"Iron Man" opened to phenomenal box office business this weekend in North America and elsewhere, kicking off Hollywood's summer season with the second biggest opening figure of all time for a non-sequel, preliminary figures released Sunday showed. (File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, May 6 -- A sequel to superhero blockbuster Iron Man is already in the pipeline.

    Paramount boss Brad Grey said a follow-up is likely to hit cinemas in 2010 if the first movie performs as well as expected.

    He told US TV show Entertainment Tonight that the new film would be released in the same week as its predecessor to take advantage of the summer market.

    (Source: chinadaily.com.cn)

"Iron Man" kicks off Hollywood's summer season with phenomenal results

Actor Robert Downey Jr. of the U.S. arrives for the premiere of "Iron Man" at the Leicester Square Odeon cinema in London in this April 24, 2008 file photo. It took comic book heroics and major studio clout but when "Iron Man" debuts in movie theaters this week, Downey will have completed a roundtrip from showbiz boy wonder to fallen star and back again.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Xinhua) -- "Iron Man" opened to phenomenal box office business this weekend in North America and elsewhere, kicking off Hollywood's summer season with the second biggest opening figure of all time for a non-sequel, preliminary figures released Sunday.

    The Marvel comic book adaptation, distributed by Paramount, took in an estimated 100.8 million dollars in its opening weekend, easily exceeding expectations of an opening in the 70 to 80-million-dollar range for the three-day period, according to box office tracking firm Media By Numbers. Full story

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