‘Doctor Strange’ News & Update: Iron Man Was Defeated As The Marvels Highest-Grossing Single Original Film?

‘Doctor Strange’ News & Update: Iron Man Was Defeated As The Marvels Highest-Grossing Single Original Film?

Weeks after its initial release date, "Doctor Strange" continues to heat up box office numbers all over the world. According to the latest stats, the Benedict Cumberbatch starrer has replaced "Iron Man" to become Marvel's highest performing single hero origin movie.

"Doctor Strange" has earned at least $615 million worldwide since it opened in theaters. That number puts "Doctor Strange" the Marvel Cinematic Universe's biggest single hero origin story film, surpassing "Iron Man" which grossed $585 million worldwide. In third place is "Ant-Man" with $520 million, followed by "Thor" with $449 million and "Captain America: The First Avenger" with $317 million," as reported by Forbes.

Although "Doctor Strange" is currently the highest-ranking single-character debut film in the MCU, it has yet to dethrone "Guardians of the Galaxy" as the highest-gross Marvel film of all time. The movie made about $773 million worldwide during its release.

"Doctor Strange is official part of 2016's top 10 highest-grossing movies in North America and worldwide. The movie particularly secured a good following in China, which served as the number one overseas market for the movie, accounting to $109.6 million of the movie's global earnings, "as stated by IGN.

The numbers for "Doctor Strange" are expected to increase in January as it will open in Japan on Jan. 27.

Some critics note that both Stephen Strange and Tony Stark started off as largely successful people in their respective fields. Both got into life-changing incidents that lead to them becoming superheroes, which they didn't choose to.

For Tony Stark, it was being kidnapped by the" Ten Rings." For Stephen Strange, it was the car crash. Personality-wise, the only obvious difference perhaps is that while Tony Stark is a self-confessed playboy, Stephen Strange has only ever had eyes on that one woman who can match his intellect.

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