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Iron Man

2008 PG-13 2h 6m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Paramount Pictures

Heroes aren't born. They're built.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$319M
Final
Opening Weekend
$98.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.23x
Opening → Total
Budget
$140M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$585M
$267M international
2008 Rank
#2
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 2-4 1 $98.6M $102.1M 4,105 $24K 1
May 9-11 1 $51.2M -48.1% $177.8M 4,111 $12K 2
May 16-18 2 $31.8M -37.8% $223.1M 4,154 $8K 3
May 23-25 3 $20.4M -35.8% $252.6M 3,915 $5K 4
May 30-Jun 1 4 $13.5M -33.8% $276.2M 3,650 $4K 5
Jun 6-8 6 $7.5M -44.8% $288.8M 2,931 $3K 6
Jun 13-15 7 $5.6M -24.8% $297.9M 2,403 $2K 7
Jun 20-22 9 $4.0M -28.3% $304.8M 1,912 $2K 8
Jun 27-29 11 $2.3M -44.0% $309.2M 1,379 $2K 9
Jul 4-6 12 $1.5M -35.3% $311.7M 1,019 $1K 10
Jul 11-13 14 $939K -35.7% $313.4M 710 $1K 11
Jul 18-20 16 $452K -51.9% $314.4M 375 $1K 12
Jul 25-27 22 $311K -31.2% $314.9M 274 $1K 13
Aug 1-3 16 $580K +86.8% $315.7M 407 $1K 14
Aug 8-10 Beijing Olympics 19 $427K -26.5% $316.5M 345 $1K 15
Aug 15-17 Beijing Olympics 23 $341K -20.0% $317.1M 315 $1K 16
Aug 22-24 Beijing Olympics 29 $243K -28.7% $317.5M 257 $946 17
Aug 29-31 33 $224K -8.1% $317.8M 220 $1K 18
Sep 5-7 39 $127K -43.3% $318.0M 205 $618 19
Sep 12-14 39 $95K -25.2% $318.1M 156 $607 20
Sep 19-21 43 $59K -37.7% $318.2M 124 $476 21
Sep 26-28 48 $58K -1.1% $318.3M 121 $482 22

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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
ScreenplayArt Marcum, Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Matt Holloway
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub
StudioParamount Pictures