Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shane Black
Produced by	Kevin Feige
Screenplay by	Drew Pearce Shane Black
Based on	Iron Man by Stan Lee Don Heck Larry Lieber Jack Kirby
Starring	Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow Don Cheadle Guy Pearce Rebecca Hall Stephanie Szostak James Badge Dale Jon Favreau Ben Kingsley
Music by	Brian Tyler
Cinematography	John Toll
Edited by	Jeffrey Ford Peter S. Elliot
Production company	Marvel Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) (Le Grand Rex) May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03) (United States)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million (gross) $178.4 million (net)
Box office	$1.215 billion

Iron Man 3 (stylized onscreen as Iron Man Three) is a 2013 Americansuperhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man and 2010's Iron Man 2, and the seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shane Black directed a screenplay he co-wrote with Drew Pearce, which uses concepts from the "Extremis" story arc by Warren Ellis. The film stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, and Ben Kingsley. In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark deals with posttraumatic stress disorder caused by the events of The Avengers, while investigating the reemergence of the Ten Rings, led by the mysterious Mandarin and comes into a conflict with old enemy; Aldrich Killian.