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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 Sun, Oct. 24 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, Oct. 24 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Paranormal Activity 2$7,528,877-42%3,216--$2,341$40,678,4241Paramount
2Jackass 3D$5,525,365-33%3,11130$1,776$86,861,0412Paramount
3Red (2010)$3,839,335-42%3,27318$1,173$43,518,1852Summit
4Hereafter$2,979,124-39%2,1812175$1,366$12,333,5042Warner Bros.
5Secretariat$1,943,454-37%3,10836$625$37,444,0683Disney
6The Social Network$1,751,584-46%2,92153$600$72,907,7284Sony / Columbia
7Life As We Know It$1,440,181-47%3,019-131$477$37,601,8353Warner Bros.
8Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$1,036,813-28%2,236-266$464$50,244,7335Warner Bros.
9The Town$711,386-42%1,918-450$371$84,681,6146Warner Bros.
10Easy A$390,679-51%1,632-682$239$54,784,1486Sony / Screen Gems
11Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$311,193-45%1,255-790$248$50,001,9865Fox
12My Soul to Take$253,350-46%1,689-840$150$13,985,7953Universal / Rogue

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, Oct. 24 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Alpha and Omega$249,259-20%727-242$343$23,512,8756Lionsgate
2Waiting for 'Superman'$208,448-28%290108$719$3,704,2805Paramount Vantage
3It's Kind of a Funny Story$177,347-39%560-197$317$5,109,1893Focus
4Inception$132,025-39%452155$292$290,381,26415Warner Bros.
5Devil$125,225-58%642-249$195$32,437,9256Universal
6N-Secure$122,803-53%445-41$276$1,964,4772Freestyle
7Stone$104,456-33%11372$924$785,1133Relativity / Overture
8Despicable Me$103,680-38%324-8$320$247,519,95016Universal
9Case 39$102,479-42%721-685$142$12,711,9344Paramount Vantage
10Let Me In$65,286-41%513-698$127$11,621,0844Relativity / Overture
11The Other Guys$62,629-39%303129$207$118,486,41912Sony / Columbia
12Nowhere Boy$62,247-33%2150$290$767,0653Weinstein Company
13Never Let Me Go$55,521-30%178-54$312$2,004,2776Fox Searchlight
14Catfish$46,534-34%13923$335$2,879,7426Universal / Rogue
15Resident Evil: Afterlife$40,843-28%213-225$192$60,001,1247Sony / Screen Gems
16Eat Pray Love$28,969-31%174-129$166$80,467,50411Sony / Columbia
17Takers$26,148-56%150-65$174$57,263,4809Sony / Screen Gems
18Nanny McPhee Returns$23,935-29%150-55$160$28,995,45010Universal
19Salt$19,317-44%125-75$155$118,311,36814Sony / Columbia
20I Want Your Money$11,377-33%172-365$66$390,3522Freestyle

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, Oct. 24 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Conviction$88,720-35%5544$1,613$444,2582Fox Searchlight
2Hubble 3D$52,490-23%60-1$875$17,101,89732Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Buried$17,976-19%88-15$204$885,4545Lionsgate
4Under the Sea 3D$14,886-39%160$930$24,577,99389Warner Bros. / IMAX
5Grown Ups$13,939-46%87-27$160$162,001,18618Sony / Columbia
6Lottery Ticket$13,177-52%92-46$143$24,663,55010Warner Bros.
7The American$8,559-37%76-68$113$35,562,1138Focus
8Vampires Suck$7,041-34%54-33$130$36,623,44910Fox
9Machete$7,007-17%0-96--$26,519,9618Fox
10Avatar$5,496-52%9-1$611$760,375,01845Fox
11The Tillman Story$5,392-29%247$225$715,17010Weinstein Company
12Jack Goes Boating$3,313-38%35-14$95$453,5956Relativity / Overture
13I Spit on Your Grave (2010)$2,392-9%8-3$299$83,5593Anchor Bay
14The Concert$1,331-20%5-4$266$646,77114Weinstein Company
15Winter's Bone$877-47%18-16$49$6,200,83620Roadside Attractions
16Piranha 3D$501-58%0-28--$24,979,88410Weinstein Company
17The Disappearance of Alice Creed$425%21$21$166,67112Anchor Bay