‘Iron Man 3’ opens with second biggest box office total of all-time at $175.3 million, ‘Mud’ success absent from lists
The opening was going to be big, but how big was the key. Now the estimates are in and Iron Man 3 finishes a strong second, but well short of The Avengers opening over $200 million last summer.
In just three days, Iron Man 3 earned $175.3 million in the US and $504.8 internationally, which began on April 24, to bring the worldwide total to over $680 million.
After just one weekend in the US, the third Robert Downey Jr led film is #58 all-time on the worldwide box office list.
Avengers is still the only film to open over $200 million on the first weekend, earning $207.4 million a year ago. The final Harry Potter film, Deathly Hallows part 2 was second at $169.1 million, but slides to number 3.
See the list below
| Title | Opening | |
| 1. | The Avengers | $207.4 |
| 2. | Iron Man 3 | $175.3 |
| 3. | Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | $169.1 |
| 4. | The Dark Knight Rises | $160.8 |
| 5. | The Dark Knight | $158.4 |
Pain & Gain dropped to number two and the Jackie Robinson bio, 42, was number three. It’s noteworthy to mention the strong turnout for Mud, a drama starring Matthew McConaughey, which earned over $2.1 million on less than 600 screens. It’s also worth mentioning that the film is absent from some lists:
| Title | Weekend | Total | |
| 1. | Iron Man 3 | $175,300,000 | $175.3 |
| 2. | Pain and Gain | $7,600,000 | $33.9 |
| 3. | 42 | $6,210,000 | $78.3 |
| 4. | Oblivion | $5,800,000 | $75.9 |
| 5. | The Croods | $4,225,000 | $178.7 |
| 6. | The Big Wedding | $3,875,000 | $14.2 |
| 7. | Oz the Great & Powerful | $1,822,000 | $228.5 |
| 8. | Scary Movie 5 | $1,435,000 | $29.6 |
| 9. | The Place Beyond the Pines | $1,298,000 | $18.6 |
| 10. | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $1,275,000 | $118.7 |
EW only listed Top 5: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/05/04/box-office-update-iron-man-3/
Forbes, nothing; several sites talk Iron Man and nothing else and Rope of Silicon uses the correct list, but fails to mention Mud‘s success, talking about the early screening totals for Iceman.
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