May 28-30 4 $16.5M -37.6% $275.0M 3,804 $4K 4
Jun 4-6 7 $7.9M -51.9% $291.4M 3,007 $3K 5
Jun 11-13 9 $4.5M -42.9% $299.3M 2,305 $2K 6
Jun 18-20 9 $2.9M -36.5% $304.2M 1,612 $2K 7
Jun 25-27 11 $1.4M -50.0% $306.9M 1,169 $1K 8
Jul 2-4 13 $638K -55.6% $308.3M 522 $1K 9
Jul 9-11 18 $393K -38.5% $309.2M 333 $1K 10
Jul 16-18 14 $562K +43.0% $310.0M 362 $2K 11
Jul 23-25 16 $439K -21.9% $310.8M 330 $1K 12
Jul 30-Aug 1 21 $301K -31.4% $311.4M 286 $1K 13
Aug 6-8 27 $194K -35.8% $311.8M 224 $863 14
Aug 13-15 31 $127K -34.4% $312.1M 178 $712 15

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJon Favreau
ScreenplayJustin Theroux
Produced byKevin Feige
CinematographyMatthew Libatique
MusicJohn Debney
Prod. DesignJ. Michael Riva
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke
StudioParamount Pictures