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Clanging Metal
| Movie Summary |  Iron Man |  Transformers |  Transformers 2 |  Iron Man 2 |  Transformers 3 |  Iron Man 3 |
| Genre | Action / Adventure | Sci-Fi Action | Sci-Fi Action | Action / Adventure | Sci-Fi Action | Action / Adventure |
| Studio | Paramount | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Paramount | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Buena Vista |
| Release Date | May 2, 2008 | July 3, 2007 | June 24, 2009 | May 7, 2010 | June 29, 2011 | May 3, 2013 |
| Domestic Gross | $318,412,101 | $319,246,193 | $402,111,870 | $312,433,331 | $352,390,543 | $399,659,094 |
| Production Budget | $140 million | $150 million | $200 million | $200 million | $195 million | $200 million |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 6 min. | 2 hrs. 23 min. | 2 hrs. 24 min. | 2 hrs. 5 min. | 2 hrs. 34 min. | 2 hrs. 9 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content | intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language | intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material | sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some language. | intense prolonged sequences of sci-fi action violence, mayhem and destruction, and for language, some sexuality and innuendo. | sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief suggestive content. |
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| Domestic Summary | Iron Man | Transformers | Transformers 2 | Iron Man 2 | Transformers 3 | Iron Man 3 |
| Total Gross | $318,412,101 | $319,246,193 | $402,111,870 | $312,433,331 | $352,390,543 | $399,659,094 |
| Opening Weekend* | $98,618,668 | $70,502,384 | $108,966,307 | $128,122,480 | $97,852,865 | $174,144,585 |
| Theaters | 4,105 | 4,011 | 4,234 | 4,380 | 4,088 | 4,253 |
| Average | $24,024 | $17,577 | $25,736 | $29,252 | $23,937 | $40,946 |
| Opening % of Total | 31.0% | 22.1% | 27.1% | 41.0% | 27.8% | 43.6% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -48.1% | -47.5% | -61.2% | -59.4% | -51.9% | -58.4% |
| Widest Release | 4,154 | 4,050 | 4,293 | 4,390 | 4,088 | 4,253 |
| Close Date | October 2, 2008 | November 8, 2007 | October 15, 2009 | August 19, 2010 | October 13, 2011 | n/a |
| In Release | n/a | n/a | 114 days / 16 weeks | n/a | 107 days / 15 weeks | 45 days / 6 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | ||||||
| Worldwide Summary | Iron Man | Transformers | Transformers 2 | Iron Man 2 | Transformers 3 | Iron Man 3 |
| Worldwide Gross | $585,174,222 | $709,709,780 | $836,303,693 | $623,933,331 | $1,123,746,996 | $1,203,459,094 |
| Foreign Gross | $266,762,121 | $390,463,587 | $434,191,823 | $311,500,000 | $771,356,453 | $803,800,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 45.6% | 55.0% | 51.9% | 49.9% | 68.6% | 66.8% |
| Domestic Gross | $318,412,101 | $319,246,193 | $402,111,870 | $312,433,331 | $352,390,543 | $399,659,094 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 54.4% | 45.0% | 48.1% | 50.1% | 31.4% | 33.2% |
| People Summary | Iron Man | Transformers | Transformers 2 | Iron Man 2 | Transformers 3 | Iron Man 3 |
| Actor: Clark Gregg | #2 | - | - | #3 | - | - |
| Actor: Don Cheadle | - | - | - | #2 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Gwyneth Paltrow | #2 | - | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Jon Favreau | n/a | - | - | n/a | - | #1 |
| Actor: Josh Duhamel | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Megan Fox | - | #2 | #1 | - | - | - |
| Actor: Paul Bettany | n/a | - | - | n/a | - | #1 |
| Actor: Robert Downey, Jr. | #3 | - | - | #4 | - | #2 |
| Actor: Samuel L. Jackson | n/a | - | - | #3 | - | - |
| Actor: Shia LaBeouf | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Tyrese Gibson | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Composer: Steve Jablonsky | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Director: Jon Favreau | #1 | - | - | #2 | - | - |
| Director: Michael Bay | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: David Maisel | #1 | - | - | #2 | - | - |
| Producer: Don Murphy | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Ian Bryce | - | #4 | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Producer: Jon Favreau | #3 | - | - | #4 | - | #2 |
| Producer: Kevin Feige | #5 | - | - | #6 | - | #2 |
| Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Louis D'Esposito | #2 | - | - | #3 | - | - |
| Producer: Mark Vahradian | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Michael Bay | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Stan Lee | #6 | - | - | #7 | - | #3 |
| Producer: Steven Spielberg | - | #4 | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Producer: Tom DeSanto | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Writer: Alex Kurtzman | - | #2 | #1 | - | - | - |
| Writer: Ehren Kruger | - | - | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Writer: Roberto Orci | - | #2 | #1 | - | - | - |
| Genres & Franchises | Iron Man | Transformers | Transformers 2 | Iron Man 2 | Transformers 3 | Iron Man 3 |
| Brand: Hasbro | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Brand: Marvel Comics | #6 | - | - | #7 | - | #3 |
| Franchise: Avengers | #3 | - | - | #4 | - | #2 |
| Franchise: Iron Man | #2 | - | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Franchise: Transformers | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Genre: 3D | - | - | - | - | #6 | #4 |
| Genre: Comic Book Adaptation | #8 | - | - | #9 | - | #5 |
| Genre: Cyborg / Android / Robot | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | - | #13 | #7 | #14 | #10 | #8 |
| Genre: Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion | - | #4 | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Genre: Superhero | #8 | - | - | #9 | - | #5 |
| Genre: Toy Adaptation | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Genre: Travelogue - Middle East | #3 | - | #1 | - | - | - |
| Genre: TV Cartoon (Live Action) | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Showdown: 'Iron Man' Vs. 'Sherlock Holmes' | #2 | - | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Avengers Assemble | #2 | - | - | #3 | - | - |
| Showdown: Clanging Metal | #5 | #4 | #1 | #6 | #3 | #2 |
| Showdown: Hasbro War | - | #3 | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Showdown: Marvel Comics Showdown | #4 | - | - | #5 | - | - |
| Showdown: Summer Starter Skirmish | #5 | - | - | - | - | #3 |
| Chart Rankings | Iron Man | Transformers | Transformers 2 | Iron Man 2 | Transformers 3 | Iron Man 3 |
| All Time Domestic | #31 | #30 | #16 | #35 | #24 | #17 |
| All Time Adjusted | #125 | #111 | #81 | #166 | #126 | #97 |
| All Time Worldwide | #85 | #55 | #34 | #71 | #6 | #5 |
| Worldwide Openings | #31 | #33 | #24 | #23 | #4 | #6 |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | #26 | - | - | #29 | #5 | #9 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | - | #14 | #1 | - | #5 | - |
| Opening Weeks | #30 | #55 | #15 | #16 | #20 | #5 |
| Opening Day Gross | #34 | #52 | #11 | #16 | #30 | #7 |
| Opening Wednesdays | - | - | #2 | - | #6 | - |
| Single Day Gross | #58 | #127 | #13 | #20 | #55 | #8 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | - | #20 | #1 | - | #3 | #31 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | - | #6 | #1 | - | #5 | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | - | #59 | #10 | #57 | #12 | #22 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross | - | #1 | #26 | - | #27 | #49 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #27 | #81 | #25 | #13 | #32 | #7 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | - | #76 | #24 | #83 | #14 | #54 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #22 | #70 | #18 | #7 | #27 | #2 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #30 | #49 | #16 | #18 | #21 | #3 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | - | #11 | #5 | - | #10 | - |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | - | #2 | #14 | #65 | #16 | #27 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | - | #8 | #2 | - | #6 | #91 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | - | #37 | #9 | #42 | - | #19 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #37 | #94 | #31 | #19 | #39 | #3 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #37 | #90 | #31 | #19 | #39 | #3 |
| Summer Starts | #6 | - | - | #4 | - | #2 |
| Opening Weekends | #26 | #57 | #20 | #12 | #27 | #2 |
| Opening Weekends - July | - | #11 | - | - | #5 | - |
| Opening Weekends - May | #12 | - | - | #4 | - | #2 |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | #19 | #38 | #14 | #8 | #20 | #2 |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #36 | #33 | #6 | #21 | #15 | #4 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #27 | #48 | #13 | #12 | #31 | #2 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #33 | #37 | #6 | #16 | #22 | #3 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #39 | #25 | #3 | #22 | #15 | #6 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #42 | #24 | #3 | #23 | #11 | #6 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #40 | #26 | #5 | #20 | #14 | #6 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #38 | #30 | #6 | #20 | #16 | #4 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #38 | #33 | #4 | #20 | #16 | #6 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | - | - | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #166 | - | #155 | #174 | #167 | #158 |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #156 | - | #142 | #165 | #157 | #147 |
| Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #49 | - | - | #58 | - | #52 |
| Independence Day Opening Weekends | - | #3 | - | - | #1 | - |
| Independence Day Weekends | - | #3 | #13 | - | #1 | - |
| Second Weekends | #21 | #57 | #41 | #19 | #28 | #4 |
| Third Weekends | #17 | #72 | #43 | #34 | #64 | #6 |
| Fourth Weekends | #17 | #117 | #74 | #39 | #106 | #21 |
| Fifth Weekends | #17 | - | #127 | #136 | - | #109 |
| Sixth Weekends | #72 | - | - | - | - | #142 |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #318 | #304 | #567 | #539 | #399 | #518 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #714 | #686 | #1158 | #1113 | #865 | #1083 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #1063 | #1029 | #1688 | #1625 | #1267 | #1584 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #2473 | #2425 | #3512 | #3416 | #2844 | #3354 |
| Rated PG-13 | #21 | #20 | #10 | #24 | #16 | #11 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #22 | #42 | #17 | #12 | #23 | #2 |
| Widest Releases | #24 | #48 | #12 | #4 | #38 | #16 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #30 | #48 | #17 | #3 | #35 | #14 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #21 | #30 | #14 | #3 | #23 | #11 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #18 | #31 | #10 | #3 | #25 | #13 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #27 | #35 | #15 | #13 | #28 | #3 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #38 | #21 | #8 | #23 | #14 | #2 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #41 | #32 | #4 | #22 | #10 | #6 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #35 | #28 | #6 | #24 | #10 | #4 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #28 | #23 | #4 | #25 | #13 | #5 |
| Fastest to $350 million | - | - | #7 | - | #19 | #5 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #485 | #477 | #497 | #499 | #484 | #509 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #86 | #95 | #123 | #105 | #117 | #121 |
| BOM Users' Grades | #10 | #116 | #575 | #217 | #329 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | #21 | #4 | - | #10 | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #44 | #71 | #22 | #26 | #35 | #6 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | - | #27 | #4 | - | #9 | - |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | - | #9 | #2 | - | #10 | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | - | #77 | #18 | #103 | #23 | #44 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | - | #1 | #36 | - | #47 | #89 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #31 | #97 | #30 | #15 | #48 | #9 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | - | #91 | #41 | #134 | #27 | #92 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #29 | #81 | #21 | #13 | #47 | #2 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #39 | #65 | #21 | #27 | #32 | #7 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | - | #14 | #6 | - | #15 | - |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | - | #2 | #24 | #112 | #30 | #52 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | - | #11 | #2 | - | #8 | #138 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #83 | - | #71 | #54 | #116 | #8 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #71 | #174 | #62 | #49 | #99 | #7 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - July | - | #14 | - | - | #7 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - May | #16 | - | - | #9 | - | #3 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #34 | #76 | #27 | #17 | #38 | #4 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | #25 | #54 | #19 | #13 | #28 | #4 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | - | - | #1 | - | #8 | - |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #35 | #72 | #58 | #40 | #52 | #11 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #27 | #130 | #94 | #84 | #171 | #25 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #41 | - | #176 | #123 | - | #78 |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #35 | #30 | #20 | #51 | #36 | #25 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #25 | #56 | #21 | #15 | #27 | #4 |
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