Grosses
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Leads Weekend, But Opens Below PredecessorMay 19, 2013 08:51 AM
Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness opened in first place this weekend with an estimated $70.56 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.
After grossing an additional $13.54 million on Thursday (which included $2 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings), Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed $84.09 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 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 $22.06 million performance, the film did increase a healthy 25 percent on Saturday to gross $27.5 million and is estimated to have an opening weekend to Friday ratio of 3.20 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 $164.6 million.
Iron Man 3 fell 51 percent to place in second this weekend with an estimated $35.18 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 $337.07 million through 17 days of release. That places the film 34 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 $1.073 billion.
Warner's The Great Gatsby displayed respectable holding power as well this weekend. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio fell 53 percent to place in third with an estimated $23.42 million. The Great Gatsby continues to exceed expectations with a ten-day start of $90.16 million. That places The Great Gatsby 19 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 various action fare.
The Great Gatsby launched overseas this weekend; grossing $42.1 million from 49 foreign territories. That places the film's current global haul at $132.3 million.
Daily Domestic Gross Mon, Sep. 6 2010
← previous next →| # | Title | Mon, Sep. 6 2010 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The American | $3,484,543 | -22% | 2,823 | -- | $1,234 | $19,806,118 | 1 | Focus |
| 2 | Machete | $2,686,724 | -28% | 2,670 | -- | $1,006 | $14,102,888 | 1 | Fox |
| 3 | Takers | $2,659,260 | -26% | 2,206 | 0 | $1,205 | $39,986,817 | 2 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 4 | The Expendables | $1,697,691 | -32% | 3,398 | 0 | $500 | $93,885,594 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | Going the Distance (2010) | $1,623,326 | -28% | 3,030 | -- | $536 | $8,508,290 | 1 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 6 | The Last Exorcism | $1,408,215 | -40% | 2,874 | 0 | $490 | $33,522,575 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | The Other Guys | $1,376,739 | -30% | 2,607 | -574 | $528 | $108,130,839 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | Eat Pray Love | $1,374,852 | -19% | 2,663 | -445 | $516 | $70,279,644 | 4 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | Inception | $1,312,106 | -24% | 1,704 | -366 | $770 | $278,457,609 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $1,272,760 | 1% | 2,708 | -90 | $470 | $23,672,660 | 3 | Universal |
| 11 | Despicable Me | $1,063,665 | -8% | 1,600 | -233 | $665 | $241,498,630 | 9 | Universal |
| 12 | The Switch (2010) | $797,504 | -29% | 1,885 | -132 | $423 | $22,292,201 | 3 | Miramax |
| 13 | Toy Story 3 | $790,234 | 4% | 1,520 | 920 | $520 | $408,890,408 | 12 | Disney |
| 14 | Vampires Suck | $745,778 | -31% | 2,434 | -799 | $306 | $33,240,602 | 3 | Fox |
| 15 | Piranha 3D | $577,894 | -38% | 1,789 | -702 | $323 | $23,105,959 | 3 | Weinstein Company |
| 16 | Lottery Ticket | $565,887 | -23% | 1,310 | -663 | $432 | $21,074,972 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| # | Title | Mon, Sep. 6 2010 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $704,206 | -17% | 812 | 0 | $867 | $758,247,840 | 38 | Fox |
| 2 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $431,745 | -22% | 807 | -759 | $535 | $29,267,130 | 4 | Universal |
| 3 | Get Low | $356,989 | -- | 560 | -- | $637 | $5,760,386 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | Salt | $343,194 | -26% | 705 | -463 | $487 | $115,561,662 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 5 | Dinner for Schmucks | $243,642 | -37% | 804 | -697 | $303 | $71,166,816 | 6 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 6 | Step Up 3D | $200,857 | -33% | 434 | -467 | $463 | $41,284,397 | 5 | Disney |
| 7 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $177,079 | -1% | 455 | -368 | $389 | $42,209,323 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $152,932 | -- | 357 | -- | $428 | $61,776,459 | 8 | Disney |
| 9 | Grown Ups | $144,388 | -39% | 383 | -- | $377 | $160,191,860 | 11 | Sony / Columbia |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $111,125 | -29% | 396 | -80 | $281 | $298,798,466 | 10 | Summit |
| 11 | Hubble 3D | $109,247 | -3% | 123 | -28 | $888 | $15,110,422 | 25 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 12 | Ramona and Beezus | $101,152 | 5% | 305 | -49 | $332 | $25,306,200 | 7 | Fox |
| 13 | The Kids Are All Right | $100,611 | -25% | 239 | -103 | $421 | $19,891,258 | 9 | Focus |
| 14 | The Last Airbender | $98,732 | -17% | 257 | -49 | $384 | $131,157,151 | 10 | Paramount |
| 15 | The Karate Kid (2010) | $70,707 | -23% | 227 | -- | $311 | $176,308,872 | 13 | Sony / Columbia |
| 16 | The Girl Who Played With Fire | $65,436 | -- | 157 | -- | $417 | $6,643,255 | 9 | Music Box |
| 17 | Shrek Forever After | $52,944 | -33% | 179 | -28 | $296 | $238,371,987 | 16 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 18 | Charlie St. Cloud | $34,110 | -39% | 220 | -113 | $155 | $31,001,010 | 6 | Universal |
| 19 | Knight and Day | $27,817 | -41% | 142 | -87 | $196 | $76,231,739 | 11 | Fox |
| 20 | Predators | $13,513 | -69% | 111 | -76 | $122 | $51,788,833 | 9 | Fox |
| # | Title | Mon, Sep. 6 2010 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mao's Last Dancer | $106,021 | -- | 95 | -- | $1,116 | $1,782,210 | 3 | Samuel Goldwyn |
| 2 | We Are Family | $69,447 | -39% | 78 | -- | $890 | $366,354 | 1 | UTV Communications |
| 3 | Cairo Time | $48,479 | -- | 55 | -- | $881 | $905,576 | 5 | IFC |
| 4 | The Tillman Story | $43,081 | -14% | 24 | 19 | $1,795 | $303,560 | 3 | Weinstein Company |
| 5 | What If... | $39,877 | -- | 69 | -- | $578 | $328,956 | 3 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 6 | Animal Kingdom | $38,285 | -- | 56 | -- | $684 | $574,789 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 7 | Winter's Bone | $31,403 | -24% | 90 | -29 | $349 | $5,640,006 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 8 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $28,923 | -- | 34 | -- | $851 | $336,376 | 2 | Music Box |
| 9 | Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 | $25,793 | -- | 31 | -- | $832 | $100,242 | 1 | Music Box |
| 10 | I Am Love | $23,217 | -- | 49 | -- | $474 | $4,696,290 | 12 | Magnolia |
| 11 | Under the Sea 3D | $20,559 | -11% | 16 | 0 | $1,285 | $24,110,954 | 82 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 12 | Flipped | $19,090 | 2% | 28 | 2 | $682 | $770,136 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | $17,043 | -- | 93 | -- | $183 | $90,702,019 | 15 | Disney |
| 14 | The Concert | $14,170 | -16% | 20 | 0 | $709 | $453,416 | 7 | Weinstein Company |
| 15 | The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest | $10,638 | -- | 18 | -- | $591 | $424,239 | 5 | National Geographic |
| 16 | Soul Kitchen | $10,339 | -- | 15 | -- | $689 | $121,709 | 3 | IFC |
| 17 | Marmaduke | $9,606 | -52% | 45 | -21 | $213 | $33,630,347 | 14 | Fox |
| 18 | Lebanon | $9,298 | -- | 17 | -- | $547 | $201,420 | 47 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | Centurion | $8,444 | -- | 19 | -- | $444 | $99,204 | 2 | Magnolia |
| 20 | The A-Team | $7,977 | -75% | 54 | -38 | $148 | $77,187,334 | 13 | Fox |
| 21 | A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop | $7,703 | -- | 5 | -- | $1,541 | $35,033 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | Restrepo | $7,442 | -- | 33 | -- | $226 | $1,180,393 | 11 | National Geographic |
| 23 | Peepli Live | $6,708 | -42% | 26 | -19 | $258 | $754,836 | 4 | UTV Communications |
| 24 | The Extra Man | $6,296 | -- | 28 | -- | $225 | $375,758 | 6 | Magnolia |
| 25 | Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) | $6,032 | -36% | 18 | -3 | $335 | $491,226 | 7 | NeoClassics |
| 26 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) | $4,557 | -- | 24 | -- | $190 | $10,019,207 | 25 | Music Box |
| 27 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $4,393 | -- | 24 | -- | $183 | $1,624,062 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | A Film Unfinished | $3,961 | -- | 5 | -- | $792 | $123,643 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 29 | Micmacs | $3,897 | -- | 22 | -- | $177 | $1,209,645 | 15 | Sony Classics |
| 30 | Last Train Home | $3,789 | -- | 1 | -- | $3,789 | $24,207 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 31 | My Dog Tulip | $3,168 | -- | 1 | -- | $3,168 | $19,590 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 32 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $3,117 | -- | 5 | -- | $623 | $3,218,649 | 21 | Producers Distribution Agency |
| 33 | Agora | $2,954 | -- | 6 | -- | $492 | $577,823 | 15 | Newmarket |
| 34 | Change of Plans | $2,749 | -- | 2 | -- | $1,375 | $36,086 | 2 | IFC |
| 35 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $2,652 | -24% | 6 | -1 | $442 | $147,072 | 5 | Anchor Bay |
| 36 | Cyrus | $2,650 | -45% | 26 | -6 | $102 | $7,381,108 | 12 | Fox Searchlight |
| 37 | The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) | $2,635 | -- | 12 | -- | $220 | $6,348,641 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $2,526 | -- | 16 | -- | $158 | $2,921,181 | 13 | IFC |
| 39 | La Soga | $2,440 | -36% | 5 | -7 | $488 | $161,832 | 4 | 7-57 Releasing |
| 40 | Solitary Man | $2,078 | -47% | 24 | 5 | $87 | $4,339,456 | 16 | Anchor Bay |
| 41 | The Cremaster Cycle (2010 re-issue) | $1,727 | -- | 1 | -- | $1,727 | $104,931 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 42 | Princess Kaiulani | $1,506 | 737% | 3 | 2 | $502 | $876,304 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 43 | Life During Wartime | $1,439 | -- | 8 | -- | $180 | $257,538 | 7 | IFC |
| 44 | Army of Crime | $1,375 | -- | 2 | -- | $688 | $26,188 | 3 | Lorber |
| 45 | Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto) | $1,361 | -- | 1 | -- | $1,361 | $673,721 | 25 | Zeitgeist |
| 46 | The People I've Slept With | $1,229 | -- | 2 | 1 | $615 | $17,612 | 4 | People Pictures |
| 47 | Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) | $1,186 | -- | 9 | -- | $132 | $362,886 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 48 | White Wedding (2009) | $1,145 | -35% | 4 | -- | $286 | $7,004 | 1 | Dada Films |
| 49 | Date Night | $1,114 | -- | 11 | -- | $101 | $98,711,404 | 22 | Fox |
| 50 | Metropolis (1927) (2010 re-issue) | $1,045 | -- | 3 | -- | $348 | $365,538 | 18 | Kino International |
| 51 | Winnebago Man | $932 | -- | 7 | -- | $133 | $139,801 | 9 | Kino International |
| 52 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $812 | -- | 5 | -- | $162 | $314,336 | 15 | Lorber |
| 53 | Please Give | $782 | -- | 13 | -- | $60 | $4,021,688 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 54 | Dogtooth (Kynodontas) | $775 | -- | 2 | -- | $388 | $51,429 | 11 | Kino International |
| 55 | The Nature of Existence | $566 | -- | 2 | -- | $283 | $47,311 | 12 | Walking Shadows |
| 56 | Spoken Word | $476 | -- | 2 | -- | $238 | $27,098 | 7 | Variance |
| 57 | Countdown to Zero | $433 | -- | 5 | -- | $87 | $253,823 | 7 | Magnolia |
| 58 | Ondine | $414 | -- | 3 | -- | $138 | $541,170 | 27 | Magnolia |
| 59 | Two in the Wave | $355 | -- | 1 | -- | $355 | $28,179 | 16 | Lorber Films |
| 60 | John Rabe | $301 | -- | 1 | -- | $301 | $56,486 | 16 | Strand |
| 61 | The Little Traitor | $300 | -- | 1 | -- | $300 | $374,823 | 39 | Westchester Films |
| 62 | The Sicilian Girl | $268 | -- | 2 | -- | $134 | $23,942 | 5 | Music Box |
| 63 | Mother and Child | $239 | -- | 2 | -- | $120 | $1,100,501 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $149 | -- | 1 | -- | $149 | $23,294,160 | 153 | National Geographic |
| 65 | Everyone Else | $102 | -- | 1 | -- | $102 | $93,702 | 64 | Cinema Guild |
| 66 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | $100 | -- | 1 | -- | $100 | $67,765 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
