Top Box Office: May 3-5, 2013 Studio Estimates

While it's not suprising that Iron Man 3 dominated the box office this week, what is surprising is that it brought in the second highest gross in US film history this weekend with a whopping $175.3 million at the box office.  Avengers is number one still with a $207.4 million opening weekend.

Opening next weekend are The Great Gatsby and Peeples.  I would count on Iron Man 3 carrying it's positive buzz and taking the top spot in the box office again next week.  I wouldn't be surprised if Peeples was number 2 since Tyler Perry's audiences always seem to support his movies strong, especially opening weekend, and for The Great Gatsby to be disappointed with a third place opening.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	Iron Man 3	BV	$175,300,000	-	4,253	-	$41,218	$175,300,000	$200	1
2	1	Pain and Gain	Par.	$7,600,000	-62.5%	3,287	+10	$2,312	$33,919,000	$26	2
3	3	42	WB	$6,210,000	-41.7%	3,345	-60	$1,857	$78,336,000	$40	4
4	2	Oblivion	Uni.	$5,797,000	-67.4%	3,430	-362	$1,690	$75,969,000	$120	3
5	5	The Croods	Fox	$4,225,000	-37.2%	2,915	-368	$1,449	$168,743,000	$135	7
6	4	The Big Wedding	LGF	$3,875,000	-49.0%	2,633	-	$1,472	$14,210,000	$35	2
7	11	Mud	RAtt.	$2,150,000	-3.0%	576	+213	$3,733	$5,158,000	-	2
8	13	Oz The Great and Powerful	BV	$1,822,000	+0.6%	1,160	-450	$1,571	$228,568,000	$215	9
9	7	Scary Movie 5	W/Dim.	$1,435,000	-58.2%	1,857	-876	$773	$29,603,000	$20	4
10	9	The Place Beyond the Pines	Focus	$1,298,000	-52.4%	1,162	-422	$1,117	$18,678,000	$15	6

Credit goes to BoxOfficeMojo.com for the table and numbers.