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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Falls Short Of Expectations; 'Iron Man 3' and 'Gatsby' Hold Up WellMay 18, 2013 04:43 AM

by Phil Contrino

Despite posting strong early numbers on Friday, Star Trek Into Darkness has cooled down. The sci-fi extravaganza is now on pace for $68 million from Friday-Sunday after tallying $22 million on Friday. That will put its 4-day total at $81.5 million. Even Paramount was expecting $100 million in four days. Negative word of mouth doesn't seem to be the culprit. Into Darkness is creating plenty of buzz on Facebook and Twitter, and it boasts an "A" from CinemaScore. The impact of Iron Man 3's monster debut combined with the impending release of The Hangover Part III and Fast & Furious 6 could be to blame. 2009's Star Trek made $82.7 million during its first four full days of release, or approximately $87.5 million when adjusting for inflation. 

Iron Man 3 wasn't hurt by Into Darkness as much as it could have been. The Disney release fell 50 percent during its sophomore frame. Everything from this point on is icing on the cake for Iron Man 3 now that it has hit $1 billion globally. 

Being sandwiched in between Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness would be daunting for any film, but The Great Gatsby is holding up reasonably well in the face of it. The period flick is on pace to drop 54 percent during its sophomore frame. Gatsby will hit $100 million in North America by next weekend, and its overseas rollout is just beginning. WB's gamble seems to be paying off.

 

Daily Domestic Gross Fri, Jun. 25 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleFri, Jun. 25 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Toy Story 3$17,950,64337%4,0280$4,456$185,502,3252Disney
2Grown Ups$14,407,593--3,534--$4,077$14,407,5931Sony / Columbia
3Knight and Day$6,322,34982%3,098--$2,041$13,610,8771Fox
4The Karate Kid (2010)$4,761,36751%3,74077$1,273$125,002,6673Sony / Columbia
5The A-Team$1,910,37438%3,242-302$589$58,753,3523Fox
6Get Him to the Greek$995,99529%2,189-403$455$52,471,7104Universal
7Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$967,03446%1,851-754$522$84,343,2295Disney
8Shrek Forever After$872,466-3%2,340-867$373$227,310,1906Paramount / DreamWorks
9Killers$634,7579%2,271-348$280$42,634,8304Lionsgate
10Jonah Hex$505,72619%2,8250$179$8,049,3672Warner Bros.
11Iron Man 2$410,96628%1,169-443$352$305,918,2358Paramount
12Marmaduke$315,1122%1,110-1385$284$29,346,6674Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleFri, Jun. 25 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Sex and the City 2$389,544-5%901-779$432$92,242,8145Warner Bros. / New Line
2Robin Hood$190,66550%669-377$285$102,843,5107Universal
3How to Train Your Dragon$149,137168%333120$448$215,094,16614Paramount / DreamWorks
4Letters to Juliet$128,4332%509-297$252$49,259,3147Summit
5Solitary Man$121,826244%17770$688$1,716,3106Anchor Bay
6Date Night$77,89765%286-59$272$97,156,93112Fox
7Splice$73,031-8%340-604$215$16,061,7724Warner Bros
8Clash of the Titans (2010)$48,12028%226-41$213$162,581,34513Warner Bros.
9The Back-up Plan$44,523157%147-19$303$37,163,14610CBS Films
10Death at a Funeral (2010)$43,988--156-5$282$42,496,51511Sony / Screen Gems
11Furry Vengeance$42,15548%157-78$269$17,205,0789Summit
12The Bounty Hunter$35,352--104-70$340$66,880,57015Sony / Columbia
13City Island$29,57339%105-28$282$6,054,51815Anchor Bay
14Raavan$27,04973%115-4$235$600,3632Reliance Big Pictures
15A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)$24,07010%172-56$140$62,846,1739Warner Bros. / New Line
16Diary of a Wimpy Kid$21,979-4%105-41$209$63,654,75515Fox
17Just Wright$21,97965%111-47$198$21,166,8877Fox Searchlight
18Kick-Ass$10,638-29%102-55$104$48,019,21711Lionsgate

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleFri, Jun. 25 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Winter's Bone$115,940226%7031$1,656$742,8933Roadside Attractions
2Cyrus$85,547347%1713$5,032$350,5792Fox Searchlight
3Hubble 3D$72,166-7%500$1,443$9,001,77215Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Babies$12,123-43%64-33$189$7,165,3668Focus
5Avatar$9,634-36%15-2$642$749,500,63628Fox
6Under the Sea 3D$9,555-39%13-2$735$22,563,51172Warner Bros. / IMAX
7The Square$4,956106%8-4$620$366,84912Apparition
8The Secret of Kells$2,88367%150$192$630,44017GKIDS
9Princess Kaiulani$1,648-33%8-8$206$822,0197Roadside Attractions
10The Joneses$860-40%3-4$287$1,462,25211Roadside Attractions
11Racing Dreams$316159%31$105$43,8496Hanover House
12Letters to God$173--2--$87$2,848,29912Vivendi