'Iron Man' beats all comers

May 11, 2008 Legs of steel carried "Iron Man" to No. 1 in the domestic boxoffice again this weekend, as the Paramount/Marvel franchise launcher dropped just 51% from opening grosses to run up an estimated $50.5 million over its second frame. Industrywide, the weekend marked a 16% improvement over the same frame last year with $123 million in collective boxoffice, according to Nielsen EDI. The young summer boxoffice is off 4% from the same stretch of the previous swimsuit season, as even the strong "Iron Man" grosses have failed to measure up against the first two weekends of the biggest film from summer 2007, "Spider-Man 3."

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