Social Media Analysts Predict 'Iron Man 3' Will Gross More Than $300 Million in the U.S.

If the chatter on Twitter can foreshadow box office success, Disney and Marvel Studios' "Iron Man 3" could very well top the charts. Analysts at Salorix expect the film to gross more than $300 million when it hits U.S. theaters this weekend based on the amount of social media buzz it's drawn so far.

If the chatter on Twitter can foreshadow box office success, Disney and Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 3” could very well top the charts. Analysts at Salorix expect the film to gross more than $300 million when it hits U.S. theaters this weekend based on the amount of social media buzz it’s drawn so far.

“Viewers’ updates on Twitter directly contribute to revenues by creating word-of-mouth marketing and encouraging potential fence-sitters to go for the movie,” analysts at the social media management company explained in their report.

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