Summer Movie Preview: Can 'Iron Man,' 'Lone Ranger' and 'Superman' Save the Box Office?

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Summer can't come soon enough for studios and movie theater owners looking to break the box office out of the slump it's been mired in for much of 2013. Despite a few hits like "Identity Thief," the movie industry has lacked the "Hunger Games" size blockbuster needed to convince droves of moviegoers to put down their iPads and joysticks and head to the multiplex. Through last weekend, the domestic box office was down 12.6 percent from the previous year and this weekend was soft as well. ...

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