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Thursday
19Jun2008

'Iron Man' Breaks $300 Million Barrier

DateThursday, June 19, 2008 at 6:07PM
It took 48 days for Iron Man to become the first $300 million earning film released in 2008. The Marvel superhero movie, released May 2nd, crossed over into Movie Valhalla on June 18th, according to numbers released by Box Office Mojo. In so doing, Iron Man becomes just the 27th movie to make $300 million or more in the U.S., and is the 15th fastest to get there. 

Its 48 days beat Finding Nemo and the first Harry Potter movie (51 and 52 days, respectively), but fell short of the 44-day mark established by Titanic and the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Titanic, of course, is the highest-grossing film of all time, and in terms of domestic receipts, it made another $300 million after its first 44 days.

The all-time $300 million land speed record is held by the second Pirates flick, At World's End, which made it to the finish line in a dizzying 16 days. If you're a little slow, that's two weeks and two days. Star Wars Episode III, Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2 all did it within three weeks.

Last year, four movies jumped the hurdle to $300 million (Spider-Man, Shrek, Pirates, and Transformers), and we may be looking at the same number this year, though I doubt it: Indiana Jones will most likely exceed Iron Man's total haul (it's only $20 million behind, with another $8 - $10 million likely this weekend), The Dark Knight is a real possibility, and you can't absolutely rule out Hancock because of Will Smith's previous successes, but its buzz seems to be dwindling considerably. Wall-E has a little hope, although only Finding Nemo has struck that kind of gold for Pixar before.

Iron Man is the only non-Spidey superhero flick to ever earn $300 million, meaning, naturally, that it's the fourth most successful comic book film of all time.

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