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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, Mar. 12 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleMon, Mar. 12 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Dr. Seuss' The Lorax$3,426,660-70%3,74617$915$125,151,5102Universal
2John Carter$2,534,120-68%3,749--$676$32,714,3081Disney
3Project X (2012)$1,188,192-56%3,0550$389$40,905,2902Warner Bros.
4Act of Valor$671,029-64%2,951-102$227$56,763,5033Relativity Media
5A Thousand Words$525,364-66%1,890--$278$6,701,6441Paramount
6Silent House (2012)$488,013-63%2,124--$230$7,149,2471Open Road
7Safe House$451,300-63%2,144-409$210$116,056,6255Universal
8Journey 2: The Mysterious Island$421,076-60%2,525-535$167$91,063,0755Warner Bros. / New Line
9The Vow$357,593-59%2,478-348$144$117,813,8245Sony / Screen Gems
10This Means War$346,527-59%1,949-393$178$47,241,9374Fox
11Tyler Perry's Good Deeds$236,674-67%1,516-616$156$30,683,1273Lionsgate
12Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance$193,415-64%1,804-683$107$48,258,6854Sony / Columbia
13The Artist$188,372-64%1,505-251$125$40,423,30516Weinstein Company
14Wanderlust$164,090-59%1,220-782$135$15,681,8553Universal
15Gone$79,567-57%1,144-1042$70$10,806,6373Summit

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleMon, Mar. 12 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Friends With Kids$161,531-68%369--$438$2,180,6141Roadside Attractions
2Chronicle$100,320-58%595-459$169$62,367,7616Fox
3The Descendants$56,184-66%517-177$109$81,510,80817Fox Searchlight
4The Iron Lady$55,606-62%447-64$124$27,987,39711Weinstein Company
5Hugo$54,712-68%313-93$175$72,323,83116Paramount
6The Woman in Black$49,764-55%433-379$115$53,081,0476CBS Films
7The Secret World of Arrietty$46,122-67%501-930$92$17,619,0874Disney
8Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked$39,919-51%287-27$139$131,227,44413Fox
9Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol$35,254-56%229122$154$208,429,80813Paramount
10Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D$28,755-73%258-473$111$42,874,5095Fox
11We Bought a Zoo$22,601-55%228-38$99$74,692,47812Fox
12The Adventures of Tintin$20,571-54%153-62$134$77,405,23812Paramount
13Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy$16,052-61%109-17$147$23,938,19614Focus
14Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows$15,162-58%208-58$73$186,538,52813Warner Bros.
15Big Miracle$14,280-61%238-121$60$19,609,0456Universal
16The Grey$13,085-64%151-157$87$50,973,1267Open Road
17Red Tails$10,440-65%178-71$59$49,353,6288Fox
18Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close$10,433-64%202-101$52$31,721,52612Warner Bros.
19My Week with Marilyn$8,978-62%1200$75$14,495,28116Weinstein Company
20Contraband$8,925-63%119-29$75$66,498,3509Universal
21Joyful Noise$5,013-69%103-99$49$30,872,7199Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleMon, Mar. 12 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Born to Be Wild 3D$22,651-31%400$566$17,030,43149Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Salmon Fishing in the Yemen$18,890-69%18--$1,049$244,7841CBS Films
3Albert Nobbs$6,267-43%45-23$139$2,797,6757Roadside Attractions
4Undefeated$5,581-67%130$429$259,9694Weinstein Company
5Haywire$5,468-53%8250$67$18,903,6478Relativity Media
6Coriolanus$5,323-62%195$280$480,1138Weinstein Company
7Being Flynn$4,087-66%128$341$107,0732Focus
8W.E.$3,902-65%245$163$388,8646Weinstein Company
9Pariah (2011)$2,999-53%196$158$761,09811Focus
10One For the Money$2,967-66%64-53$46$26,122,7357Lionsgate
11Shame$2,523-55%20-2$126$3,898,62415Fox Searchlight
12Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya$866-69%10-16$87$172,6423UTV Communications
13Paan Singh Tomar$225-90%5-5$45$34,1382UTV Communications
14The Devil Inside$162-60%10-7$16$53,205,92110Paramount
15Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu$150-60%4-21$38$1,153,5105UTV Communications