Pamela McClintock Joss Whedon's tentpole breaks records for a superhero pic; overseas, it has already crossed $300 million.read more full story ![]()

UPDATED: The first tentpole of summer 2013 rolled out at the international box office a week ahead of its May 3 North American debut.
hollywoodreporter.com (25 days ago)

The threequel is on course to score one of the top openings of all time at the domestic box office behind fellow Marvel pic "The Avengers," also starring Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.
hollywoodreporter.com (20 days ago)

The threequel is on course to score one of the top openings of all time at the domestic box office behind fellow Marvel pic "The Avengers," also starring Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.
hollywoodreporter.com (20 days ago)
The wait is over, as Iron Man 3 opened nationwide last night to one of the biggest openings in film history. Pulling $15.6 million from midnight screenings, the latest entry in Marvel-Disney's superhero franchise takes eleventh place in all-time midnight openings, and the fourth-highest midnight opening for a superhero/comic book film, behind The Dark Knight Rises, The...
forbes.com (21 days ago)
Mark Wahlberg's dark comedy "Pain & Gain" brought enough box office muscle to knock Tom Cruise out of the No. 1 spot on movie charts in the United States and Canada. "Iron Man 3" hauled in $195.3 million in 42 international markets, distributor Walt Disney Co said, a total that surpassed the international opening of "The Avengers."
cnbc.com (26 days ago)

The Disney tentpole's North American debut is bested only by Marvel pic "The Avengers"; the threequel has taken in a massive $504.8 million internationally, led by China with $63.5 million.
hollywoodreporter.com (19 days ago)

The dark action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson is a marked departure from Michael Bay's big-budget tentpole fare; the Reese Witherspoon-Matthew McConaughey drama "Mud" opens at the specialty box office.
hollywoodreporter.com (29 days ago)

Believe it or not, some movies do open on Oscar weekend. Snitch, starring The Rock, actually did alright with a $12.8 million haul, placing it in second place at the box office. The Weinstein Company's otherworldly thriller Dark Skies did less well, with a debut $8.4 million. Bruce Willis' A ... More »
vulture.com (2 months and 30 days ago)
‘People need dramatic examples. . . . As a man I’m flesh and blood. I can be ignored. I can be destroyed. But as a symbol, I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.” That’s a line spoken by Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, the first film in the trilogy that concluded last year with the release of The Dark Knight Rises. In the past year, symbolic...
nationalreview.com (3 months and 1 day ago)

For the "Iron Man" franchise, the third time was the charm. According to numbers released by Disney, the studio's "Iron Man 3" grossed $175.3 million during its opening weekend, the second biggest debut ever behind only last year's "Marvel's The Avengers," which was also released by Disney. Coupled with an international gross over $504.8 million thus far, "Iron Man 3" has...
huffingtonpost.com (19 days ago)
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