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Iron Man the First 2008 Film to $300 Million

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
Iron Man was the first big film of the summer and it seems only fitting that it be the first to reach a box-office milestone this year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Iron Man will be the first movie of 2008 to cross the $300 million plateau at the domestic box office.

Current numbers for the film, as of Tuesday, have the Marvel Studios film sitting at $299.3 million. There hasn't been a daily gross lower than $688,000 for the film in its seven-week run so far, so the milestone will almost certainly be acheived on Thursday.

"(This) is a testament to the talented, hardworking group involved with this picture," Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore said. "Needless to say, we are all thrilled with such an amazing achievement." Marvel Studios' chairman David Maisel added that reaching this box-office mark is, "the perfect way to kick off" Marvel Studios. Iron Man was the first film fully financed and produced through Marvel Studios.

The next possible $300 million candidate is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which now stands at $279.5 million domestic.


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June 28th, 2008 11:45pm
Jasonbourne you got something with Hugo Weaving playing Riddler.
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June 28th, 2008 11:43pm
Iron Man was fuckin' awesome. Rob Downey Jr. what a comeback. it was good movie nobody could've played Tony like he did, and he looked similar to him in the comics way to go...
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June 23rd, 2008 9:59pm
JVA033. Transformers comes out next year. And third??
Think b4 u speak(no offense).
As for Michael Emerson as the riddler, hes too busy with lost, and as good an actor as he is, i will take Hugo Weaving rather than wait.
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June 19th, 2008 10:03pm
Transformers is an excellent example of a movie that came out in July, that was not a sequel to another box office success, but made around 300 million dollars. So now, looking at that information, and seeing how many people are looking forward to the movie, it will definitely be a huge success and will be possibly the third movie to reach 300 million dollars.
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June 19th, 2008 8:16pm
well, Iron Man has passed 300mil by $43,000.
atleast the last time i checked.
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June 19th, 2008 8:02pm
If they do the riddler at all I think Michael Emerson would be a good choice to play it, hes got the looks of the riddler but idk if they would do another riddler two face movie
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June 19th, 2008 7:04pm
"The Dark Kinght" will the next 1!
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June 19th, 2008 1:55pm
Even though I thought Iron Man was phenomenal.The Dark Knight will come out on top
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June 19th, 2008 1:51pm
Iron Man will most likely end up with around $305 million, Indy will pass it (barely) and I see The Dark Knight making just over $325 million maybe if it's lucky get close to Spiderman 3 and ComradeHenson The dark Knight has already been confirmed as a PG-13 and wont change it.
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June 19th, 2008 1:04pm
My money is in there.
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June 19th, 2008 12:57pm
Ive seen the 2-face clip like 50 times already lmao!!!
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June 19th, 2008 12:56pm
imma see tha Dark Knight twice opening day, and at least 5 more times b4 it leaves the movies, and then i will proceed to OD on the movie when the DVD comes out
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June 19th, 2008 12:53pm
0,o wow.
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June 19th, 2008 12:41pm
the dark knight would beat this by alot
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June 19th, 2008 12:09pm
And even more rough news for TDK's potential grosses: The MPAA is kicking around an R rating if some choice edits aren't made.
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June 19th, 2008 11:29am
And to think there was rumors marvel wanted to change directors for Iron Man 2 in order to save money. Sounds like me it's a good thing that was just a rumor.
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June 19th, 2008 10:32am
Trust me people. I have been a box office analyst for the past four years. I can tell you that The Dark Knight will indeed have a tremendous box office debut and a terrific run, but it will not be the highest grossing of the year. The hype is incredible and people are "dying" to see this film, but the fact of the matter is, it is being released in the middle of July (not in May when the biggest money-makers of the summer always debut. Look back at past years), its runtime is 2 hours and 32 minutes, and its is anything but "family-friendly" material. Unlike Spider-Man 3, this film is WAY too dark for anyone younger than 12 to see. Seriously think about this guys. I am in no way trying to harp on this film. I myself will probably see it 4 times at least, but the simple fact is, Indiana Jones is likely to become this year's highest grossing film. It's tracking incredibly well. And as for the person who was saying a "400 million domestic!" that has not been done since 2006's Pirates 2 and there is no way The Dark Knight will reach that. Maybe 300 million domestic, but even that may be pushing it.
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June 19th, 2008 10:14am
and for a ggod reason its probably the best film adaptation of a comic book, awesome film
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June 19th, 2008 10:06am
Well that's certainly raking it in. Guess the film's already paid for itself and then some. I'll agree with the general trend here though, and say The Dark Knight is gonna get well past that.
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June 19th, 2008 9:33am
Damn, very good news. I think it the Dark Knight will surpass that amount, but not by much. Iron man was very good and everyone, literally everyone is dying to see The Dark Knight.
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June 19th, 2008 9:23am
Wow But The Dark Knight is going to top that
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June 19th, 2008 8:35am
Highest grossing film of the summer isnt realise yet.. it s DARK KNIGHT ...over 400$million domestic....%100000000....waiting for you batman...come back and kill iron man...
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June 19th, 2008 7:49am
I Knew it would make it
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June 19th, 2008 7:28am
Surprisingly to me, this film was fricken awesome! I knew it was going to make money but i didnt know it was also going to be well told and hilarious.
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June 19th, 2008 6:54am
Best film of the summer so far... Dark Knight will def b the shit!
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June 19th, 2008 5:37am
cool.... i think the movie deserves it.... however I do think Dark Knight will break all records in 2008!
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June 19th, 2008 5:23am
indy may make it
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June 19th, 2008 5:11am
Thats cool.
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June 19th, 2008 5:03am
Highest grossing film of the summer?...possibly...
Still have the DARK KNIGHT, though
It was the one movie I had the least expectation, and it blew my mind out of the water. #1
'I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once.'
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June 19th, 2008 4:14am
*Standing ovation*
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