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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, Dec. 15 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Dec. 15 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader$1,422,976-18%3,555--$400$28,793,9111Fox
2The Tourist$1,309,214-22%2,756--$475$20,820,1251Sony / Columbia
3Tangled$866,455-14%3,565-38$243$118,136,2793Disney
4Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1$727,307-9%3,577-548$203$259,924,2544Warner Bros.
5Burlesque$381,443-15%2,876-161$133$33,718,7733Sony / Screen Gems
6Love and Other Drugs$361,659-14%2,240-218$161$28,727,5523Fox
7Unstoppable (2010)$318,877-10%2,967-185$107$75,204,5785Fox
8Due Date$280,468-7%1,990-460$141$95,773,7196Warner Bros.
9Faster (2010)$175,964-14%2,106-364$84$21,888,0593CBS Films
10Megamind$170,971-12%2,425-748$71$140,762,4076Paramount / DreamWorks
11The Warrior's Way$116,197-7%1,6220$72$5,311,0272Relativity Media
12The Next Three Days$111,455-16%1,426-810$78$20,649,1804Lionsgate
13Morning Glory (2010)$59,122-18%1,004-1259$59$30,388,7045Paramount

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Dec. 15 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1127 Hours$130,048-8%416-17$313$8,638,5216Fox Searchlight
2Fair Game (2010)$53,457-16%4360$123$8,376,1536Summit
3Red (2010)$50,352-3%564-215$89$88,042,2109Summit
4The Social Network$43,0166%227-33$189$91,510,96811Sony / Columbia
5Despicable Me$17,7700%255-25$70$250,303,19023Universal
6The Town$17,515-4%255-63$69$91,998,62513Warner Bros.
7Skyline$15,130-9%277-301$55$21,300,1655Universal / Rogue
8For Colored Girls$13,533-1%243-242$56$37,574,9306Lionsgate
9Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$12,238-18%288-34$42$55,073,19012Warner Bros.
10Jackass 3D$6,812-5%108-72$63$116,851,7849Paramount
11Life As We Know It$6,132-1%120-88$51$52,227,80910Warner Bros.
12Inception$5,646-6%108-9$52$292,479,10422Warner Bros.
13Paranormal Activity 2$5,0759%125-75$41$84,349,5628Paramount

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Dec. 15 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Black Swan$477,7500%9072$5,308$6,963,2642Fox Searchlight
2The King's Speech$82,489-3%1913$4,342$1,755,7433Weinstein Company
3The Fighter$33,956-10%4--$8,489$402,1441Paramount
4Hubble 3D$26,5863%570$466$19,225,05139Warner Bros. / IMAX
5I Love You Phillip Morris$17,603-3%3528$503$356,9702Roadside Attractions
6The Polar Express (2010 re-issue)$12,6246%150$842$364,8186Warner Bros.
7Conviction$6,70313%75-32$89$6,750,9539Fox Searchlight
8The Tempest$4,881-3%5--$976$57,1731Disney
9Waiting for 'Superman'$4,790-43%55-30$87$6,392,80012Paramount Vantage
10Under the Sea 3D$4,678-16%11-2$425$25,049,77496Warner Bros. / IMAX
11Hereafter$4,0700%87-27$47$32,502,0409Warner Bros.
12Hemingway's Garden of Eden$1,96419%14--$140$17,8831Roadside Attractions
13Stone$1,319-7%19-3$69$1,780,97610Relativity / Overture
14Frankie & Alice$88467%1--$884$9,6731Freestyle Releasing
15Wild Target$818-4%9-4$91$119,6537Freestyle
16The Nutcracker in 3D$760-31%37-78$21$193,6033Freestyle Releasing
17Jack Goes Boating$753-23%4233$18$541,24913Relativity / Overture
18Winter's Bone$238-4%31$79$6,233,31127Roadside Attractions
19Cool It$117-15%10-5$12$62,3245Roadside Attractions