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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 Sun, Nov. 20 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, Nov. 20 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1$26,450,532-34%4,061--$6,513$138,122,2611Lionsgate / Summit
2Happy Feet Two$6,116,802-34%3,606--$1,696$21,237,0681Warner Bros.
3Immortals$3,447,012-32%3,1208$1,105$53,079,8892Relativity Media
4Puss in Boots (2011)$3,308,209-33%3,415-488$969$122,391,8734Paramount / DreamWorks
5Jack and Jill$3,039,261-42%3,4380$884$40,766,4792Sony / Columbia
6Tower Heist$1,691,650-48%2,942-428$575$53,538,8203Universal
7J. Edgar$1,519,746-42%1,94737$781$20,722,8142Warner Bros.
8A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas$774,257-36%1,808-1067$428$28,335,2803Warner Bros. / New Line
9In Time$447,629-40%1,367-1224$327$33,454,5334Fox
10Paranormal Activity 3$223,225-50%1,402-1374$159$102,619,1955Paramount
11Footloose (2011)$208,208-46%1,218-997$171$50,166,8696Paramount

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, Nov. 20 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Real Steel$160,266-38%702-1056$228$82,557,9177Disney / DreamWorks
2Like Crazy$147,835-33%10939$1,356$1,767,3584Paramount Vantage
3Courageous$134,452-25%517-388$260$32,338,4718Sony / TriStar
4Moneyball$119,436-52%409-404$292$72,641,2919Sony / Columbia
5The Ides of March$111,994-50%298-398$376$39,100,1437Sony / Columbia
6Margin Call$107,452-48%173-26$621$3,915,7915Roadside Attractions
7Martha Marcy May Marlene$105,833-39%180-3$588$2,258,4295Fox Searchlight
8Dolphin Tale$83,291-30%388-317$215$70,017,1289Warner Bros.
9The Smurfs$65,064-36%252-17$258$141,941,58817Sony / Columbia
1050/50$56,250-44%185-239$304$34,244,2638Summit
11Contagion$53,200-38%301-54$177$75,178,90611Warner Bros.
12Anonymous$53,135-28%179-303$297$4,152,9544Sony / Columbia
13The Rum Diary$45,892-23%152-795$302$12,839,2674FilmDistrict
14The Three Musketeers (2011)$37,269-58%170-499$219$19,548,5505Summit
15Abduction$35,610-33%18154$197$27,626,7199Lionsgate
16Rise of the Planet of the Apes$25,102-35%131-33$192$176,454,88516Fox
17Johnny English Reborn$24,300-38%108-102$225$8,269,1055Universal

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, Nov. 20 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Descendants$377,753-23%29--$13,026$1,269,2961Fox Searchlight
2Born to Be Wild 3D$25,552-15%490$521$14,279,60133Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Drive (2011)$17,350-35%46-29$377$34,363,12210FilmDistrict
4Spy Kids: All The Time in the World$13,130-28%70-2$188$38,466,27514Weinstein Company
5Crazy, Stupid, Love$10,737-49%91-39$118$84,323,97017Warner Bros.
6Sarah's Key$8,942-35%52-110$172$7,661,82918Weinstein Company
7The Big Year$7,839-36%59-24$133$7,121,2456Fox
8Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$7,433-28%78-7$95$381,000,18519Warner Bros.
9The Mighty Macs$5,904-29%28-33$211$1,864,9525Quaker Media
10What's Your Number?$3,029-36%25-38$121$14,008,1938Fox
11Shark Night 3D$2,713-27%27-2$100$18,872,52212Relativity Media
12I Don't Know How She Does It$2,154-41%38-45$57$9,659,07410Weinstein Company
13Laugh at My Pain$1,856-35%11-2$169$7,696,63211CodeBlack Entertainment
14Machine Gun Preacher$1,306-3%197$69$531,5959Relativity Media
15Our Idiot Brother$657-37%6-6$110$24,814,83013Weinstein Company
16Inni$536-71%4--$134$88,5264Cinema Purgatorio
17Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame$310-40%87$39$489,08412Indomina Media
18Circumstance$283201%2-3$142$441,40413Roadside Attractions
19Apollo 18$266-32%5-13$53$17,686,92912Weinstein Company