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"Iron Man 3 is the most financially successful movie of 2013. Marvel&amp;#039;s blockbuster, the fourth big screen outing for the superhero, has earned more than $1.2 billion to top the worldwide box office chart ahead of Despicable Me 2 and Fast &amp;amp; Furious 6.  Iron Man&amp;#039;s big screen appearances - taking into account The Avengers - have racked up more than $3.8 billion in box office revenue, making him the biggest earning cinematic superhero. The Batman movies, including the Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher and Christopher Nolan incarnations, sit just behind with $3.7 billion and all four Spider-Man films have earned $3.2 billion. Superman&amp;#039;s big screen outings have fared less well, taking $1.5 billion in ticket sales. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sits at number four in the 2013 list with $770 million, an $80 million increase on its 2012 predecessor. Pixar&amp;#039;s Monsters University grossed $743 million, the studio&amp;#039;s highest tally since 2010&amp;#039;s Toy Story 3 and almost $200 million more than the original Monsters, Inc.   Man of Steel provided a sturdy launch pad for the rebooted Superman franchise with $662 million - up more than $270 million on the total for 2006 misfire Superman Returns. Of the 20 highest-grossing films of the year, all but four were sequels or based on books, comics or existing intellectual properties. Most successful of the &amp;#039;original&amp;#039; quartet was Gravity with $652 million. The space-set thriller represents a career box office high for its marquee stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.  The Croods, Pacific Rim and heist film Now You See Me were the other three films not relying on brand-name recognition. The latter, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman, made an impressive $351 million from a $75 million budget for studio Lionsgate. A sequel is currently in the works with director Louis Leterrier back at the helm. Digital Spy&amp;#039;s 20 best movies of 2013 - 20-11 Digital Spy&amp;#039;s 10 best movies of 2013 - 10-1 The top 20 highest-grossing movies of 2013: 1. Iron Man 3 - $1,215,439,994 2. Despicable Me 2 - $918,573,535 3. Fast &amp;amp; Furious 6 - $788,679,850 4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $771,484,011 5. Monsters University - $743,559,607 6. Man of Steel - $662,845,518 7. Gravity - $652,394,288 8. Thor: The Dark World - $627,858,622 9. The Croods - $587,204,668 10. World War Z - $540,007,876 11. Oz the Great and Powerful - $493,311,825 12. Star Trek Into Darkness - $467,365,246 13. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - $426,244,000 14. The Wolverine - $414,828,246 15. Pacific Rim - $407,602,906 16. GI Joe: Retaliation - $375,740,705 17. Frozen - $363,012,773 18. Now You See Me - $351,723,989 19. The Hangover Part III - $351,000,072 20. The Great Gatsby - $348,840,419 Source: Box Office Mojo Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Screen Time:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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