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Of course, reviews are nice but it's money that matters in our industry. In this regard, Iron Man is the gold standard. Thanks to white hot trailers and glowing buzz, Favreau and Downey Jr.'s project opened to $102.1 million, the tenth best debut of all-time to that point. Even better, word-of-mouth prevented any danger of frontloading as Iron Man broke $200 million on its 16th day in theaters and conquered the majestic $300 million mark after only 48 days in release. The film would go on to earn $318.3 million domestically, allowing it to edge the return of industry icon Indiana Jones for the second best performance of 2008. In addition, Iron Man earned a respectable (albeit not as impressive as some others like Mamma Mia!) $258.9 million worldwide, giving it combined worldwide box office receipts of $577.2 million. Iron Man also became the most successful Blu Ray release of all time within just two days of its release on the new disc format. It has already earned almost $200 million in home video sales and is the 21st most successful domestic release of all time. Rare is the movie production that has the stars align the way that has happened with Iron Man, clearly the second most lauded title of 2008.
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