Iron Man 2
“It's not the armor that makes the hero, but the man inside.”
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
How Iron Man 2 compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Iron Man, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #3 of 3
- Rank in the series by rating
- 2 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 30%
- Share of the series audience
Iron Man 2 (2010) is the lowest-rated of the 3 rated films in the Iron Man series, at 6.9/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.2/10.
It arrived 2 years after Iron Man (2008).
Its 22,888 TMDB ratings are 30% of the 75,527 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Iron Man, comparing all 3 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
