`Iron Man 3` crowned highest grossing film of 2013

Washington: `Iron Man 3` has been named as the highest grossing film of 2013.

The Robert Downey Jr. starring superhero adventure took in a massive total of 1,215,439,994 dollars at the global box office, while runner up `Despicable Me 2` earned a total of 918,573,535 dollars, Contactmusic reported. Meanwhile, the sixth instalment of racing franchise `Fast and Furious`, which stars late actor Paul Walker, bagged the third place with 788,679,850 dollars. The top 10 highest-grossing movies of 2013 are: 1. Iron Man 3 - 1,215,439,994 dollars 2. Despicable Me 2 - 918,573,535 dollars 3. Fast and Furious 6 - 788,679,850 dollars 4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - 771,484,011 dollars 5. Monsters University - 743,559,607 dollars 6. Man of Steel - 662,845,518 dollars 7. Gravity - 652,394,288 dollars 8. Thor: The Dark World - 627,858,622 dollars 9. The Croods - 587,204,668 dollars 10. World War Z - 540,007,876 dollars.