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

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

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3.01

6.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$128.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$312.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$621.20M

$308.70M international

Domestic legs2.44x

Budget$200M

2010 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Favreau filmography

Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Starring

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

ScreenplayJustin Theroux Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicJohn Debney Prod. DesignJ. Michael Riva StudioParamount Pictures SeriesIron Man

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 7-9 1 $128.1M — 4,380 $29,251 $128.1M

2 May 14-16 1 $52.0M −59.4% 4,390 $11,854 $211.2M

3 May 21-23 2 $26.4M −49.3% 4,177 $6,311 $251.0M

4 May 28-30 4 $16.5M −37.6% 3,804 $4,326 $275.0M

5 Jun 4-6 7 $7.9M −51.9% 3,007 $2,633 $291.4M

6 Jun 11-13 9 $4.5M −42.9% 2,305 $1,961 $299.3M

7 Jun 18-20 9 $2.9M −36.5% 1,612 $1,781 $304.2M

8 Jun 25-27 11 $1.4M −50.0% 1,169 $1,228 $306.9M

9 Jul 2-4 13 $638.3K −55.6% 522 $1,222 $308.3M

10 Jul 9-11 18 $392.8K −38.5% 333 $1,179 $309.2M

11 Jul 16-18 14 $561.7K +43.0% 362 $1,551 $310.0M

12 Jul 23-25 16 $439.0K −21.9% 330 $1,330 $310.8M

13 Jul 30-Aug 1 21 $301.3K −31.4% 286 $1,053 $311.4M

14 Aug 6-8 27 $193.5K −35.8% 224 $863 $311.8M

15 Aug 13-15 31 $126.9K −34.4% 178 $712 $312.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 6 $7.5M — $7.5M — — -1

Fri May 7 #1 $51.2M — $51.2M 4,380 $11,698 1

Sat May 8 #1 $45.8M −11% $97.0M 4,380 $10,451 2

Sun May 9 #1 $31.1M −32% $128.1M 4,380 $7,101 3

Mon May 10 #1 $9.4M −70% $137.5M 4,380 $2,138 4

Tue May 11 #1 $8.4M −11% $145.9M 4,380 $1,913 5

Wed May 12 #1 $7.0M −17% $152.8M 4,380 $1,587 6

Thu May 13 #1 $6.3M −9% $159.2M 4,380 $1,447 7

Fri May 14 #1 $15.1M +139% −70% $174.3M 4,390 $3,444 8

Sat May 15 #1 $22.6M +50% −51% $196.9M 4,390 $5,157 9

Sun May 16 #1 $14.3M −37% −54% $211.2M 4,390 $3,252 10

Mon May 17 #1 $3.7M −74% −60% $214.9M 4,390 $846 11

Tue May 18 #1 $3.6M −4% −57% $218.5M 4,390 $812 12

Wed May 19 #1 $3.1M −12% −55% $221.6M 4,390 $716 13

Thu May 20 #1 $3.0M −3% −52% $224.7M 4,390 $691 14

Fri May 21 #2 $7.5M +149% −50% $232.2M 4,177 $1,807 15

Sat May 22 #2 $11.5M +52% −49% $243.7M 4,177 $2,754 16

Sun May 23 #2 $7.3M −36% −49% $251.0M 4,177 $1,749 17

Mon May 24 #2 $2.2M −70% −40% $253.2M 4,177 $530 18

Tue May 25 #2 $1.8M −18% −49% $255.1M 4,177 $433 19

Wed May 26 #2 $1.7M −7% −46% $256.7M 4,177 $403 20

Thu May 27 #3 $1.8M +9% −39% $258.6M 4,177 $440 21

Fri May 28 #4 $4.4M +141% −41% $263.0M 3,804 $1,167 22

Sat May 29 #4 $6.2M +39% −46% $269.2M 3,804 $1,620 23

Sun May 30 #4 $5.9M −5% −20% $275.0M 3,804 $1,538 24

Mon May 31 #4 $4.6M −21% +108% $279.7M 3,804 $1,213 25

Tue Jun 1 #4 $1.4M −70% −23% $281.0M 3,804 $364 26

Wed Jun 2 #4 $1.2M −12% −28% $282.3M 3,804 $320 27

Thu Jun 3 #4 $1.3M +3% −32% $283.5M 3,804 $329 28

Fri Jun 4 #8 $2.2M +75% −51% $285.7M 3,007 $728 29

Sat Jun 5 #7 $3.5M +59% −44% $289.2M 3,007 $1,157 30

Sun Jun 6 #7 $2.2M −35% −62% $291.4M 3,007 $747 31

Mon Jun 7 #7 $802.2K −64% −83% $292.2M 3,007 $266 32

Tue Jun 8 #7 $827.5K +3% −40% $293.1M 3,007 $275 33

Wed Jun 9 #7 $848.0K +2% −31% $293.9M 3,007 $282 34

Thu Jun 10 #7 $853.6K +1% −32% $294.8M 3,007 $283 35

Fri Jun 11 #9 $1.3M +57% −39% $296.1M 2,305 $582 36

Sat Jun 12 #9 $1.9M +44% −44% $298.0M 2,305 $840 37

Sun Jun 13 #9 $1.2M −36% −45% $299.3M 2,305 $539 38

Mon Jun 14 #9 $538.0K −57% −33% $299.8M 2,305 $233 39

Tue Jun 15 #9 $511.6K −5% −38% $300.3M 2,305 $221 40

Wed Jun 16 #9 $536.5K +5% −37% $300.9M 2,305 $232 41

Thu Jun 17 #9 $469.6K −12% −45% $301.3M 2,305 $203 42

Fri Jun 18 #10 $715.4K +52% −47% $302.1M 1,612 $443 43

Sat Jun 19 #10 $1.0M +47% −46% $303.1M 1,612 $650 44

Sun Jun 20 #9 $1.1M +6% −11% $304.2M 1,612 $687 45

Mon Jun 21 #10 $342.9K −69% −36% $304.6M 1,612 $212 46

Tue Jun 22 #11 $331.9K −3% −35% $304.9M 1,612 $205 47

Wed Jun 23 #12 $300.0K −10% −44% $305.2M 1,612 $186 48

Thu Jun 24 #11 $322.1K +7% −31% $305.5M 1,612 $199 49

Fri Jun 25 #11 $411.0K +28% −43% $305.9M 1,169 $351 50

Sat Jun 26 #11 $593.8K +44% −43% $306.5M 1,169 $507 51

Sun Jun 27 #11 $431.6K −27% −61% $306.9M 1,169 $369 52

Mon Jun 28 #11 $194.5K −55% −43% $307.1M 1,169 $166 53

Tue Jun 29 #13 $180.2K −7% −46% $307.3M 1,169 $154 54

Wed Jun 30 #11 $175.2K −3% −42% $307.5M 1,169 $149 55

Thu Jul 1 #11 $160.9K −8% −50% $307.7M 1,169 $137 56

Fri Jul 2 #13 $215.1K +34% −48% $307.9M 522 $412 57

Sat Jul 3 #13 $243.2K +13% −59% $308.1M 522 $465 58

Sun Jul 4 #11 $180.1K −26% −58% $308.3M 522 $344 59

Mon Jul 5 #11 $237.5K +32% +22% $308.5M 522 $455 60

Tue Jul 6 #13 $106.6K −55% −41% $308.6M 522 $204 61

Wed Jul 7 #11 $101.6K −5% −42% $308.7M 522 $194 62

Thu Jul 8 #10 $106.1K +4% −34% $308.8M 522 $203 63

Fri Jul 9 $121.6K +15% −43% $309.0M 333 $365 64

Sat Jul 10 $171.0K +41% −30% $309.1M 333 $513 65

Sun Jul 11 $100.1K −41% −44% $309.2M 333 $300 66

Mon Jul 12 $53.5K −47% −77% $309.3M 333 $160 67

Tue Jul 13 $61.2K +14% −43% $309.4M 333 $183 68

Wed Jul 14 $55.3K −10% −46% $309.4M 333 $166 69

Thu Jul 15 $49.5K −10% −53% $309.5M 333 $148 70

Fri Jul 16 $168.1K +239% +38% $309.6M 362 $464 71

Sat Jul 17 $221.8K +32% +30% $309.8M 362 $612 72

Sun Jul 18 $171.8K −23% +72% $310.0M 362 $474 73

Mon Jul 19 $91.7K −47% +71% $310.1M 362 $253 74

Tue Jul 20 $108.3K +18% +77% $310.2M 362 $299 75

Wed Jul 21 $90.7K −16% +64% $310.3M 362 $250 76

Thu Jul 22 $92.5K +2% +87% $310.4M 362 $255 77

Fri Jul 23 $136.6K +48% −19% $310.5M 330 $414 78

Sat Jul 24 $178.4K +31% −20% $310.7M 330 $540 79

Sun Jul 25 $124.0K −30% −28% $310.8M 330 $375 80

Mon Jul 26 $67.2K −46% −27% $310.9M 330 $203 81

Tue Jul 27 $74.9K +12% −31% $311.0M 330 $227 82

Wed Jul 28 $67.7K −10% −25% $311.1M 330 $205 83

Thu Jul 29 $65.1K −4% −30% $311.1M 330 $197 84

Fri Jul 30 $91.3K +40% −33% $311.2M 286 $319 85

Sat Jul 31 $122.5K +34% −31% $311.3M 286 $428 86

Sun Aug 1 $87.4K −29% −29% $311.4M 286 $305 87

Mon Aug 2 $48.0K −45% −29% $311.5M 286 $167 88

Tue Aug 3 $52.7K +10% −30% $311.5M 286 $184 89

Wed Aug 4 $47.1K −11% −30% $311.6M 286 $164 90

Thu Aug 5 $47.9K +2% −26% $311.6M 286 $167 91

Fri Aug 6 $56.8K +19% −38% $311.7M 224 $253 92

Sat Aug 7 $80.9K +42% −34% $311.8M 224 $361 93

Sun Aug 8 $55.8K −31% −36% $311.8M 224 $249 94

Mon Aug 9 $29.3K −47% −39% $311.8M 224 $130 95

Tue Aug 10 $35.1K +20% −33% $311.9M 224 $156 96

Wed Aug 11 $30.1K −14% −36% $311.9M 224 $134 97

Thu Aug 12 $29.9K −1% −38% $311.9M 224 $133 98

Fri Aug 13 $35.4K +18% −38% $312.0M 178 $198 99

Sat Aug 14 $53.7K +52% −34% $312.0M 178 $301 100

Sun Aug 15 $37.8K −30% −32% $312.1M 178 $212 101

Mon Aug 16 $16.9K −55% −42% $312.1M 178 $94 102

Tue Aug 17 $19.0K +13% −46% $312.1M 178 $106 103

Wed Aug 18 $16.8K −12% −44% $312.1M 178 $94 104

Thu Aug 19 $18.2K +8% −39% $312.1M 178 $102 105

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$309.5M

May 6May 24Jun 10Jun 28Jul 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $392.8K

$128.1M

$52.0M

$26.4M

$16.5M

$7.9M

$4.5M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$638.3K

$392.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,390 → 333 −92.4%

4,380 open333 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.5%

−59.4%

W1→2

−49.3%

W2→3

−37.6%

W3→4

−51.9%

W4→5

−42.9%

W5→6

−36.5%

W6→7

−50.0%

W7→8

−55.6%

W8→9

−38.5%

W9→10

Steepest −59.4%Best hold −36.5%

Run milestones

$300M in 40 days

$100M

Day 3

May 9

$200M

Day 10

May 16

$300M

Day 40

Jun 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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