Grosses

$13.5 Million Start for 'Star Trek Into Darkness'May 17, 2013 11:51 AM

by Daniel Garris

Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness started out its domestic run with an opening day take of $13.54 million on Thursday (an estimated $2.0 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings are included within the reported figure). While Star Trek Into Darkness led the daily box office comfortably on Thursday, the film's opening day performance left a lot to be desired for a highly anticipated sequel of its size. With that said, it is extremely likely that the last minute release date change to Thursday took a toll on the film's box office potential yesterday, though to exactly what degree remains to be seen until Friday's performance plays out. In comparison, Thursday's performance for Star Trek Into Darkness was 46 percent softer than the $25.04 million opening Thursday take of 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and 1 percent stronger than the $13.37 million opening Thursday gross of 2009's Terminator Salvation.

Check back throughout the weekend for further updates on the box office progress of Star Trek Into Darkness.

In other box office news, Warner's The Great Gatsby continued its stronger than expected box office run on Thursday with a second place take of $3.43 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was down 12 percent from Wednesday, which represented one of Thursday's stronger daily holds among wide releases. A bit surprisingly, The Great Gatsby has now topped Iron Man 3 at the daily box office for two consecutive days. However, Iron Man 3 should move back ahead in the rankings over the weekend due to the greater appeal of Iron Man 3 with family audiences. The Great Gatsby placed in second for the week with a seven-day start of $66.74 million. That places the film 75 percent ahead of the $38.14 million one-week start of last year's Dark Shadows.

Disney's Iron Man 3 placed in third with $3.297 million. In the process, Marvel's blockbuster superhero sequel surpassed the $300 million mark yesterday. Iron Man 3 reached the milestone on its fourteenth day of release (which ties it with 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the fourth fastest film ever to reach the $300 million mark). In addition, Iron Man 3 has now surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office with a current global haul of $1.0008 billion (current domestic and overseas totals stand at $301.89 million and $698.9 million respectively). Iron Man 3 was the week's top film with $89.47 million for the frame.  That represented a 58 percent decline from the film's opening week performance.

Daily Domestic Gross Wed, Oct. 10 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Oct. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Taken 2$2,782,072-30%3,661--$760$61,750,4991Fox
2Hotel Transylvania$1,032,484-26%3,3523$308$83,788,0742Sony / Columbia
3Looper$989,893-22%2,9931$331$44,208,8052Sony / TriStar
4Pitch Perfect$941,800-22%2,7702435$340$25,737,4132Universal
5Frankenweenie$590,395-22%3,005--$196$14,422,4381Disney
6End of Watch$398,847-13%2,370-410$168$34,312,1633Open Road
7Trouble with the Curve$338,498-16%3,003-209$113$30,914,8523Warner Bros.
8House at the End of the Street$217,589-17%2,720-363$80$28,475,3793Relativity Media
9Finding Nemo 3D$111,914-9%1,746-893$64$39,606,3174Disney
10Resident Evil: Retribution$109,040-13%1,361-1020$80$41,408,7664Sony / Screen Gems
11Won't Back Down$100,041-21%2,5172$40$4,859,8622Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Oct. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Master$166,909-12%8648$193$12,963,8624Weinstein Company
2The Perks of Being A Wallflower$129,430-10%221119$586$3,848,6463Lionsgate / Summit
3Dredd 3D$73,506-23%831-1726$88$12,981,6823Lionsgate
4The Dark Knight Rises$71,874-4%575-80$125$445,620,36612Warner Bros.
5Arbitrage$57,123-20%244-12$234$6,267,2884Roadside Attractions
6The Possession$39,095-8%821-797$48$48,535,0966Lionsgate
7The Bourne Legacy$31,330-7%482-342$65$112,390,9859Universal
8The Odd Life of Timothy Green$24,459-9%534-653$46$50,298,9618Disney
9Lawless$21,271-15%611-892$35$37,078,0326Weinstein Company
10Ice Age: Continental Drift$17,924-29%300-87$60$159,566,26713Fox
11The Campaign$16,927-1%303-327$56$86,324,1759Warner Bros.
12Ted (2012)$16,8850%187-38$90$218,398,38015Universal
13The Expendables 2$14,976-11%313-502$48$84,424,4178Lionsgate
14ParaNorman$11,687-9%342-867$34$54,406,3078Focus
15Barfi!$10,426-12%110-17$95$2,734,9084UTV Communications
16Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days$9,748-24%257-75$38$48,306,52410Fox
17Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted$7,651-18%155-48$49$216,270,42018Paramount / DreamWorks

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Oct. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1To the Arctic 3D$13,5855%520$261$9,015,92925Warner Bros. / IMAX
2The Intouchables$12,586-13%84-37$150$12,684,29920Weinstein Company
3Moonrise Kingdom$5,961-46%9210$65$45,408,84320Focus
4Beasts of the Southern Wild$5,1544%51-18$101$11,120,86215Fox Searchlight
5Born to Be Wild 3D$3,599-15%330$109$20,997,68779Warner Bros. / IMAX
6The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel$3,41061%18-14$189$46,353,11123Fox Searchlight
7Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare$2,800-1%12--$233$39,9761Roadside Attractions
8Safety Not Guaranteed$2,532-6%24-10$106$4,000,55618FilmDistrict
9For A Good Time, Call...$1,81621%43-41$42$1,249,6556Focus
10The Watch$1,717-24%32-14$54$34,338,39611Fox
11Thaandavam$1,386-60%21-24$66$197,0722UTV Communications
12The Apparition$1,309-2%38-27$34$4,935,3937Warner Bros.
13Heroine$738-52%18-79$41$597,6473UTV Communications
1410 Years$6166%21-42$29$202,8964Anchor Bay Films
15Toys in the Attic$31122%4-2$78$63,7975Hannover House
16Nitro Circus The Movie 3D$153-3%6-1$26$3,377,3889ARC Entertainment