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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.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$312M
Final
Opening Weekend
$128M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.44x
Opening → Total
Budget
$200M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$624M
$312M international
2010 Rank
#3
Domestic

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 World Cup (South Africa) 9 $4.5M -42.9% $299.3M 2,305 $2K 6
Jun 18-20 World Cup (South Africa) 9 $2.9M -36.5% $304.2M 1,612 $2K 7
Jun 25-27 World Cup (South Africa) 11 $1.4M -50.0% $306.9M 1,169 $1K 8
Jul 2-4 World Cup (South Africa) 13 $638K -55.6% $308.3M 522 $1K 9
Jul 9-11 World Cup (South Africa) 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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJon Favreau
ScreenplayJustin Theroux
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke
StudioParamount Pictures