Hey guys, quick news here. One of the best movies of the year so far, has just crossed a pretty nice checkpoint. Iron Man 2 has hit $300 million in the U.S. Box Office. It still needs a little push to surpass the first one domestically. Ironically, it has already passed the first one worldwide. Go figure…
With Tuesday’s box office take of $511 thousand, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 has achieved the benchmark of having crossed the $300 million mark domestically, joining the fairly exclusive ranks of only 34 movies that have grossed that amount (not accounting for inflation). It still has some work cut out for it to achieve the $318 million amassed by its predecessor in 2008, as well as the $33 million it would need if it wants to surpass Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland as the top grossing movie of the year in North America.
Internationally, Iron Man 2 has reach $295 million for a worldwide total of $595.3 million, which tops the first film’s $585.2 million.
Iron Man 2 was awesome. I actually enjoyed it more than the first one. Yes, it wasn’t perfect; but it was fun and much better than most of the films this year. I’m betting that it will surpass the original one in the long run. What shocks me are the numbers for Alice in Wonderland…wow.
What do you think? Will it surpass it? Which one was better Alice in Wonderland or Iron Man 2?
I was actually really, really disappointed with this movie. I don’t think it did any of the things the first movie did well. I just think it tried to be “big” and “cool” and managed to mess even that up with its anticlimactic ending. I’d give the franchise one more shot, but that’s it.
As for “best” I think it absolutely pales in comparison to both How to Train Your Dragon and Kick-Ass, which, to me, are the absolute standouts of the year thus far. I’d also put Robin Hood, Karate Kid and even Clash of the Titans (yes, so-bad-it-was-good Clash of the Titans) ahead of it.
Never bothered to see Alice in Wonderland. That looked craptastic. Ditto Prince of Persia and the A-Team.
why does this sound low?
saw Alice the other day and let me tell you,………WTF! was that?
a hooka smokin catarpillar and that funky dancing at the end by Depp threw me way off.
guess I should drop some sunshine next time around(ha-ha)
crazy weird.
I think IM2 is slightly better than the first one despite its plot being all over the place. It won’t match the domestic gross of the first and will end up at $310 mil. That’s still good, but a little underwhelming.
One of the best movies of the year? really? My brother and I wanted to walk out.
The first iron man only made 317. It will be close.
Like Rodney says: Never underestimate the power and pull of a family film. Perhaps if IM2 was shot in 3D, then it would have already surpassed AIW domestically by now. 33 million is a long-shot at this point. IM2 is my 2nd favorite movie this year. I liked Book of Eli slightly a lil more. Despite having the best visuals so far this year, Alice had a dull and boring plot IMO.
I personally didn’t like Iron Man 2, but there’s no questioning it’s success so far.