‘Iron Man 3’ is second biggest opening movie of all time!

$175.3 million dollars for three days of movie watching!? That is what Marvel’s IRON MAN 3 accomplished in its domestic debut, positioning it as the second-highest grossing debut of all time behind Marvel’s The Avengers ($207M).

The film will cross the $600M global box office threshold today after just 12 days of release, with an estimated global cume of $680.1M.

Internationally, it has earned an estimated $504.8M.  Disney has now crossed the $1B threshold at the international box office for 2013, the fastest the Studio has reached this milestone and the 19th consecutive year that Disney has crossed $1B at the international box office.

Here are the stats for IRON MAN 3 for the last 12 days and how it achieved its gargantuan legendary numbers:  

DOMESTIC WKND ESTIMATE (May 3-5): $175.3M at 4,253 locations. Weekend theater average: $41,218.

· Single-day estimates: $68.3M Friday (including Thursday night shows), $62.2M Saturday, $44.8M Sunday.

INTERNATIONAL WKND ESTIMATE (May 3-5): $175.9M

ESTIMATED DOMESTIC CUME: $175.3 MILLION

ESTIMATED INTERNATIONAL CUME: $504.8 MILLION

ESTIMATED GLOBAL CUME: $680.1 MILLION

International Highlights:

· Iron Man 3 has passed the total global box office of Iron Man ($585M), Iron Man 2 ($624M), Thor ($449M), and Captain America ($369M).

· Internationally, Iron Man 3 has passed the total international box office of Captain America ($192M), Iron Man ($267M), Thor ($268M) and Iron Man 2 ($312M).

· Biggest opening day of all time in China, Russia, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, Ukraine.

· Biggest opening weekend of all time in Asia Pacific and Latin America regions.

· Biggest opening weekend of all time in Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore , Thailand, South Africa, UAE.

· Biggest Marvel opening weekend in China, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Romania, New Zealand, Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia.

Performance to date – key territories

China – $63.5M

Korea – $42.6M

UK – $38.3M

Mexico – $35.8M

Brazil – $30.1M

Australia – $28.4M

France – $27.8M

Russia – $21.7M

Italy – $17.4M

Japan – $16.4M

Taiwan – $15.1M

Philippines – $12.3M

Indonesia – $10.6M

HK – $10.5M

Malaysia – $10.5M

Germany – $10.0M

Other – $113.8M

Total – $504.8M