Grosses

$13.5 Million Start for 'Star Trek Into Darkness'May 17, 2013 11:51 AM

by Daniel Garris

Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness started out its domestic run with an opening day take of $13.54 million on Thursday (an estimated $2.0 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings are included within the reported figure). While Star Trek Into Darkness led the daily box office comfortably on Thursday, the film's opening day performance left a lot to be desired for a highly anticipated sequel of its size. With that said, it is extremely likely that the last minute release date change to Thursday took a toll on the film's box office potential yesterday, though to exactly what degree remains to be seen until Friday's performance plays out. In comparison, Thursday's performance for Star Trek Into Darkness was 46 percent softer than the $25.04 million opening Thursday take of 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and 1 percent stronger than the $13.37 million opening Thursday gross of 2009's Terminator Salvation.

Check back throughout the weekend for further updates on the box office progress of Star Trek Into Darkness.

In other box office news, Warner's The Great Gatsby continued its stronger than expected box office run on Thursday with a second place take of $3.43 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was down 12 percent from Wednesday, which represented one of Thursday's stronger daily holds among wide releases. A bit surprisingly, The Great Gatsby has now topped Iron Man 3 at the daily box office for two consecutive days. However, Iron Man 3 should move back ahead in the rankings over the weekend due to the greater appeal of Iron Man 3 with family audiences. The Great Gatsby placed in second for the week with a seven-day start of $66.74 million. That places the film 75 percent ahead of the $38.14 million one-week start of last year's Dark Shadows.

Disney's Iron Man 3 placed in third with $3.297 million. In the process, Marvel's blockbuster superhero sequel surpassed the $300 million mark yesterday. Iron Man 3 reached the milestone on its fourteenth day of release (which ties it with 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the fourth fastest film ever to reach the $300 million mark). In addition, Iron Man 3 has now surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office with a current global haul of $1.0008 billion (current domestic and overseas totals stand at $301.89 million and $698.9 million respectively). Iron Man 3 was the week's top film with $89.47 million for the frame.  That represented a 58 percent decline from the film's opening week performance.

Daily Domestic Gross Wed, May. 11 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, May. 11 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Thor$4,189,021-23%3,955--$1,059$80,725,8351Paramount
2Fast Five$2,141,225-20%3,66218$585$147,138,8652Universal
3Something Borrowed$1,137,373-16%2,904--$392$17,543,0701Warner Bros.
4Jumping the Broom$701,383-26%2,035--$345$17,960,1711Sony / TriStar
5Water for Elephants$572,104-11%2,614-206$219$43,814,2893Fox
6Rio (2011)$430,990-8%3,258-450$132$116,531,8624Fox
7Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family$201,961-20%1,881-407$107$47,800,8323Lionsgate
8Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil$138,429-2%2,5050$55$7,270,1642Weinstein Company
9Soul Surfer$130,051-6%1,781-229$73$37,271,3665Sony / TriStar
10African Cats$116,922-1%1,035-189$113$13,229,6773Disneynature
11Prom$104,801-20%2,7300$38$7,928,1412Disney
12Insidious$92,742-7%1,001-583$93$50,613,7296FilmDistrict
13Scream 4$72,882-18%1,333-888$55$37,156,4714Weinstein Company

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, May. 11 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Source Code$113,168-7%930-715$122$51,280,1236Summit
2Hanna$91,681-11%748-821$123$37,912,8835Focus
3The Conspirator$57,739-6%457-238$126$9,965,7894Roadside Attractions
4Jane Eyre (2011)$53,3234%248-46$215$9,582,3499Focus
5Limitless$47,933-19%379-459$126$77,155,8978Relativity Media
6Win Win$45,924-8%268-34$171$8,484,9448Fox Searchlight
7The Lincoln Lawyer$41,469-10%440-279$94$55,669,9248Lionsgate
8HOP$22,625-16%902-2274$25$106,430,4956Universal
9Arthur (2011)$19,336-26%355-896$54$32,309,7855Warner Bros.
10Rango$18,038-11%2770$65$120,481,54110Paramount
11The Adjustment Bureau$16,125-21%215-62$75$62,108,69010Universal
12Dylan Dog: Dead of Night$15,7300%464-411$34$1,154,8342Omni Lab/Freestyle Releasing
13Sucker Punch$14,036-7%210136$67$36,231,4937Warner Bros.
14Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules$13,667-3%339-164$40$51,331,7817Fox
15Paul$12,240-14%204-20$60$37,253,1458Universal
16Your Highness$9,905-7%164-238$60$21,451,9305Universal
17Red Riding Hood$7,582-9%156-53$49$37,546,2379Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, May. 11 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Born to Be Wild 3D$62,3951%59-10$1,058$4,423,9975Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Hubble 3D$27,44831%320$858$24,686,06960Warner Bros. / IMAX
3The Beaver$10,135-11%22--$461$140,2641Summit
4The King's Speech$5,762-9%90-95$64$138,665,75724Weinstein Company
5Hall Pass$4,32215%67-49$65$45,056,80111Warner Bros. / New Line
6Beastly$3,492-25%76-50$46$27,824,53310CBS Films
7Justin Bieber: Never Say Never$3,063-2%57-52$54$73,009,64913Paramount
8Kill the Irishman$2,788-5%23-7$121$1,116,9299Anchor Bay Films
9Unknown (2011)$2,238-2%49-52$46$63,684,07012Warner Bros.
10Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son$1,882-30%52-17$36$37,867,57112Fox
11The Company Men$1,789-8%3520$51$4,433,15216Weinstein Company
12Dum Maaro Dum$1,4615%33-60$44$538,5783Fox Searchlight
13Cedar Rapids$1,431-8%22-4$65$6,832,15213Fox Searchlight
14No Eres Tu, Soy Yo$1,299-45%21-24$62$1,305,3375Lionsgate / Pantelion
15Biutiful$982-36%16-6$61$5,076,30319Roadside Attractions
16Passion Play$46712%2--$234$3,2421Image Entertainment
17Miral$42628%5-5$85$367,9617Weinstein Company
18The Music Never Stopped$2393%73$34$237,7528Roadside Attractions