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Iron Man(2008)

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2008 · FILM

Iron Man

Tony Stark, a brilliant but自负的 defense magnate, must use his ingenuity to build a powerful weapon in a war-torn cave to escape his captors and return home—before they unleash destruction on the world.

“Heroes aren't born. They're built.”

Directed by

Jon Favreau, Greg Hale

Written by

Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Rated

MPA · PG-13

Runtime

126 min

ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

Billionaire engineer Tony Stark, after being held captive in an Afghan cave, constructs a unique weaponized suit of armor to combat evil.

Credits

Actors

Editor

Production Designer

J Michael Riva

Director of Photography

Matthew Libatique

Writers

Directors

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 591+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Dan LebentalShot by Matthew LibatiqueScored by Ramin DjawadiDesigned by J Michael RivaSound by Adam BlantzCostumes by Laura Jean ShannonVFX by Casey Allen

Box Office

2008 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$585.2M

Budget$140.0M

Worldwide gross$585.2M

break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $318.6M — 54% of worldwide · International: $266.6M (46%)

Opening weekend: $98.6M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $123.1M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,105 theaters

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Re-release box office

2020462 theaters: $430K($549K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

Iron Mande
(Bulgarian)Железният човек

Release dates around the world5 countries · show

AustraliaApr 14, 2008
NetherlandsApr 16, 2008
GermanyApr 22, 2008
ItalyApr 23, 2008
United KingdomApr 24, 2008

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