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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 Mon, Sep. 27 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleMon, Sep. 27 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$1,708,167-62%3,565--$479$20,719,3551Fox
2The Town$1,418,453-64%2,88524$492$50,110,5252Warner Bros.
3Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$827,357-82%3,575--$231$16,939,5681Warner Bros.
4Easy A$666,422-72%2,8560$233$33,380,6372Sony / Screen Gems
5You Again$582,100-72%2,548--$228$8,989,6131Disney
6Devil$491,425-69%2,8112$175$22,350,8502Universal
7Resident Evil: Afterlife$461,493-68%2,642-567$175$52,535,0813Sony / Screen Gems
8Alpha and Omega$223,833-85%2,6250$85$15,358,5252Lionsgate
9Takers$124,324-66%1,413-726$88$55,009,4995Sony / Screen Gems
10The American$92,062-58%1,315-1142$70$34,699,4434Focus
11The Other Guys$71,696-68%1,047-780$68$117,038,6778Sony / Columbia

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleMon, Sep. 27 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Inception$109,059-64%907-398$120$287,162,35111Warner Bros.
2Eat Pray Love$78,403-61%855-813$92$79,118,7117Sony / Columbia
3Machete$67,857-64%682-1022$99$25,801,5344Fox
4The Expendables$51,850-63%852-1002$61$102,121,8977Lionsgate
5The Virginity Hit$39,231-51%700--$56$371,6943Sony / Columbia
6Despicable Me$36,545-79%610-334$60$245,551,21012Universal
7Dinner for Schmucks$26,042-62%32310$81$72,565,2429Paramount / DreamWorks
8The Last Exorcism$22,278-70%707-1306$32$40,799,9965Lionsgate
9Going the Distance (2010)$21,056-63%475-1532$44$17,559,7764Warner Bros. / New Line
10Nanny McPhee Returns$19,125-83%765-823$25$28,245,3506Universal
11Scott Pilgrim vs. the World$16,310-59%233-151$70$31,372,7357Universal
12Lottery Ticket$15,693--370-307$42$23,957,9046Warner Bros.
13Vampires Suck$12,050-75%415-549$29$36,183,1666Fox
14Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$10,090-83%267-93$38$43,284,7139Warner Bros.
15The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$10,086-70%224-115$45$300,308,82613Summit
16The Kids Are All Right$9,043-59%107-62$85$20,663,07412Focus
17Ramona and Beezus$5,087-85%191-69$27$25,876,06510Fox
18Flipped$4,947-65%106-269$47$1,709,6088Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleMon, Sep. 27 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Catfish$52,094-59%5745$914$863,3742Universal / Rogue
2Hubble 3D$29,982-37%0-63--$15,946,57528Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Never Let Me Go$25,877-64%2622$995$464,4122Fox Searchlight
4Waiting for 'Superman'$14,340-62%4--$3,585$153,3731Paramount Vantage
5Buried$11,058-59%11--$1,005$111,3261Lionsgate
6Jack Goes Boating$10,516-56%3733$284$139,9242Relativity / Overture
7Under the Sea 3D$8,661-29%182$481$24,287,76385Warner Bros. / IMAX
8Winter's Bone$6,314-62%82-21$77$6,056,18516Roadside Attractions
9The Tillman Story$4,472-63%27-1$166$592,0396Weinstein Company
10Bran Nue Dae$3,924-60%5538$71$92,7783Freestyle Releasing
11Avatar$3,810-54%29-100$131$760,241,36141Fox
12Piranha 3D$2,945-60%66-198$45$24,823,2166Weinstein Company
13The Concert$2,283-63%18-2$127$579,93910Weinstein Company
14Knight and Day$1,891-57%45-19$42$76,403,81414Fox
15We Are Family$1,448-73%24-54$60$633,8224UTV Communications
16Cyrus$916-64%14-5$65$7,437,93015Fox Searchlight
17The Romantics$682-59%6-8$114$103,9623Four of a Kind
18The Disappearance of Alice Creed$186-46%2-1$93$158,3128Anchor Bay
19Solitary Man$130-66%6-1$22$4,357,66319Anchor Bay