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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 Mon, Jun. 27 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleMon, Jun. 27 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Cars 2$6,958,490-59%4,115--$1,691$73,093,9971Disney
2Bad Teacher$4,008,884-52%3,049--$1,315$35,611,9901Sony / Columbia
3Green Lantern$2,128,074-57%3,8160$558$91,117,5512Warner Bros.
4Super 8$1,518,809-55%3,42416$444$96,633,1333Paramount
5Mr. Popper's Penguins$1,362,476-49%3,3423$408$40,655,8172Fox
6X-Men: First Class$858,965-55%2,633-742$326$133,754,3734Fox
7Bridesmaids$710,850-50%2,031-542$350$147,258,1657Universal
8The Hangover Part II$643,488-55%2,755-705$234$244,295,3485Warner Bros.
9Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$630,022-50%2,244-498$281$229,917,2486Disney
10Kung Fu Panda 2$555,463-54%2,527-942$220$153,621,1045Paramount / DreamWorks

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleMon, Jun. 27 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Tree of Life$160,916-58%215100$748$6,004,2065Fox Searchlight
2Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer$114,920-34%891-1633$129$13,562,4683Relativity Media
3Rio (2011)$87,370-42%344-64$254$139,720,53311Fox
4Thor$74,284-50%404-471$184$177,297,6488Paramount
5Fast Five$64,120-56%458-271$140$207,816,3309Universal
6Water for Elephants$36,692-47%292-59$126$57,725,92410Fox
7Something Borrowed$33,850-41%30391$112$38,472,1608Warner Bros.
8The Art of Getting By$27,237-26%307-303$89$1,379,2172Fox Searchlight
9Rango$17,575-50%156-32$113$123,028,23017Paramount
10The Lincoln Lawyer$16,285-59%189-31$86$57,642,34115Lionsgate
11Source Code$11,693-38%106-55$110$54,543,76613Summit
12Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil$9,333-44%114-48$82$9,990,7009Weinstein Company

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleMon, Jun. 27 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Born to Be Wild 3D$50,426-17%470$1,073$7,782,75112Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Beginners$50,210-62%7329$688$1,600,2654Focus
3Hubble 3D$27,239-10%330$825$26,099,13467Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Insidious$11,109-45%74-24$150$53,537,54113FilmDistrict
5Limitless$7,430-43%85-32$87$79,181,65415Relativity Media
6Submarine$6,090-51%26-2$234$295,0324Weinstein Company
7Hanna$5,991-49%59-32$102$40,207,34912Focus
8A Better Life$5,876-72%4--$1,469$67,9631Summit
9Jane Eyre (2011)$5,084-37%51-17$100$11,177,91516Focus
10Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules$4,635-44%58-32$80$52,643,81514Fox
11The Beaver$2,805-46%6643$43$961,1248Summit
12Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family$2,398-46%46-25$52$52,891,56110Lionsgate
13Everything Must Go$2,322-51%33-22$70$2,633,4567Roadside Attractions
14Win Win$1,917-67%32-35$60$10,124,95615Fox Searchlight
15The Conspirator$1,546-67%0-44--$11,489,03411Roadside Attractions
16Scream 4$1,027-47%18-21$57$38,177,91911Weinstein Company
17The Last Mountain$814-69%6-1$136$83,9294Dada Films
18Beautiful Boy$643-58%4-4$161$64,5744Anchor Bay Films
19Kill the Irishman$107-77%20$54$1,187,81816Anchor Bay Films
20Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?$90-96%4--$23$213,40941Collective Eye
21The Music Never Stopped$84-50%2-1$42$250,08415Roadside Attractions
2235 and Ticking$70-84%10$70$75,6096Image Entertainment