‘Iron Man 3’ global release hits $195M

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While “Iron Man 3” has not opened in the U.S. yet, its international debut has already raked in $195 million. That’s a bigger first overseas weekend than The Avengers, another Disney-Marvel superhero saga, which debuted to $185 million last summer. Iron Man 3 was ranked No. 1 in all 27 foreign markets in which it rolled out.

Here in the States, Michael Bay’s Pain &Gain, starring Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg took the No. 1 spot at the box office. The film, which cost around $25 million to make, has already made $20 million during its opening weekend.


The United Kingdom was the weekend’s highest-grossing country for Iron Man 3, with $21 million. Korea ($19 million), Australia ($18 million) and Mexico ($16 million) followed. It opens in China, which should be its biggest foreign territory, on Wednesday.

The first two Iron Man films earned $266 million and $311 million overseas respectively.


Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle will hit theaters in the U.S. on Friday, May 3.

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