IRON MAN 3 ERUPTS WITH $175.3 MILLION (Updated)

Iron Man seemed to be made of gold this weekend as the third installment of the Marvel franchise debuted with an estimated near-record of $175.3 million. That figure fell short of the record $207.4-million debut of last year’s The Avengers, but it easily took over second place on the all-time box office charts, sending the […]

BLAHS AT DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE; HURRAHS OVERSEAS

The domestic box office remained sluggish over the weekend, with the top film, Pain and Gain, pulling in $20 million — at the low end of most analysts’ predictions — while the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Oblivion dropped by a little more than half in its second week to $17.4 million. Moviegoers left the comedy […]