Iron Man 3 scores big at UK box office

"Iron Man 3"..Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) Behind the Scenes at the start of production. Ph: Zade Rosenthal..TM & © 2012 Marvel & Subs. All Rights Reserved. www.marvel.com
“Iron Man 3”..Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) Behind the Scenes at the start of production. Ph: Zade Rosenthal..TM & © 2012 Marvel & Subs. All Rights Reserved. www.marvel.com
UK audiences have flocked to see Robert Downey Jr return for Iron Man’s latest adventure, spending more almost £14m on tickets over the film’s opening weekend.

The third film in the franchise sees Tony Stark (Iron Man) coping with the events of Avengers Assemble and co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce.

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Its opening is the biggest of 2013, smashing the previous record held by Les Miserables and has exceeding the opening weekend of the previous two Iron Man movies which took £4,799,504 and £6,750,982 respectively.

International audiences have also taken to the film, helping it clock up an estimated $195.3 million in opening weekend sales, beating Avengers Assemble by more than $10m.

The UK box office results were the highest of the 42 territories the film has opened in to date. The film opens in the US and China later this week.

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