Marvel turns `Iron Man' into gold with $100M-plus debut (AP)
Published 5/5/2008 at Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - "Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office. The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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