Actors, from left, Sir Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. arrive at the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures’ “Iron Man 3” at the El Capitan Theatre on April 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Super-hero blockbuster sequel “Iron Man 3” stayed on top at the US box office after it’s mega debut a week earlier — but “The Great Gatsby” was also a power player, industry figures showed. –AFP
US actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the World Premier of “The Great Gatsby” on May 1, 2013 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Super-hero blockbuster sequel “Iron Man 3” stayed on top at the US box office after it’s mega debut a week earlier — but “The Great Gatsby” was also a power player, industry figures showed Monday. –AFP
Super-hero blockbuster sequel “Iron Man 3” stayed on top at the US box office after it’s mega debut a week earlier — but “The Great Gatsby” was also a power player, industry figures showed Monday.
On its second weekend in US theaters, “Iron Man 3,” starring Robert Downey Jr as the title character, took in $72.5 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.
Adding to its take since it opened last weekend with $175.3 million — the second biggest box office debut ever — the comic book superhero flick has now racked up a total of $284.9 million.
But “The Great Gatsby,” starring Leonardo Di Caprio in Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the literary classic, was a respectable number two, with $50.1 million in box office receipts in its opening weekend.
The rest of the movies in the week’s top ten trailed far behind, with action-comedy “Pain and Gain,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, earning a comparatively paltry $5 million for third place.
In the fourth spot, romantic comedy “Peeples,” starring Craig Robinson as a boyfriend who initially fails to impress the tony family of his girlfriend, played by Kerry Washington, took in $4.6 million.
Not far behind was “42,” a biopic about trailblazing black baseball star Jackie Robinson, which made just under $4.6 million for fifth place.
The sixth spot, with $4.1 million, went to “Oblivion,” the post-apocalyptic action flick starring Tom Cruise, followed by “The Croods” — a stone-age cartoon — in seventh, with $3.6 million.
“Mud,” a coming-of-age story starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, came in eighth place, taking in $2.5 million.
In ninth with just less than $2.5 million was “The Big Wedding,” a star-studded comedy featuring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton and Robin Williams.
And rounding out the top 10 with $1.1 was Walt Disney’s 3D fantasy adventure flick “Oz the Great and Powerful,” which has earned a grand total of nearly $230 million since it opened ten weeks ago. –AFP