‘Iron Man’ makes $100.7 million over the weekend: “That is the second-best opening ever for a non-sequel after Sony and Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man,’ which opened to $114.8 million on the same weekend in 2002, and the 10th best opening of all time, according to Rentrak.”
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