Iron Man 3 has opened to a whopping $195.3 million over the weekend, beating last summer’s Marvel behemoth Avengers Assemble which opened at $185.1 million.
The third outing for Robert Downey, Jr’s genius-billionaire-playboy-philanthropist is also responsible for smashing box office records in Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and the Phillipines where it scored the biggest opening weekends ever.
Shane Black takes over from Jon Favreau as director of the film, which sees Iron Man face his deadliest enemy yet -the Mandarin (Ben Kinglsey). Reviews promise plenty of action and a few surprising plot twists, too. It also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall and Guy Pearce.
Iron Man 3 paves the way for the second wave of Marvel movies coming out over the next 18 months. Thor: The Dark World is next up on October 30th, with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past all coming soon. No pressure!
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