Iron Man rockets past $300 million mark
Iron Man is expected sometime today to become the first film this year to gross $300 million domestically.
The movie has grossed $250 million internationally, for a worldwide haul of more than $550 million. And it still hasn’t opened in Japan (that comes in September).
It took Spider-Man 3 just 23 days to reach the $300 million mark back in 2007. Iron Man was a little slower, requiring 51 days.
The Ticker
• More clips have been released from Wanted, which opens on June 27. [Yahoo! Movies]
• There are still more photos from the set of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. [Lake Macquarie News]
• Anthony Michael Hall talks about his role as news anchor Mike Engel in Batman: The Dark Knight. [Sci Fi Wire]
• Buffy Season 8 writer Drew Goddard and Thor writer J. Michael Straczynski make Variety’s list of “10 Screenwriters to Watch.” [Variety]
• Why did we never see that Batman Beyond movie? [Press the Action Button, via io9]
June 19th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Why the fourth-month delay in releasing ‘Iron Man’ in Japan? That just seems silly.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I’m still worried about the sequel.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
To be fair Spider-Man 3 had a much wider initial release then Iron Man. I remember seeing it in Seoul, South Korea three days before it released in North America. With the state of the economy and a slightly lesser known character, this movie has doen phenomenal.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Q: Why did we never see that Batman Beyond movie?
A: Warner Bros. didn’t want to do it.
Oh, ok. Glad we got that figured out. Although to this day I will sometimes call Batman Begins “Batman Beyond” without thinking.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
my theory on why the Batman Beyond movie was never made:
ttp://www.frogchildren.com/Art/ArtFC/rfc_s_0042.jpg
June 20th, 2008 at 4:11 am
really too bad marvel had to give up the rights to the x-men so they could make enough money to start marvel studios. wolverine in world war 2 (which is what the lates pics look like) is the perfect & coolest place to have a cap cameo. wolvie in WW2 will probly be as cool.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I think the four month delay in the Japanese and most likely the rest of Asia is due to the fact the Movie needs to be dubbed
June 20th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
what in the world is the hold-up with the release in Japan? By the time it gets there, half of the kids are going to have downloaded it.