Grosses
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Takes First, But Opens Below PredecessorMay 20, 2013 11:48 AM
Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness opened in first place this weekend with $70.17 million. However, the second installment of the re-launched sci-fi series opened significantly below wide-spread expectations, including those of the studio. Star Trek Into Darkness also failed to match the $75.20 million opening weekend take of 2009's Star Trek (which bumps up to $79.20 million when including the $4 million that film earned from late night Thursday screenings). While a sequel opening slightly below its predecessor isn't the end of the world, it is especially underwhelming in this case given that Star Trek Into Darkness had the added advantage of higher priced 3D admissions this time around and was following in the footsteps of a very well received previous film.
With an additional $13.54 million on Thursday (which included $2 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings), Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed $83.70 million through four days of release. The last minute release date change clearly hurt the film's Thursday performance, which made the film's weekend performance even that more important. Through four days of release, Star Trek Into Darkness is running 3.5 percent behind the $86.71 million take of Star Trek, 33 percent behind the $125.18 million four-day start of 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and 50 percent stronger than the $55.93 million four-day take of 2009's Terminator Salvation.
Within the softer than expected start, there were some promising signs for Star Trek Into Darkness this weekend. On the heels of Friday's $21.62 million performance, the film did increase a healthy 25 percent on Saturday to gross $26.95 million and generated an opening weekend to Friday ratio of 3.24 to 1. The film's A rating on CinemaScore was also an encouraging early sign. With that said, holding up well going forward will be no easy task for the film given the upcoming competition it will soon be facing from Universal's Fast & Furious 6, Warner's The Hangover Part III and to a lesser extent Sony's After Earth. The upcoming competition from Fast & Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III likely had an effect on Star Trek Into Darkness already this weekend, as moviegoers anticipating either or both of those films may have simply decided to pass on Star Trek Into Darkness. The continued strength of Disney's Iron Man 3 certainly isn't helping matters for Star Trek Into Darkness either.
It should be noted that Star Trek Into Darkness is performing stronger than its predecessor overseas. After grossing $40 million this weekend, Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed $80.5 million to date overseas. That places the early global total for Star Trek Into Darkness at $164.2 million.
Iron Man 3 fell 51 percent to place in second this weekend with $35.77 million. Given the new competition Iron Man 3 faced from Star Trek Into Darkness, this weekend's hold was quite respectable. It could also be a sign of the blockbuster superhero sequel being able to display solid holding power going forward, even in the face of increased competition. In comparison, 2010's Iron Man 2 fell 49 percent in its third weekend to gross $26.36 million, while last year's Marvel's The Avengers fell 46 percent to take in $55.64 million. Iron Man 3 has grossed a terrific $337.66 million through 17 days of release. That places the film 34.5 percent ahead of the $251.03 million 17-day take of Iron Man 3 and 26 percent behind the $457.67 million 17-day gross of The Avengers.
Iron Man 3 added $40.2 million to its overseas haul this weekend. That brings the film's overseas total to $736.2 million and current global haul to a mighty $1.074 billion.
Warner's The Great Gatsby displayed respectable holding power as well this weekend. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio fell 52 percent to place in third with $23.94 million. The Great Gatsby continues to exceed expectations with a ten-day start of $90.68 million. That places The Great Gatsby 20 percent ahead of the $75.54 million ten-day take of 2010's Shutter Island (which fell 45 percent in its second weekend to gross $22.67 million). Going forward, The Great Gatsby will hope to continue to serve as an alternative to the early summer's action fare.
The Great Gatsby launched overseas this weekend; grossing $43.0 million from 49 foreign territories. That places the film's current global haul at $133.7 million.
Weekend Actuals (Domestic) Fri, Oct. 1 - Sun, Oct. 3
← previous next →| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Social Network | $22,445,653 | -- | 2,771 | -- | $8,100 | $22,445,653 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 2 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $10,887,429 | -32% | 3,575 | 0 | $3,045 | $30,079,298 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $10,002,578 | -47% | 3,597 | 32 | $2,781 | $35,778,429 | 2 | Fox |
| 4 | The Town | $9,749,332 | -38% | 2,935 | 50 | $3,322 | $64,056,752 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Easy A | $6,748,777 | -36% | 2,974 | 118 | $2,269 | $42,176,967 | 3 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 6 | You Again | $5,722,566 | -32% | 2,548 | 0 | $2,246 | $16,607,633 | 2 | Disney |
| 7 | Case 39 | $5,350,570 | -- | 2,211 | -- | $2,420 | $5,350,570 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 8 | Let Me In | $5,147,479 | -- | 2,021 | -- | $2,547 | $5,147,479 | 1 | Relativity / Overture |
| 9 | Devil | $3,564,055 | -46% | 2,392 | -419 | $1,490 | $27,291,460 | 3 | Universal |
| 10 | Alpha and Omega | $2,924,868 | -38% | 2,303 | -322 | $1,270 | $18,949,437 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $2,784,775 | -44% | 1,907 | -735 | $1,460 | $56,615,100 | 4 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endhiran | $2,166,178 | -- | 139 | -- | $15,584 | $2,166,178 | 1 | Ficus |
| 2 | Inception | $904,208 | -27% | 625 | -282 | $1,447 | $288,405,376 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Takers | $784,529 | -52% | 773 | -640 | $1,015 | $56,161,347 | 6 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 4 | Catfish | $590,177 | 30% | 136 | 79 | $4,340 | $1,621,349 | 3 | Universal / Rogue |
| 5 | Despicable Me | $439,850 | -25% | 463 | -147 | $950 | $246,091,770 | 13 | Universal |
| 6 | The Other Guys | $439,411 | -56% | 566 | -481 | $776 | $117,697,120 | 9 | Sony / Columbia |
| 7 | Eat Pray Love | $319,970 | -55% | 398 | -457 | $804 | $79,710,083 | 8 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | Salt | $288,116 | 101% | 288 | 102 | $1,000 | $117,562,733 | 11 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | Mao's Last Dancer | $263,534 | -4% | 137 | 15 | $1,924 | $3,420,367 | 7 | Samuel Goldwyn |
| 10 | Lottery Ticket | $241,265 | -21% | 302 | -68 | $799 | $24,245,405 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | The Expendables | $231,662 | -59% | 410 | -442 | $565 | $102,516,720 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | Toy Story 3 | $229,502 | -27% | 235 | -67 | $977 | $411,412,427 | 16 | Disney |
| 13 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $218,855 | -44% | 481 | -284 | $455 | $28,520,960 | 7 | Universal |
| 14 | Machete | $213,721 | -67% | 314 | -368 | $681 | $26,205,140 | 5 | Fox |
| 15 | The American | $210,428 | -77% | 374 | -941 | $563 | $35,202,471 | 5 | Focus |
| 16 | Get Low | $180,798 | -43% | 271 | -83 | $667 | $8,630,586 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | Dinner for Schmucks | $165,760 | -36% | 261 | -62 | $635 | $72,810,234 | 10 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 18 | Grown Ups | $162,326 | -31% | 230 | -35 | $706 | $161,645,861 | 15 | Sony / Columbia |
| 19 | Vampires Suck | $146,818 | -31% | 261 | -154 | $563 | $36,365,361 | 7 | Fox |
| 20 | Chain Letter | $138,788 | -- | 406 | -- | $342 | $138,788 | 1 | New Films International |
| 21 | The Last Exorcism | $124,000 | -64% | 307 | -400 | $404 | $40,990,055 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $120,278 | -39% | 188 | -79 | $640 | $43,432,945 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $116,727 | -36% | 170 | -57 | $687 | $62,910,319 | 12 | Disney |
| 24 | The Switch (2010) | $98,190 | -67% | 242 | -269 | $406 | $27,422,357 | 7 | Miramax |
| 25 | Ramona and Beezus | $81,331 | -27% | 161 | -30 | $505 | $25,972,329 | 11 | Fox |
| 26 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $69,272 | -44% | 141 | -83 | $491 | $300,412,216 | 14 | Summit |
| 27 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $69,015 | -56% | 120 | -113 | $575 | $31,494,270 | 8 | Universal |
| 28 | The Virginity Hit | $48,623 | -84% | 434 | -266 | $112 | $535,249 | 4 | Sony / Columbia |
| 29 | Going the Distance (2010) | $39,284 | -84% | 121 | -354 | $325 | $17,666,423 | 5 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anjaana Anjaani | $517,608 | -- | 91 | -- | $5,688 | $517,608 | 1 | Eros |
| 2 | Waiting for 'Superman' | $408,873 | 194% | 34 | 30 | $12,026 | $601,607 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 3 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $215,131 | 34% | 29 | 23 | $7,418 | $501,616 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | Never Let Me Go | $186,554 | -23% | 43 | 17 | $4,338 | $723,873 | 3 | Fox Searchlight |
| 5 | Hubble 3D | $124,087 | -22% | 58 | -3 | $2,139 | $16,160,404 | 29 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 6 | Jack Goes Boating | $99,620 | 26% | 79 | 42 | $1,261 | $271,201 | 3 | Relativity / Overture |
| 7 | Buried | $97,364 | -3% | 33 | 22 | $2,950 | $236,447 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | Like Dandelion Dust | $77,325 | -1% | 53 | 28 | $1,459 | $171,808 | 2 | Blue Collar Releasing |
| 9 | Piranha 3D | $65,845 | 87% | 95 | 29 | $693 | $24,899,775 | 7 | Weinstein Company |
| 10 | Heartbreaker | $54,919 | -41% | 43 | 2 | $1,277 | $325,710 | 4 | IFC |
| 11 | The Girl Who Played With Fire | $54,559 | -36% | 78 | -33 | $699 | $7,408,469 | 13 | Music Box |
| 12 | Howl | $53,534 | 5% | 17 | 11 | $3,149 | $125,281 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 13 | Hatchet II | $52,604 | -- | 68 | -- | $774 | $52,604 | 1 | Vitagraph |
| 14 | Winter's Bone | $44,851 | -21% | 72 | -7 | $623 | $6,122,291 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 15 | Cairo Time | $44,507 | -43% | 71 | -5 | $627 | $1,492,808 | 9 | IFC |
| 16 | The Kids Are All Right | $43,714 | -48% | 64 | -43 | $683 | $20,731,802 | 13 | Focus |
| 17 | Freakonomics | $31,893 | -- | 20 | -- | $1,595 | $31,893 | 1 | Magnolia |
| 18 | Under the Sea 3D | $29,152 | -20% | 18 | 0 | $1,620 | $24,335,257 | 86 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 19 | Enter the Void | $25,144 | -42% | 6 | 3 | $4,191 | $96,580 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 20 | What If... | $24,854 | -19% | 26 | -9 | $956 | $596,228 | 7 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 21 | The Tillman Story | $24,338 | -40% | 27 | 0 | $901 | $633,377 | 7 | Weinstein Company |
| 22 | Avatar | $22,738 | -33% | 19 | -10 | $1,197 | $760,277,665 | 42 | Fox |
| 23 | A Film Unfinished | $21,777 | -23% | 16 | 0 | $1,361 | $212,704 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| 24 | Step Up 3D | $21,382 | -68% | 26 | -34 | $822 | $42,218,091 | 9 | Disney |
| 25 | Predators | $20,998 | -8% | 46 | 10 | $456 | $51,982,038 | 13 | Fox |
| 26 | The Concert | $20,522 | -13% | 21 | 3 | $977 | $612,365 | 11 | Weinstein Company |
| 27 | I Am Love | $17,808 | -32% | 18 | -7 | $989 | $4,918,238 | 16 | Magnolia |
| 28 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $16,749 | -19% | 15 | 3 | $1,117 | $450,809 | 19 | Lorber |
| 29 | Last Train Home | $16,379 | -19% | 9 | 0 | $1,820 | $126,518 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 30 | Fool for Love (2010) | $16,368 | -10% | 8 | 1 | $2,046 | $134,401 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 31 | Flipped | $15,517 | -79% | 35 | -71 | $443 | $1,739,140 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | Kings of Pastry | $14,790 | -25% | 5 | 1 | $2,958 | $75,332 | 3 | First Run |
| 33 | Animal Kingdom | $14,117 | -50% | 32 | -13 | $441 | $899,455 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | Soul Kitchen | $13,818 | 31% | 23 | 9 | $601 | $237,236 | 7 | IFC |
| 35 | Leaving | $12,697 | -- | 2 | -- | $6,349 | $12,697 | 1 | IFC |
| 36 | Lovely, Still | $12,219 | -42% | 11 | -6 | $1,111 | $89,127 | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 37 | The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest | $11,534 | -16% | 14 | -1 | $824 | $527,597 | 9 | National Geographic |
| 38 | I'm Still Here | $11,508 | -64% | 19 | -20 | $606 | $386,575 | 4 | Magnolia |
| 39 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $11,407 | -43% | 8 | 0 | $1,426 | $91,247 | 4 | Lorber |
| 40 | Knight and Day | $10,287 | -60% | 17 | -28 | $605 | $76,418,654 | 15 | Fox |
| 41 | A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop | $9,160 | -41% | 19 | 1 | $482 | $150,184 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | Lebanon | $8,915 | -34% | 21 | 5 | $425 | $330,342 | 51 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | Metropolis (1927) (2010 re-issue) | $7,916 | 34% | 7 | 3 | $1,131 | $430,401 | 22 | Kino International |
| 44 | Leaves of Grass | $7,750 | -48% | 6 | 0 | $1,292 | $56,756 | 3 | First Look |
| 45 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $6,842 | -47% | 14 | 0 | $489 | $1,714,128 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | Restrepo | $6,017 | -39% | 13 | -11 | $463 | $1,295,369 | 15 | National Geographic |
| 47 | The Extra Man | $5,388 | -44% | 9 | -5 | $599 | $440,427 | 10 | Magnolia |
| 48 | Bran Nue Dae | $5,255 | -82% | 13 | -42 | $404 | $110,029 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 49 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $4,440 | -41% | 7 | -3 | $634 | $489,593 | 6 | Music Box |
| 50 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $4,321 | 39% | 2 | 0 | $2,161 | $23,311,750 | 157 | National Geographic |
| 51 | The Sicilian Girl | $3,659 | -35% | 2 | -4 | $1,830 | $63,117 | 9 | Music Box |
| 52 | My Dog Tulip | $3,570 | -52% | 2 | -1 | $1,785 | $67,282 | 5 | New Yorker Films |
| 53 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $3,421 | -49% | 2 | -2 | $1,711 | $3,270,175 | 25 | Producers Distribution Agency |
| 54 | GasLand | $3,231 | -42% | 1 | -1 | $3,231 | $26,508 | 3 | International WOW |
| 55 | Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 | $3,206 | -42% | 7 | 0 | $458 | $230,079 | 5 | Music Box |
| 56 | The Freebie | $3,015 | -- | 1 | -- | $3,015 | $8,300 | 3 | Phase 4 Films |
| 57 | Cyrus | $2,989 | -63% | 6 | -8 | $498 | $7,445,630 | 16 | Fox Searchlight |
| 58 | Douchebag | $2,966 | -- | 1 | -- | $2,966 | $2,966 | 1 | Paladin |
| 59 | Agora | $2,951 | 57% | 2 | 0 | $1,476 | $611,747 | 19 | Newmarket |
| 60 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $2,575 | 96% | 3 | 1 | $858 | $161,391 | 9 | Anchor Bay |
| 61 | The Nature of Existence | $2,542 | -- | 1 | -- | $2,542 | $52,799 | 16 | Walking Shadows |
| 62 | The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) | $2,497 | -41% | 6 | -3 | $416 | $6,387,372 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | Micmacs | $2,306 | -43% | 9 | -4 | $256 | $1,248,462 | 19 | Sony Classics |
| 64 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? | $2,264 | 48% | 3 | 2 | $755 | $28,200 | 4 | Lorber |
| 65 | To the Sea | $1,896 | -- | 1 | -- | $1,896 | $41,060 | 12 | Film Movement |
| 66 | Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) | $1,722 | -61% | 5 | -5 | $344 | $388,882 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | Countdown to Zero | $1,695 | 6% | 6 | -2 | $283 | $271,323 | 11 | Magnolia |
| 68 | Winnebago Man | $1,334 | -75% | 5 | -2 | $267 | $171,860 | 13 | Kino International |
| 69 | Breathless (2010 re-issue) | $1,298 | -64% | 1 | -4 | $1,298 | $319,029 | 19 | Rialto |
| 70 | The Cremaster Cycle (2010 re-issue) | $1,295 | -63% | 1 | -1 | $1,295 | $120,308 | 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 71 | Ahead of Time | $1,113 | -70% | 3 | 0 | $371 | $33,024 | 4 | Vitagraph |
| 72 | Please Give | $958 | 296% | 8 | 5 | $120 | $4,030,504 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | John Rabe | $807 | -57% | 1 | 0 | $807 | $66,387 | 20 | Strand |
| 74 | Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? | $801 | -87% | 4 | 3 | $200 | $23,689 | 3 | Collective Eye |
| 75 | Solitary Man | $611 | -72% | 1 | -5 | $611 | $4,360,548 | 20 | Anchor Bay |
| 76 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) | $544 | -82% | 4 | -6 | $136 | $10,068,269 | 29 | Music Box |
| 77 | Neshoba: The Price of Freedom | $536 | 54% | 1 | 0 | $536 | $18,727 | 8 | First Run Features |
| 78 | Army of Crime | $532 | -- | 1 | -- | $532 | $28,622 | 7 | Lorber |
| 79 | Altiplano | $515 | 171% | 1 | 0 | $515 | $2,754 | 7 | First Run |
| 80 | The Girl (2009) | $486 | -- | 1 | -- | $486 | $1,684 | 3 | |
| 81 | Enemies of the People | $432 | -89% | 1 | -4 | $432 | $19,275 | 10 | International Film Circuit |
| 82 | The Temptation of St. Tony | $421 | -- | 1 | -- | $421 | $1,727 | 3 | Olive Films |
| 83 | Stonewall Uprising | $383 | -57% | 1 | -1 | $383 | $123,151 | 16 | First Run Features |
| 84 | Mother and Child | $337 | -66% | 1 | -1 | $337 | $1,108,938 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | $333 | -83% | 1 | 0 | $333 | $19,476 | 12 | Flicker Alley |
| 86 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | $264 | -42% | 1 | 0 | $264 | $68,748 | 18 | Indican Pictures |
| 87 | Hideaway (2009) | $238 | -64% | 0 | -2 | -- | $24,592 | 4 | Strand |
| 88 | Orlando (2010 re-issue) | $165 | 99% | 2 | 1 | $83 | $57,305 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | Dogtooth (Kynodontas) | $110 | -52% | 1 | 0 | $110 | $56,761 | 15 | Kino International |
| 90 | A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism | $84 | -90% | 1 | -1 | $84 | $1,490 | 2 | First Run |
| 91 | Two in the Wave | $50 | -- | 1 | -- | $50 | $28,808 | 20 | Lorber Films |
