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, Sep. 9 - Sun, Sep. 11
← previous next →| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contagion | $22,403,596 | -- | 3,222 | -- | $6,953 | $22,403,596 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | The Help | $8,926,142 | -39% | 2,935 | 92 | $3,041 | $137,327,800 | 5 | Disney / DreamWorks |
| 3 | Warrior (2011) | $5,242,107 | -- | 1,869 | -- | $2,805 | $5,242,107 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | The Debt | $4,770,720 | -52% | 1,876 | 50 | $2,543 | $21,867,676 | 2 | Focus |
| 5 | Colombiana | $3,947,582 | -47% | 2,354 | -260 | $1,677 | $29,726,288 | 3 | Sony / TriStar |
| 6 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $3,886,285 | -51% | 2,887 | -306 | $1,346 | $167,847,116 | 6 | Fox |
| 7 | Shark Night 3D | $3,408,413 | -59% | 2,848 | 42 | $1,197 | $14,672,592 | 2 | Relativity Media |
| 8 | Apollo 18 | $2,851,349 | -67% | 3,330 | 2 | $856 | $14,939,303 | 2 | Weinstein Company |
| 9 | Our Idiot Brother | $2,650,538 | -51% | 2,396 | -159 | $1,106 | $21,309,547 | 3 | Weinstein Company |
| 10 | Spy Kids: All The Time in the World | $2,501,432 | -48% | 2,544 | -463 | $983 | $34,223,018 | 4 | Weinstein Company |
| 11 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | $2,168,387 | -34% | 1,310 | -140 | $1,655 | $78,417,448 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011) | $2,166,846 | -58% | 2,251 | -529 | $963 | $21,000,604 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 13 | The Smurfs | $1,800,432 | -56% | 1,977 | -729 | $911 | $136,009,277 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 14 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | $1,415,023 | -- | 1,500 | -- | $943 | $1,415,023 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 15 | Creature | $327,000 | -- | 1,507 | -- | $217 | $327,000 | 1 | Bubble Distribution |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $1,001,583 | -59% | 810 | -282 | $1,237 | $377,104,684 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $845,653 | -56% | 804 | -246 | $1,052 | $173,459,663 | 8 | Paramount |
| 3 | Cowboys & Aliens | $827,955 | -56% | 920 | -265 | $900 | $98,041,821 | 7 | Universal |
| 4 | Seven Days in Utopia | $649,512 | -51% | 555 | -6 | $1,170 | $2,749,856 | 2 | Visio Entertainment |
| 5 | Horrible Bosses | $585,868 | -16% | 503 | 81 | $1,165 | $115,795,823 | 10 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 6 | Final Destination 5 | $555,303 | -63% | 655 | -571 | $848 | $41,756,473 | 5 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 7 | 30 Minutes or Less | $533,456 | -71% | 646 | -709 | $826 | $36,472,354 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | Zookeeper | $436,615 | -41% | 343 | -58 | $1,273 | $78,767,401 | 10 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | Midnight in Paris | $415,831 | -38% | 350 | -52 | $1,188 | $53,531,714 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 10 | The Guard | $408,561 | -30% | 203 | 25 | $2,013 | $3,254,011 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | Sarah's Key | $389,088 | -38% | 306 | -13 | $1,272 | $5,852,425 | 8 | Weinstein Company |
| 12 | One Day | $384,769 | -71% | 492 | -695 | $782 | $13,436,991 | 4 | Focus |
| 13 | The Change-Up | $321,640 | -59% | 374 | -165 | $860 | $36,485,325 | 6 | Universal |
| 14 | Conan the Barbarian (2011) | $303,866 | -81% | 551 | -1171 | $551 | $20,920,882 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | Saving Private Perez | $248,107 | -63% | 165 | 4 | $1,504 | $1,175,374 | 2 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 16 | Fright Night (2011) | $229,716 | -82% | 435 | -1033 | $528 | $17,864,171 | 4 | Disney / DreamWorks |
| 17 | Cars 2 | $181,185 | -85% | 353 | -1690 | $513 | $189,630,393 | 12 | Disney |
| 18 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $174,938 | -70% | 177 | -247 | $988 | $350,800,077 | 11 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 19 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $162,541 | -47% | 252 | 0 | $645 | $67,701,506 | 13 | Fox |
| 20 | Bridesmaids | $158,585 | -43% | 197 | -23 | $805 | $168,590,000 | 18 | Universal |
| 21 | Super 8 | $141,685 | -49% | 203 | -37 | $698 | $126,728,709 | 14 | Paramount |
| 22 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $122,857 | -63% | 164 | -141 | $749 | $165,001,609 | 16 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 23 | Green Lantern | $115,101 | -39% | 155 | -30 | $743 | $116,464,125 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | Winnie the Pooh | $104,664 | -59% | 247 | -105 | $424 | $26,644,662 | 9 | Disney |
| 25 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $92,245 | -53% | 150 | -36 | $615 | $240,918,960 | 17 | Disney |
| 26 | Friends With Benefits | $78,445 | -59% | 114 | -47 | $688 | $55,705,000 | 8 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 27 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | $5,137 | -58% | 100 | 0 | $51 | $3,103,656 | 9 | Eros International |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh at My Pain | $1,908,420 | -- | 98 | -- | $19,474 | $1,908,420 | 1 | CodeBlack Entertainment |
| 2 | Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | $403,017 | -- | 74 | -- | $5,446 | $403,017 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 3 | Higher Ground | $121,333 | 31% | 56 | 39 | $2,167 | $311,214 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | Monte Carlo | $100,137 | 404% | 69 | 28 | $1,451 | $23,047,802 | 11 | Fox |
| 5 | Born to Be Wild 3D | $91,290 | -56% | 49 | 0 | $1,863 | $12,682,099 | 23 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 6 | Senna | $88,432 | -48% | 40 | -7 | $2,211 | $1,003,869 | 5 | Producers Distribution Agency |
| 7 | Bad Teacher | $59,365 | -88% | 96 | -890 | $618 | $99,039,414 | 12 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | The Whistleblower | $57,691 | -40% | 59 | -11 | $978 | $888,718 | 6 | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn |
| 9 | Circumstance | $55,536 | 51% | 23 | 12 | $2,415 | $182,114 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 10 | Attack the Block | $51,934 | -42% | 51 | -15 | $1,018 | $949,217 | 7 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 11 | The Tree of Life | $47,109 | -41% | 62 | -24 | $760 | $13,090,521 | 16 | Fox Searchlight |
| 12 | Hubble 3D | $43,558 | -50% | 31 | 2 | $1,405 | $28,750,303 | 78 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 13 | Love Crime | $42,666 | 21% | 10 | 5 | $4,267 | $99,710 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 14 | X-Men: First Class | $40,255 | -63% | 67 | -34 | $601 | $146,358,175 | 15 | Fox |
| 15 | Buck | $39,355 | -17% | 78 | 5 | $505 | $3,955,363 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 16 | Point Blank | $33,096 | -47% | 28 | -5 | $1,182 | $533,167 | 7 | Magnolia / Magnet |
| 17 | The Hangover Part II | $28,380 | -60% | 60 | -30 | $473 | $254,455,986 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Bol | $26,138 | -58% | 38 | 0 | $688 | $153,369 | 2 | Eros International |
| 19 | Mozart's Sister | $24,575 | 99% | 12 | 5 | $2,048 | $130,729 | 4 | Music Box Films |
| 20 | Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame | $24,111 | -54% | 3 | 0 | $8,037 | $102,585 | 2 | Indomina Media |
| 21 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $23,555 | -6% | 6 | 3 | $3,926 | $72,116 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 22 | Sea Rex: Journey To A Prehistoric World | $23,212 | -31% | 12 | 2 | $1,934 | $4,171,126 | 70 | 3D Entertainment |
| 23 | Another Earth | $22,154 | -64% | 41 | -30 | $540 | $1,273,938 | 8 | Fox Searchlight |
| 24 | The Devil's Double | $21,929 | -49% | 33 | -16 | $665 | $1,321,122 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 25 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $20,931 | -25% | 17 | 2 | $1,231 | $522,739 | 10 | International Film Circuit |
| 26 | Shaolin | $19,132 | -- | 10 | -- | $1,913 | $19,132 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 27 | The Future | $18,230 | -24% | 26 | 9 | $701 | $475,951 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 28 | Brighton Rock (2011) | $17,317 | -34% | 12 | -1 | $1,443 | $118,969 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 29 | The Black Power Mixtape: 1967 - 1975 | $17,316 | -- | 2 | -- | $8,658 | $17,316 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 30 | Evidence of a Haunting | $17,220 | -30% | 5 | -4 | $3,444 | $63,504 | 3 | Nocturnal Features |
| 31 | My Kingdom (2011) | $16,816 | -- | 20 | -- | $841 | $16,816 | 1 | China Lion Film |
| 32 | The Names of Love | $15,115 | -42% | 18 | 2 | $840 | $445,743 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 33 | Love in Space | $13,795 | -- | 15 | -- | $920 | $13,795 | 1 | China Lion Film |
| 34 | The Trip (2011) | $13,379 | -44% | 28 | -8 | $478 | $1,980,296 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 35 | Terri | $13,256 | 31% | 17 | 0 | $780 | $638,310 | 11 | IDP/ATO Pictures |
| 36 | Magic Trip | $13,048 | 3% | 18 | 7 | $725 | $118,396 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 37 | The Interrupters | $11,868 | -12% | 10 | 0 | $1,187 | $138,778 | 7 | Cinema Guild |
| 38 | Under the Sea 3D | $10,544 | -67% | 10 | 2 | $1,054 | $29,782,931 | 135 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 39 | Nothing to Declare | $10,429 | -85% | 18 | -7 | $579 | $209,386 | 3 | Entertainment One Films |
| 40 | Sur le Rythme | $9,757 | -70% | 12 | 1 | $813 | $917,441 | 5 | Entertainment One Films |
| 41 | Bill Cunningham New York | $9,206 | 64% | 3 | 1 | $3,069 | $1,496,071 | 26 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 42 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | $8,315 | -84% | 19 | -45 | $438 | $11,847,551 | 5 | Fox |
| 43 | Bellflower | $8,064 | 26% | 9 | 4 | $896 | $122,379 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 44 | Amigo | $7,426 | -57% | 7 | -3 | $1,061 | $112,938 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 45 | Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest | $7,329 | -5% | 16 | 7 | $458 | $1,154,503 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles | $7,244 | 137% | 1 | 0 | $7,244 | $14,862 | 2 | Argot Pictures |
| 47 | After (2011) | $6,332 | -- | 1 | -- | $6,332 | $6,332 | 1 | Undefined |
| 48 | Tabloid | $6,079 | -61% | 13 | -12 | $468 | $658,106 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 49 | Project Nim | $5,909 | -43% | 11 | -4 | $537 | $373,944 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | Incendies | $5,652 | -43% | 6 | -2 | $942 | $6,852,647 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | Life in a Day | $5,052 | -36% | 5 | -4 | $1,010 | $230,913 | 7 | National Geographic |
| 52 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $4,965 | 169% | 2 | -1 | $2,483 | $372,216 | 12 | Hannover House |
| 53 | 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstacy | $4,922 | -66% | 6 | -3 | $820 | $143,942 | 5 | China Lion Film |
| 54 | The Whale | $4,835 | -- | 2 | -- | $2,418 | $4,835 | 1 | Paladin |
| 55 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $4,644 | -- | 1 | -- | $4,644 | $4,644 | 1 | The Film Desk |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | $3,717 | -61% | 1 | 0 | $3,717 | $8,245,153 | 491 | IMAX |
| 57 | The Man Who Fell to Earth (2011 re-issue) | $3,701 | -- | 3 | -- | $1,234 | $78,344 | 12 | Rialto Pictures |
| 58 | Rebirth (2011) | $3,387 | 24% | 3 | 2 | $1,129 | $12,253 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 59 | Viva Riva! | $3,340 | -- | 2 | -- | $1,670 | $61,759 | 14 | Music Box Films |
| 60 | Page One: Inside the New York Times | $3,059 | -31% | 8 | 1 | $382 | $1,048,963 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 61 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | $2,912 | -49% | 8 | -4 | $364 | $1,337,919 | 9 | Fox Searchlight |
| 62 | Tanner Hall | $2,803 | -- | 5 | -- | $561 | $2,803 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 63 | Life, Above All | $2,779 | 7% | 10 | 4 | $278 | $97,551 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | Bride Flight | $2,192 | -64% | 4 | -6 | $548 | $484,527 | 14 | Music Box Films |
| 65 | The Last Circus | $2,001 | -5% | 4 | 2 | $500 | $18,542 | 4 | Magnolia / Magnet |
| 66 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $2,000 | -- | 2 | -- | $1,000 | $23,746,066 | 206 | National Geographic |
| 67 | Littlerock | $1,986 | -57% | 2 | -1 | $993 | $12,162 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 68 | The Tree | $1,689 | -60% | 3 | -1 | $563 | $42,730 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 69 | Main Street | $1,553 | -- | 1 | -- | $1,553 | $1,553 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | I'm Glad My Mother is Alive | $1,413 | -55% | 1 | 0 | $1,413 | $6,988 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 71 | Summer (2011 re-issue) | $1,257 | -- | 2 | -- | $629 | $32,839 | 14 | The Film Desk |
| 72 | Trollhunter | $1,009 | -41% | 2 | -2 | $505 | $249,354 | 14 | Magnolia / Magnet |
| 73 | Burke and Hare | $947 | -- | 1 | -- | $947 | $947 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 74 | CornerStore | $883 | -70% | 1 | -1 | $883 | $39,290 | 5 | Undefined |
| 75 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $857 | -82% | 5 | 0 | $171 | $107,297 | 7 | Alive Mind Cinema |
| 76 | Rapt | $854 | -66% | 1 | -1 | $854 | $38,484 | 10 | Lorber Films |
| 77 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $695 | -30% | 1 | 0 | $695 | $63,658 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 78 | Griff the Invisible | $655 | -66% | 2 | 0 | $328 | $16,428 | 4 | Indomina Media |
| 79 | Passione: A Musical Adventure | $622 | -87% | 1 | -2 | $622 | $195,220 | 12 | Abramorama |
| 80 | Farmageddon | $601 | -- | 2 | -- | $301 | $27,217 | 13 | Undefined |
| 81 | Everything Must Go | $573 | -13% | 4 | 0 | $143 | $2,711,210 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 82 | My Perestroika | $564 | -- | 1 | -- | $564 | $241,875 | 25 | International Film Circuit |
| 83 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $479 | -83% | 1 | 0 | $479 | $40,004 | 5 | Lorber Films |
| 84 | WAR: Women Art Revolution | $338 | -70% | 1 | 0 | $338 | $46,813 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 85 | 5 Days of War | $305 | -91% | 1 | -2 | $305 | $17,243 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 86 | The Robber | $296 | -- | 2 | -- | $148 | $82,468 | 20 | Kino International |
| 87 | How To Live Forever | $284 | -- | 1 | -- | $284 | $58,764 | 18 | Variance Films |
| 88 | In/Sight | $262 | -97% | 3 | -20 | $87 | $17,012 | 2 | Check Entertainment |
| 89 | The Music Never Stopped | $208 | -67% | 1 | 0 | $208 | $258,077 | 26 | Roadside Attractions |
| 90 | Pianomania | $130 | -- | 1 | -- | $130 | $26,651 | 16 | First Run Features |
| 91 | The Conspirator | $32 | 33% | 1 | 0 | $32 | $11,538,204 | 22 | Roadside Attractions |
