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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 Sat, Nov. 12 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSat, Nov. 12 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Immortals$10,128,045-32%3,112--$3,255$24,969,5281Relativity Media
2Puss in Boots (2011)$9,759,09310%3,903-60$2,500$101,935,0213Paramount / DreamWorks
3Jack and Jill$9,628,736-2%3,438--$2,801$19,465,3611Sony / Columbia
4Tower Heist$5,459,40014%3,3703$1,620$40,919,8002Universal
5J. Edgar$4,463,4005%1,910--$2,337$8,819,8401Warner Bros.
6A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas$2,288,4491%2,8750$796$21,885,6602Warner Bros. / New Line
7In Time$1,700,51810%2,591-536$656$29,759,0813Fox
8Paranormal Activity 3$1,533,76911%2,776-510$553$100,115,2724Paramount
9Footloose (2011)$1,164,75811%2,215-596$526$48,251,7735Paramount
10Real Steel$763,73413%1,758-680$434$81,190,3066Disney / DreamWorks

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSat, Nov. 12 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Moneyball$488,08831%813-465$600$71,652,5428Sony / Columbia
2The Ides of March$443,34946%696-695$637$38,161,6076Sony / Columbia
3Courageous$400,26615%905-233$442$31,300,8217Sony / TriStar
4The Rum Diary$322,19113%947-1345$340$12,175,8093FilmDistrict
5Dolphin Tale$267,2324%705-400$379$69,465,7188Warner Bros.
6Margin Call$250,88652%19921$1,261$3,182,1474Roadside Attractions
7Anonymous$240,38823%482-32$499$3,607,4353Sony / Columbia
850/50$219,04823%424-323$517$33,731,1177Summit
9Martha Marcy May Marlene$203,87731%18385$1,114$1,559,0914Fox Searchlight
10The Three Musketeers (2011)$200,24912%669-1194$299$19,048,9924Summit
11Contagion$131,05723%35595$369$74,790,94510Warner Bros.
12The Smurfs$130,34420%269-9$485$141,592,23116Sony / Columbia
13Johnny English Reborn$83,89529%210-434$400$8,073,8754Universal
14Rise of the Planet of the Apes$52,20619%164-35$318$176,298,88815Fox
15Sarah's Key$39,11332%162-156$241$7,546,17817Weinstein Company
16Crazy, Stupid, Love$35,88921%130-42$276$84,227,85416Warner Bros.
17Dream House$35,17532%172-158$205$21,266,2757Universal
18Abduction$31,39023%127-80$247$27,468,7638Lionsgate
19The Thing (2011)$26,85522%141-243$190$16,891,3055Universal
20Killer Elite$25,44116%16041$159$25,075,2248Open Road

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSat, Nov. 12 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Like Crazy$207,09626%7054$2,959$922,4043Paramount Vantage
2Drive (2011)$45,94235%75-61$613$34,233,6949FilmDistrict
3Born to Be Wild 3D$43,247-1%490$883$14,114,05332Warner Bros. / IMAX
4The Mighty Macs$21,49615%61-40$352$1,811,6694Quaker Media
5Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$20,33716%85-140$239$380,939,74118Warner Bros.
6Spy Kids: All The Time in the World$19,96513%72-26$277$38,407,37113Weinstein Company
7The Big Year$14,95128%83-130$180$7,076,0425Fox
8I Don't Know How She Does It$12,39929%8375$149$9,632,5269Weinstein Company
9What's Your Number?$9,1329%63-39$145$13,982,5487Fox
10Shark Night 3D$6,62239%29-15$228$18,855,94311Relativity Media
11Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)$5,39518%32-20$169$24,038,60012FilmDistrict
12Laugh at My Pain$2,92420%13-26$225$7,687,55010CodeBlack Entertainment
13Apollo 18$2,71615%18-75$151$17,681,00611Weinstein Company
14Our Idiot Brother$2,695-2%12-23$225$24,807,73212Weinstein Company
15The Double$2,2156%12-33$185$132,5403Image Entertainment
16Munger Road$2,19520%7-2$314$265,2957Freestyle Releasing
17The Son of No One$1,16750%4-6$292$28,1342Anchor Bay Films
18Machine Gun Preacher$8182%120$68$526,3668Relativity Media
19Circumstance$500-1%50$100$439,42212Roadside Attractions
20Texas Killing Fields$394190%3-7$131$45,0935Anchor Bay Films
21Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame$34845%1-4$348$487,35011Indomina Media
22The Future$3768%3-2$12$567,78416Roadside Attractions