Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 continues to dominate the U.S. box office as it has held on to the top spot for a second week.

The movie enjoyed the second biggest opening of all time in the U.S. last week and has taken a further $72.4 million to stay at #1.

Iron Man 3 has so far grossed in excess of $948 million and is set to be the first film of 2013 to break the $1 billion barrier.

The Great Gatsby was the biggest challenge to Iron Man 3's crown this week as Baz Luhrmann returned to the director's chair.

The is a big screen adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel and took $51.1 million in it's opening weekend.

That total would normally be enough to snatch the top spot but this week The Great Gatsby had to settle with second.

Pain & Gain was down one place at three while Tyler Perry Presents Peeples was the second and final new entry on the chart this week at four.

Former number one 42 rounded off the top five as it dropped three places from three to five.

Oblivion and The Croods were also down two places this week as they dropped out of the top five to six and seven.

Comedy The Big Wedding and drama Mud were also two place fallers this week as they were down at eight and nine.

Oz The Great and Powerful rounded off the top ten this week after a two place fall from number eight.


1. (1) Iron Man 3 - $72,472,000
2 (-) The Great Gatsby - $51,115,000
3. (2) Pain & Gain - $5,000,000
4. (-) Tyler Perry Presents Peeples - $4,850,000
5. (3) 42 - $4,650,000
6. (4) Oblivion - $3,864,000
7. (5) The Croods - $3,600,000
8. (6) The Big Wedding - $2,500,000
9. (7) Mud - $2,343,000
10. (8) Oz the Great and Powerful - $802,000


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