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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 Tue, Sep. 28 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleTue, Sep. 28 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$1,976,58016%3,565--$554$22,695,9351Fox
2The Town$1,596,19713%2,88524$553$51,706,7222Warner Bros.
3Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$848,1033%3,575--$237$17,787,6711Warner Bros.
4Easy A$762,00914%2,8560$267$34,142,6462Sony / Screen Gems
5You Again$735,82126%2,548--$289$9,725,4341Disney
6Devil$520,0356%2,8112$185$22,870,8852Universal
7Resident Evil: Afterlife$484,1585%2,642-567$183$53,019,2393Sony / Screen Gems
8Alpha and Omega$231,5503%2,6250$88$15,620,3272Lionsgate
9Takers$132,1546%1,413-726$94$55,141,6535Sony / Screen Gems
10The American$108,66718%1,315-1142$83$34,808,1104Focus
11The Other Guys$73,3272%1,047-780$70$117,112,0048Sony / Columbia

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleTue, Sep. 28 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Inception$124,01114%907-398$137$287,286,36211Warner Bros.
2Eat Pray Love$95,30722%855-813$111$79,214,0187Sony / Columbia
3Machete$68,6981%682-1022$101$25,870,2324Fox
4The Expendables$56,79910%852-1002$67$102,178,6967Lionsgate
5The Virginity Hit$44,75114%700--$64$416,4453Sony / Columbia
6Despicable Me$36,6650%610-334$60$245,587,87512Universal
7Dinner for Schmucks$29,04112%32310$90$72,594,2839Paramount / DreamWorks
8Going the Distance (2010)$23,47711%475-1532$49$17,583,2534Warner Bros. / New Line
9The Last Exorcism$22,8162%707-1306$32$40,818,3955Lionsgate
10Nanny McPhee Returns$19,0500%765-823$25$28,264,4006Universal
11Scott Pilgrim vs. the World$16,4051%233-151$70$31,389,1407Universal
12Lottery Ticket$15,7961%370-307$43$23,973,7006Warner Bros.
13Vampires Suck$12,5484%415-549$30$36,195,7146Fox
14The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$11,0289%224-115$49$300,319,85413Summit
15Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$9,961-1%267-93$37$43,294,6749Warner Bros.
16The Kids Are All Right$9,1571%107-62$86$20,672,23112Focus
17Ramona and Beezus$5,66611%191-69$30$25,881,73110Fox
18Flipped$4,450-10%106-269$42$1,714,0588Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleTue, Sep. 28 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Catfish$50,873-2%5745$893$914,2472Universal / Rogue
2Hubble 3D$31,3485%0-63--$15,977,92328Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Never Let Me Go$25,084-3%2622$965$489,4962Fox Searchlight
4Waiting for 'Superman'$13,164-8%4--$3,291$166,5371Paramount Vantage
5Jack Goes Boating$12,33417%3733$333$152,2582Relativity / Overture
6Buried$10,072-9%11--$916$121,3981Lionsgate
7Winter's Bone$6,93210%82-21$85$6,063,11716Roadside Attractions
8Under the Sea 3D$6,407-26%182$356$24,294,17085Warner Bros. / IMAX
9The Tillman Story$5,38620%27-1$199$597,4256Weinstein Company
10Avatar$4,70924%29-100$162$760,246,07041Fox
11Bran Nue Dae$4,0072%5538$73$96,7853Freestyle Releasing
12Piranha 3D$3,90733%66-198$59$24,827,1236Weinstein Company
13The Concert$3,87370%18-2$215$583,81210Weinstein Company
14We Are Family$2,54676%24-54$106$635,2704UTV Communications
15Knight and Day$1,618-14%45-19$36$76,405,43214Fox
16Cyrus$1,21132%14-5$87$7,439,14115Fox Searchlight
17The Romantics$1,04754%6-8$175$105,0093Four of a Kind
18Solitary Man$274111%6-1$46$4,357,93719Anchor Bay
19The Disappearance of Alice Creed$115-38%2-1$58$158,4278Anchor Bay