Grosses

$13.5 Million Start for 'Star Trek Into Darkness'May 17, 2013 11:51 AM

by Daniel Garris

Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness started out its domestic run with an opening day take of $13.54 million on Thursday (an estimated $2.0 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings are included within the reported figure). While Star Trek Into Darkness led the daily box office comfortably on Thursday, the film's opening day performance left a lot to be desired for a highly anticipated sequel of its size. With that said, it is extremely likely that the last minute release date change to Thursday took a toll on the film's box office potential yesterday, though to exactly what degree remains to be seen until Friday's performance plays out. In comparison, Thursday's performance for Star Trek Into Darkness was 46 percent softer than the $25.04 million opening Thursday take of 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and 1 percent stronger than the $13.37 million opening Thursday gross of 2009's Terminator Salvation.

Check back throughout the weekend for further updates on the box office progress of Star Trek Into Darkness.

In other box office news, Warner's The Great Gatsby continued its stronger than expected box office run on Thursday with a second place take of $3.43 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was down 12 percent from Wednesday, which represented one of Thursday's stronger daily holds among wide releases. A bit surprisingly, The Great Gatsby has now topped Iron Man 3 at the daily box office for two consecutive days. However, Iron Man 3 should move back ahead in the rankings over the weekend due to the greater appeal of Iron Man 3 with family audiences. The Great Gatsby placed in second for the week with a seven-day start of $66.74 million. That places the film 75 percent ahead of the $38.14 million one-week start of last year's Dark Shadows.

Disney's Iron Man 3 placed in third with $3.297 million. In the process, Marvel's blockbuster superhero sequel surpassed the $300 million mark yesterday. Iron Man 3 reached the milestone on its fourteenth day of release (which ties it with 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the fourth fastest film ever to reach the $300 million mark). In addition, Iron Man 3 has now surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office with a current global haul of $1.0008 billion (current domestic and overseas totals stand at $301.89 million and $698.9 million respectively). Iron Man 3 was the week's top film with $89.47 million for the frame.  That represented a 58 percent decline from the film's opening week performance.

Daily Domestic Gross Sun, May. 16 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, May. 16 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Iron Man 2$14,277,492-37%4,39010$3,252$211,200,8762Paramount
2Robin Hood$9,160,000-34%3,503--$2,615$36,063,0001Universal
3Letters to Juliet$3,185,530-41%2,968--$1,073$13,540,4861Summit
4Just Wright$1,993,059-42%1,831--$1,089$8,284,9891Fox Searchlight
5How to Train Your Dragon$1,393,362-41%2,620-1760$532$207,647,6968Paramount / DreamWorks
6A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)$1,080,000-47%3,075-257$351$56,067,0003Warner Bros. / New Line
7Date Night$795,059-56%2,481-253$320$86,522,6226Fox
8Furry Vengeance$670,076-36%2,695-307$249$15,089,0703Summit
9The Back-up Plan$547,692-48%2,497-506$219$34,124,7824CBS Films
10Clash of the Titans (2010)$325,000-42%1,300-857$250$160,128,0007Warner Bros.
11Death at a Funeral (2010)$297,913-42%1,062-644$281$40,495,9645Sony / Screen Gems

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, May. 16 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Babies$293,949-28%5439$541$3,881,2162Focus
2Oceans$225,386-23%973-259$232$17,669,4504Disneynature
3Kick-Ass$148,818-35%609-1150$244$46,616,2325Lionsgate
4The Last Song$128,523-47%802-501$160$61,240,3887Disney
5Alice in Wonderland (2010)$122,688-40%403-179$304$331,533,91511Disney
6The Losers$114,000-45%701-1749$163$22,761,0004Warner Bros.
7City Island$110,408-49%2536$436$3,608,5609Anchor Bay
8Diary of a Wimpy Kid$106,328-42%468-157$227$61,978,6949Fox
9Avatar$95,611-38%279-49$343$748,468,37322Fox
10Hot Tub Time Machine$83,000-38%458-344$181$49,185,0008MGM
11Shutter Island$68,045-50%310121$220$127,213,67013Paramount
12The Bounty Hunter$46,484-54%293-169$159$65,037,8169Sony / Columbia
13Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?$44,962-45%281-123$160$59,681,3857Lionsgate
14Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief$35,305-37%209-12$169$88,354,45014Fox
15She's Out of My League$33,215-74%206-55$161$31,584,72210Paramount
16The Ghost Writer$27,259-53%150-81$182$15,084,11413Summit
17The Tooth Fairy$22,852-42%132-28$173$59,828,42717Fox
18Our Family Wedding$18,703-32%103-16$182$20,092,23910Fox Searchlight
19The Crazies$13,092-52%111-38$118$39,103,37812Overture

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, May. 16 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$78,000-34%480$1,625$5,743,0009Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Princess Kaiulani$58,392-15%33--$1,769$186,9801Roadside Attractions
3Greenberg$12,144-41%77-37$158$4,155,3109Focus
4The Secret of Kells$8,603-7%264$331$460,92611GKIDS
5Under the Sea 3D$8,100-38%184$450$21,979,00066Warner Bros. / IMAX
6Letters to God$7,400-33%75-37$99$2,794,0006Vivendi
7The Joneses$6,633-46%56-12$118$1,400,4865Roadside Attractions
8The Runaways$6,029-24%49-16$123$3,528,4549Apparition
9Cop Out$6,000-45%53-38$113$44,867,00012Warner Bros.
10Brooklyn's Finest$4,224-38%64-49$66$27,154,42611Overture
11Crazy Heart$3,986-56%50-25$80$39,436,62322Fox Searchlight
12The Square$3,980-46%14-3$284$242,4526Apparition
13Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo$2,0005%0----$01Argot Pictures
14Here and There (Tamo i Ovde)$1,486-45%1--$1,486$6,3521Cinema Purgatorio
15The Blind Side$700-30%11-14$64$255,950,00026Warner Bros.