Iron Man

Iron Man is a 2008 superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay credited to Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, it stars Robert Downey Jr. as industrialist and weapons manufacturer Tony Stark, who builds a mechanized suit of armor to escape captivity by terrorists and subsequently uses it to become a superhero. The film premiered in Sydney on April 14, 2008 and was released in the United States on May 2, 2008, grossing more than 585 million dollars worldwide against a budget of 150 million dollars. It received positive reviews, with critics praising Downey's performance and Favreau's balance of character development and visual spectacle. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/