Hey guys, quick news here. One of the best movies of the year so far, has just crossed a pretty nice checkpoint. Iron Man 2 has hit $300 million in the U.S. Box Office. It still needs a little push to surpass the first one domestically. Ironically, it has already passed the first one worldwide. Go figure…
With Tuesday’s box office take of $511 thousand, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 has achieved the benchmark of having crossed the $300 million mark domestically, joining the fairly exclusive ranks of only 34 movies that have grossed that amount (not accounting for inflation). It still has some work cut out for it to achieve the $318 million amassed by its predecessor in 2008, as well as the $33 million it would need if it wants to surpass Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland as the top grossing movie of the year in North America.
Internationally, Iron Man 2 has reach $295 million for a worldwide total of $595.3 million, which tops the first film’s $585.2 million.
Iron Man 2 was awesome. I actually enjoyed it more than the first one. Yes, it wasn’t perfect; but it was fun and much better than most of the films this year. I’m betting that it will surpass the original one in the long run. What shocks me are the numbers for Alice in Wonderland…wow.
What do you think? Will it surpass it? Which one was better Alice in Wonderland or Iron Man 2?
