No single Twitter account had previously reached 1 million followers, according to two Web sites that track popularity on Twitter, a site on which users post 140-character messages that are distributed to groups of followers.

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The strong sales should benefit Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures, which distributed the film, and Walt Disney, which owns the Iron Man character through its recent acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.

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