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.