Iron Man 2 Soars Past $100 Million at Box Office

And it hasn't even been released in the U.S. yet! Iron Man 2 had a massive start at the foreign box office in its first five days, grossing an estimated $100.2 million at 6,764 locations in 53 territories (and ranking No. 1 in all but one territory). This was up slightly from Iron Man's 2008 foreign launch of $99.1 million. Domestically, Iron Man 2 is set to open in around 4,000 theaters this Friday.

The Marvel Entertainment movie had its best debut in the United Kingdom, where it grossed $12.2 million from 528 locations, representing nearly a 50 percent improvement over its predecessor. Tony Stark and company also drew huge crowds in South Korea, where its $10.8 million from 855 locations was up 79 percent over Iron Man's launch two years ago. Other noteworthy starts included $8.8 million in Australia, $8.2 million in France, $8.2 million in Russia, $7.3 million in Mexico, $5.2 million in Brazil, $4.6 million in Italy and $3.9 million in Spain.

Iron Man 2 still has a number of significant foreign openings coming up, including the U.S. this Friday, China, India and Germany next week and Japan on June 11.