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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 Thu, Jun. 2 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Jun. 2 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Hangover Part II$5,511,451-12%3,6150$1,525$154,426,9601Warner Bros.
2Kung Fu Panda 2$3,022,4842%3,9250$770$76,140,4581Paramount / DreamWorks
3Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$2,756,0361%4,1649$662$172,246,2772Disney
4Bridesmaids$1,967,0705%2,95821$665$95,126,3553Universal
5Thor$808,1885%3,2960$245$164,872,9044Paramount
6Fast Five$492,0206%2,981-43$165$198,814,3105Universal
7Something Borrowed$218,03810%1,440-164$151$35,825,3174Warner Bros.
8Priest (2011)$196,8943%1,9180$103$28,337,2123Sony / Screen Gems
9Rio (2011)$170,50715%1,67266$102$135,951,8777Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Jun. 2 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Jumping the Broom$125,376-1%9390$134$35,062,3914Sony / TriStar
2Water for Elephants$118,03914%79433$149$55,038,6786Fox
3Soul Surfer$45,04218%4010$112$41,542,2508Sony / TriStar
4Rango$35,8569%280-22$128$121,913,45413Paramount
5Source Code$33,8692%299-78$113$53,615,6829Summit
6Insidious$29,62676%186-315$159$52,830,3739FilmDistrict
7Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family$28,0903%3590$78$52,479,0016Lionsgate
8Everything Must Go$26,3671%161-84$164$2,255,0713Roadside Attractions
9Limitless$26,0277%269-88$97$78,584,36111Relativity Media
10HOP$22,4107%29929$75$107,632,6609Universal
11Jane Eyre (2011)$22,25113%143-65$156$10,766,61512Focus
12Hanna$21,567-20%216-63$100$39,658,0398Focus
13Scream 4$17,458-2%26156$67$37,964,5777Weinstein Company
14Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules$17,43722%214-39$81$52,199,82810Fox
15The Lincoln Lawyer$16,42611%166-13$99$56,884,58511Lionsgate
16Win Win$14,953-6%124-78$121$9,741,09511Fox Searchlight
17The Conspirator$12,9995%137-132$95$11,242,0077Roadside Attractions
18The Beaver$11,12918%109-59$102$825,3134Summit
19Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil$8,01617%203-439$39$9,495,0355Weinstein Company

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Jun. 2 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Born to Be Wild 3D$66,3548%47-3$1,412$6,138,7758Warner Bros. / IMAX
2The Tree of Life$42,095-12%4--$10,524$631,9351Fox Searchlight
3Hubble 3D$26,39720%30-4$880$25,331,29163Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Arthur (2011)$6,2016%77-127$81$32,969,4858Warner Bros.
5The King's Speech$1,52237%18-22$85$138,781,73327Weinstein Company
635 and Ticking$844-35%60$141$55,4882Image Entertainment
7Kill the Irishman$6681%10-2$67$1,171,08812Anchor Bay Films
8Go For It!$481-44%14-3$34$180,2373Lionsgate / Pantelion
9The Music Never Stopped$311102%50$62$245,69311Roadside Attractions
10Biutiful$110-60%5--$22$5,100,14022Roadside Attractions
11Skateland$94-18%2-9$47$18,1723Freestyle Releasing
12Dum Maaro Dum$65-53%6-5$11$563,4796Fox Searchlight