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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 Wed, Nov. 24 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Nov. 24 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1$14,425,86341%4,125--$3,497$158,493,0481Warner Bros.
2Tangled$11,869,194--3,603--$3,294$11,869,1940Disney
3Burlesque$2,865,612--3,037--$944$2,865,6120Sony / Screen Gems
4Megamind$2,693,41129%3,411-538$790$115,608,0383Paramount / DreamWorks
5Love and Other Drugs$2,239,489--2,366--$947$2,239,4890Fox
6Unstoppable (2010)$1,911,92823%3,26154$586$46,462,8542Fox
7Faster (2010)$1,601,189--2,454--$652$1,601,1890CBS Films
8Due Date$1,368,0329%2,733-632$501$75,970,9233Warner Bros.
9The Next Three Days$748,045-5%2,564--$292$8,698,8811Lionsgate
10Morning Glory (2010)$610,307-10%2,441-77$250$21,593,2752Paramount
11Skyline$240,335-46%2,8833$83$18,820,3352Universal / Rogue

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Nov. 24 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1127 Hours$277,683121%279257$995$2,409,5843Fox Searchlight
2Red (2010)$222,170-38%914-1964$243$84,433,0006Summit
3Fair Game (2010)$184,52023%396221$466$4,179,3463Summit
4For Colored Girls$160,220-25%605-1522$265$35,004,6073Lionsgate
5Secretariat$119,919-19%501-1518$239$56,757,6757Disney
6The Social Network$113,803-13%291-797$391$89,585,6478Sony / Columbia
7Despicable Me$73,15056%266-7$275$249,322,99020Universal
8Guzaarish$60,44920%108--$560$629,2231UTV
9Paranormal Activity 2$44,190-63%279-2124$158$83,842,9135Paramount
10The Town$40,21349%318-57$126$91,071,33710Warner Bros.
11Jackass 3D$37,900-68%183-1424$207$116,340,9706Paramount
12Alpha and Omega$34,7367%228105$152$24,894,04310Lionsgate
13Easy A$33,178--105--$316$57,679,80810Sony / Screen Gems
14Life As We Know It$29,451-62%301-938$98$51,792,3167Warner Bros.
15Saw 3D$25,245-78%806-1170$31$45,514,0754Lionsgate
16Inception$24,6707%164-98$150$292,134,45419Warner Bros.
17Hereafter$15,445-56%313-1378$49$32,266,2796Warner Bros.
18Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$12,67434%130-110$97$54,500,9849Warner Bros.
19Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$9,258-33%124-125$75$52,348,4229Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Nov. 24 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$48,049-24%571$843$18,505,14236Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Waiting for 'Superman'$12,572-50%69-135$182$6,186,0649Paramount Vantage
3Under the Sea 3D$11,399-17%13-1$877$24,890,85393Warner Bros. / IMAX
4The Nutcracker in 3D$10,019--45--$223$10,0190Freestyle Releasing
5Conviction$9,092-63%88-405$103$6,488,2146Fox Searchlight
6It's Kind of a Funny Story$3,693-1%46-21$80$6,360,6297Focus
7Nowhere Boy$3,547-12%60-51$59$1,404,6247Weinstein Company
8Stone$2,277-58%23-64$99$1,723,6987Relativity / Overture
9Wild Target$1,32068%72$189$67,6774Freestyle
10Let Me In$1,262-60%31-112$41$12,121,8498Relativity / Overture
11Catfish$1,260-12%9-16$140$3,225,01310Universal / Rogue
12Jack Goes Boating$69317%9-25$77$523,75310Relativity / Overture
13The Tillman Story$259-31%11-10$24$789,80014Weinstein Company