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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 Tue, Jun. 7 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleTue, Jun. 7 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1X-Men: First Class$5,075,246-7%3,641--$1,394$65,629,0431Fox
2The Hangover Part II$3,259,0720%3,6150$902$192,314,4652Warner Bros.
3Kung Fu Panda 2$2,700,42916%3,95227$683$105,060,6032Paramount / DreamWorks
4Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$2,092,97613%3,966-198$528$194,151,0543Disney
5Bridesmaids$1,722,21013%2,919-39$590$110,407,3204Universal
6Thor$550,67910%2,780-516$198$170,174,4285Paramount
7Fast Five$347,0050%2,237-744$155$202,673,4056Universal

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleTue, Jun. 7 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Something Borrowed$129,1509%688-752$188$36,920,7245Warner Bros.
2Water for Elephants$105,67923%572-222$185$55,924,8077Fox
3Rio (2011)$100,0955%691-981$145$136,885,6528Fox
4Jumping the Broom$81,352-5%589-350$138$36,074,2775Sony / TriStar
5Priest (2011)$49,050-3%583-1335$84$28,813,2334Sony / Screen Gems
6Rango$39,18532%254-26$154$122,221,36014Paramount
7Source Code$36,39822%288-11$126$53,916,67210Summit
8HOP$26,95529%245-54$110$107,850,66510Universal
9Hanna$23,56711%197-19$120$39,853,5389Focus
10Limitless$23,51310%232-37$101$78,779,33912Relativity Media
11Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules$20,61344%182-32$113$52,340,43611Fox
12Insidious$20,517-8%160-26$128$53,053,69810FilmDistrict
13Jane Eyre (2011)$18,31119%128-15$143$10,901,15913Focus
14Everything Must Go$17,2326%107-54$161$2,434,3194Roadside Attractions
15Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family$16,8900%196-163$86$52,657,2497Lionsgate
16Win Win$14,89816%14117$106$9,893,66812Fox Searchlight
17The Lincoln Lawyer$13,71916%133-33$103$57,022,48312Lionsgate
18Scream 4$11,6890%201-60$58$38,065,8798Weinstein Company
19The Conspirator$10,44321%108-29$97$11,347,7858Roadside Attractions

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleTue, Jun. 7 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Tree of Life$69,945-8%2016$3,497$1,396,0932Fox Searchlight
2Born to Be Wild 3D$61,35017%470$1,305$6,434,0899Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Hubble 3D$26,1966%322$819$25,458,82864Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Beginners$20,42132%5--$4,084$177,2671Focus
5The Beaver$6,37119%68-41$94$885,6315Summit
6Arthur (2011)$5,351--62-15$86$33,026,0889Warner Bros.
7Submarine$5,3206%4--$1,330$52,1721Weinstein Company
8Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil$4,82335%80-123$60$9,533,9716Weinstein Company
9Beautiful Boy$1,929-1%4--$482$20,0361Anchor Bay Films
10Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?$1,220-17%4--$305$177,87638Collective Eye
11The King's Speech$945-1%16-2$59$138,790,13228Weinstein Company
12Kill the Irishman$73437%8-2$92$1,177,63613Anchor Bay Films
13The Last Mountain$724-25%2--$362$18,5921Dada Films
1435 and Ticking$395-16%4-2$99$59,6023Image Entertainment
15Skateland$153-4%31$51$19,1934Freestyle Releasing
16The Music Never Stopped$126-30%50$25$247,58612Roadside Attractions
17Biutiful$105377%1-4$105$5,101,06423Roadside Attractions