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 Fri, Jun. 18 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleFri, Jun. 18 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Toy Story 3$41,148,961--4,028--$10,216$41,148,9611Disney
2The Karate Kid (2010)$8,782,633101%3,6630$2,398$86,036,5772Sony / Columbia
3The A-Team$4,285,169110%3,5449$1,209$40,307,4392Fox
4Get Him to the Greek$1,996,000105%2,592-110$770$43,735,0003Universal
5Jonah Hex$1,952,000--2,825--$691$1,952,0001Warner Bros.
6Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$1,736,445152%2,605-503$667$76,970,5554Disney
7Shrek Forever After$1,685,8141%3,207-661$526$219,142,3415Paramount / DreamWorks
8Killers$1,680,33089%2,619-240$642$35,946,9863Lionsgate
9Sex and the City 2$905,00023%1,680-1070$539$88,664,0004Warner Bros. / New Line
10Iron Man 2$715,41752%1,612-693$444$302,053,4947Paramount
11Marmaduke$678,029-1%2,495-718$272$25,914,8343Fox
12Robin Hood$361,00036%1,046-849$345$101,018,0006Universal

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleFri, Jun. 18 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Splice$284,000-7%944-1506$301$14,921,0003Warner Bros
2Letters to Juliet$280,49410%806-525$348$48,081,4736Summit
3Raavan$183,486--119--$1,542$183,4861Reliance Big Pictures
4Date Night$123,852115%345-85$359$96,646,20511Fox
5Solitary Man$115,069377%10754$1,075$113,1355Anchor Bay
6The Bounty Hunter$80,212--174-62$461$66,621,65514Sony / Columbia
7Clash of the Titans (2010)$70,000--267-66$262$162,045,00012Warner Bros.
8How to Train Your Dragon$50,56620%213-68$237$214,647,78113Paramount / DreamWorks
9Just Wright$49,64787%158-121$314$20,967,5276Fox Searchlight
10City Island$44,22196%133-26$332$5,800,01114Anchor Bay
11Death at a Funeral (2010)$42,967--16195$267$42,259,34610Sony / Screen Gems
12A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)$37,000393%228103$162$62,650,0008Warner Bros. / New Line
13Furry Vengeance$34,98610%235-33$149$16,983,7028Summit
14The Back-up Plan$32,511229%16654$196$36,989,8269CBS Films
15Diary of a Wimpy Kid$26,4123%146-56$181$63,498,43314Fox
16Kick-Ass$22,95728%157-21$146$47,897,08810Lionsgate

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleFri, Jun. 18 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Winter's Bone$98,5881199%3935$2,528$221,6002Roadside Attractions
2Hubble 3D$82,00011%502$1,640$8,450,00014Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Cyrus$52,210--4--$13,053$52,2101Fox Searchlight
4Babies$25,796-22%97-49$266$7,015,9877Focus
5Raajneeti$18,00038%56-68$321$1,378,0003UTV Communications
6Under the Sea 3D$13,000-7%150$867$22,477,00071Warner Bros. / IMAX
7Avatar$12,094-34%17-9$711$749,401,86327Fox
8The Losers$7,500-6%31-96$242$23,568,0009Warner Bros.
9Princess Kaiulani$6,08448%16-10$380$796,6986Roadside Attractions
10The Square$5,987445%12-5$499$340,73611Apparition
11The Secret of Kells$2,76439%15-5$184$612,00016GKIDS
12The Joneses$2,60542%7-1$372$1,449,08110Roadside Attractions
13Racing Dreams$980--2--$490$42,1755Hanover House