The Rentrak institute announced that the third installment of the Iron Man franchise generated a whopping $195.3million worldwide during its opening weekend. While North American fans will have to wait another week to see the film, the debut of Iron Man 3 (outside North America) ranks as theninth biggest of all time, bumping down Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($193 million), according to figures published on April 28. And Tom Cruise has become Iron Man’s first victim. His film Oblivion takes the box office’s second spot with $30.24 million in international revenues. Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi adventure has now generated $263.53M worldwide since its release.
