“Iron Man” made $100.8 million this weekend scoring the second-highest opening weekend ever for a non-sequel behind fellow Marvel Comic adaptation Spider Man. It also scored the tenth highest opening overall. The worldwide total box office take was $201 million with the $96.7 million haul in 57 countries outside the U.S.
This is the first release by Marvel Studios (distributed by Paramount) featuring Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire arms designer Tony Stark, a hard drinking womanizer. The character has a change of heart after he⿿s taken captive and sees firsthand the devastation his weapons cause, and builds a high-tech suit to become a superhero.
The film is directed by Jon Favreau, and also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard.
The rest of the weekend box-office looked like this:
2. Made of Honor - $15.5 million
3. Baby Mama - $10.3 million
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $6.1 million
5. Harold & Kumar…. - $6 million
