It will end up being #5 on the list of highest grossing movies.

Avatar $2,782.3
Titanic $2,185.4
The Avengers $1,511.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 $1,341.5
Iron Man 3 $1,268.9 (Estimate)

Let's all watch how close I get...

I get that it will make big bucks, it was the first in the highly anticipated phase 2 flicks and, yeah it was a good movie but personally i don't think it deserves to be in a league anywhere near The Avengers... Just MO

This movie was HORRIBLE thank GOD I watched it for free

Oh, I see why Killian breathed fire now. Because he's the Mandarin!!! Chinese.....Dragon tattoos.....Dragon.....Dragons breathe fire!!! Oh man, that's hecka smarts guys. Frick comic Manadarin. This here real Mandarin.

Oooh I got an idea. How about Doc Ock is the real spiderman? I mean look, this makes more sense that he's spiderman. He's spiderman because his metal arms make him look like a spider!!! Shoot I should be making comic book movies. How about this one. Hulk should be a green lantern. I mean he's green right. Or how about Wonder woman is actually a guy. Because you can be like, hmmmm I "wonder".....if she's a woman. Damn what a twist!

I'll see it again, after my exams !

Interesting. It's such a cash cow, yet not even worth the money it's making. Avengers certainly nailed the attention and fan dedication.

"that shows the real world doesnt give a damn about fanboy hissy fits on the internet...."

We already knew that.

It also shows that most of the world is filled with idiots.

but I already knew that too.

It's making the money on the backs of several other good Marvel movies. The branding for their product is exceptional based on their track record.

But let's be honest, this was a stinker. This is the worst Marvel product since Phase One began, and it's really not close.

Awful movie.

Lets hope they don't learn the wrong lessons.

And I'm a guy that NEVER complains about these movies.

Cool.

how the critic's & audience rate the marvel cinematic universe on rotten tomatoes.

critics

1st the avengers 93% 8/10
2nd iron man 93% 7.6/10
3rd captain america the first avenger 79% 7/10
4th iron man 3 78% 7/10
5th thor 77% 6.7/10
6th iron man 2 73% 6.5/10
7th the incredible hulk 67% 6.2/10

audience

1st the avengers 96% 4.6/5
2nd iron man 91% 4.2/5
3rd iron man 3 83% 4.1/5
4th thor 80% 3.9/5
5th iron man 2 80% 3.7/5
6th captain america the first avenger 75% 3.8/5
7th the incredible hulk 75% 3.6/5

so to me it doesn't look like the critic's or the audience think that iron man 3 is a piece of shit,if anything its the incredible hulk personally i would say iron man 2.

its just fan boys that seem to have a problem with it,of course i'm a fan boy & the two things i disliked about it was the mandarin reveal & killian shouting "i am the mandarin".

but i'm fine with the rest of the movie,bring on thor the dark world.

actually iron man 2 isn't even a piece of shit,its better then the likes of green lantern & other movies,so its an average movie at best

Ok the Mandarin twist p***ed people off but

"Iron Man 3 is well on its way to hitting $650 million by close of business today. As of right now, the international cume for the movie stands at $520.6 million and it has surpassed the total box office of all previous Marvel Studios solo films in just TEN days."

You can't really ignore this. And there may be another Mandarin in the future.

Iron-man 3 was entertaining and fun, calm down with all the hate PHASE 2 BABY

@ marvel72: Iron-Man 2 is way better than The Dark Knight Rises

It IS a good movie. It's just very different from what people were expecting. It also bucked the norm of Marvel's movies. People comlained that IM2 was too much of a slave to setting up the Avengers. Well you can't say that here. This was a movie about Tony Stark as a person. The "I AM Iron Man" bit at the end summed it up nicely. The psychology of Stark also made a lot of sense. Of all the characters in Avengers, Stark was the only one who wasn't a soldier of some sort. Banner becomes a Hulk. That's where his issues get dealt with (metaphorically and literally). Throw in all the supernatural elements, the fate of the world hanging in the balance plus the cumulative effects of the events in IM 1 & 2 and you can see where he might crack up. Then you've got the fact the only armor he's been left with is a prototype that doesn't fully work, JARVIS malfunctioning, and being cut off from everything. Anyways. I thought it was good.

mk616s rant is a prime example. marvel has repeatedly said theyre going into this movie as if its a standalone and is more character driven where tony tries to figure out of if the suits own him or does he own the suits. what matters more the suits or pepper? but at the same time to protect pepper he needs his suits...or does he?...

chest piece is taken out to show he doesnt need it anymore. basically saying the tech doesnt make tony iron man. he IS iron man.

how about you actually watch the movie bro

I think I was disappointed like everyone else with the Mandarin twist, but overall I think it was a good movie, a great one in fact. I believe we didn't see too many Easter Eggs and other connecting factors was because this was supposed to be the final movie for Iron Man trilogy. This was about the origins of the Tony Stark story coming to an end.

First movie: I am Iron Man.
Second: Consequences of there being an Iron Man.
Third: An acceptance of being both Tony Stark and Iron Man

He is now truly one in the same, philosophically and literally. Did it have some problems? Was it perfect all the way around? No, what movie ever has? But, I think it did well in giving us an end to his origin story and giving Robert Downey Jr., fans, and all others involved in making this franchise, a well deserved break and intermission.

With it making as much money as it is now, I'm sure we will see Iron Man again, not just in Avengers but somewhere down the road in another solo movie, team up or whatever. I just think we as fan, especially being comic book fans, have come to get a little spoiled and entitled in our belief that every comic book movie has to be The Avengers, Batman Begins, Iron Man (one), Dark Knight, for it to be good. When just 10 years ago we could NEVER EVER imagine having an Avengers movie, a new hard hitting Superman movie on the way, or such widespread enjoyment of comic book movies that will make sure this site is never out of business for very very long time if ever, and that will make sure we will now have a permanent new film genre added to the ranks of Hollywood. Drama, Suspense, Sci Fi, and now, Comic Book Movie (one day anyway, the concept is growing on people).

So be thankful and enjoy! More is to come i'm sure!