The third Iron Man movie, directed by Shane Black and the first Marvel film to follow last year’s The Avengers, looks set to become the year’s first box office juggernaut. Opening last week in all major territories except the US, it grossed $US198.4 million over the weekend – that’s $US13 million more than The Avengers over the same opening period.
In New Zealand it easily became 2013’s highest opener (beating Life of Pi‘s 4-day debut by $NZ1.4 million), and also had the 6th highest opening in NZ box office history (see both Top 10s below).
The opening is the 9th highest international debut of all-time according to boxofficemojo.com and with US audiences still to see it (it opens there on Thursday) expect further records to tumble.
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NZ TOP 10 OPENING WEEKENDS OF ALL TIME
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – $2,912,423
2. Twilight Saga: New Moon – $2,641,409
3. Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King – $2,609,992
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – $2,405,040
5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen– $2,406,515
6. Iron Man 3 – $2,305,503
7. Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers – $2,290,584
8. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – $2,240,887
9. Shrek 2 – $2,202,050
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – $2,152,746
NZ TOP 10 OPENING WEEK FIGURES IN 2013
1 Iron Man 3 – $2,305,503
2. Life of Pi – $862,825
3. Les Miserables – $796,847 88
4. G. I. Joe: Retaliation – $779,359
5. Wreck-It Ralph – $623,781
6. Good Day To Die Hard – $554,100
7. Oz: The Great and Powerful – $498,582
8. Oblivion – $468,770
9. Django Unchained– $462,451
10. Jack Reacher – $455,976
