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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, Dec. 3 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleMon, Dec. 3 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$1,214,476-72%4,008-62$303$255,813,3423Lionsgate / Summit
2Skyfall$1,127,736-72%3,463-63$326$246,712,8194Sony / Columbia
3Lincoln$1,051,638-70%2,0180$521$84,617,8074Disney / DreamWorks
4Life of Pi$888,306-74%2,9281$303$49,401,3002Fox
5Rise of The Guardians$565,496-86%3,67219$154$49,401,6012Paramount / DreamWorks
6Killing Them Softly$554,350-65%2,424--$229$7,367,2501Weinstein Company
7Red Dawn (2012)$411,133-73%2,78156$148$31,684,0862FilmDistrict
8Flight$362,013-68%2,603-35$139$81,827,9165Paramount
9Wreck-It Ralph$308,767-84%3,087-172$100$158,493,5805Disney
10The Collection$231,686-69%1,403--$165$3,335,9551LD Entertainment
11Argo$146,485-70%1,043-212$140$101,137,2518Warner Bros.

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleMon, Dec. 3 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Silver Linings Playbook$232,973-71%3714$628$10,973,0853Weinstein Company
2Anna Karenina (2012)$214,222-68%384318$558$4,321,1433Focus
3Talaash$70,830-83%174--$407$17,088,6631Reliance Entertainment
4Taken 2$34,522-67%496-267$70$137,198,0769Fox
5The Sessions$31,416-65%226-289$139$4,613,5977Fox Searchlight
6Pitch Perfect$26,010-68%403-89$65$63,125,25310Universal
7Cloud Atlas$21,882-70%194-64$113$26,203,3376Warner Bros.
8The Perks of Being A Wallflower$17,808-65%189-53$94$16,658,86811Lionsgate / Summit
9The Man With the Iron Fists$10,520-63%174-31$60$15,397,0405Universal
10Seven Psychopaths$9,671-66%16280$60$14,787,7288CBS Films
11Silent Hill: Revelation 3D$5,284-63%124-66$43$17,471,4336Open Road
12Alex Cross$4,220-68%114-30$37$25,489,4457Lionsgate / Summit
13ParaNorman$3,618-82%104-30$35$55,876,44316Focus
14House at the End of the Street$3,318-70%108-30$31$31,555,10611Relativity Media
15Fun Size$2,839-81%116-28$24$9,365,4806Paramount
16Trouble with the Curve$2,836-60%100-40$28$35,723,89511Warner Bros.
17Ice Age: Continental Drift$2,772-82%102-7$27$160,886,84121Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleMon, Dec. 3 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hitchcock$37,242-69%5033$745$824,8162Fox Searchlight
2A Late Quartet$9,931-66%74-14$134$887,4565Entertainment One / RKO
3To the Arctic 3D$6,522-46%520$125$10,057,84333Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Hecho en Mexico$5,410-78%12--$451$81,5331Lionsgate / Pantelion
5Sinister$3,968-59%88-39$45$47,773,8518Lionsgate / Summit
6Chasing Mavericks$3,619-69%7919$46$5,835,7086Fox
7Born to Be Wild 3D$3,554-62%300$118$21,435,79887Warner Bros. / IMAX
8The Dark Knight Rises$3,212-68%80-28$40$448,097,00820Warner Bros.
9Arbitrage$3,037-58%35-13$87$7,854,08112Roadside Attractions
10End of Watch$2,599-61%24-10$108$39,229,06211Open Road
11The Master$2,519-46%23-2$110$15,875,75212Weinstein Company
12Paranormal Activity 4$2,417-59%70-38$35$53,720,3267Paramount
13Silent Night$1,254-50%11--$114$11,0341Anchor Bay Films
14The Polar Express (2012 re-issue)$1,133-93%161$71$177,9822Warner Bros.
15Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days$598-92%52-7$12$48,964,15718Fox
16The Intouchables$573-82%19-7$30$13,043,67828Weinstein Company
17This Must Be the Place$552-75%7-1$79$128,9505Weinstein Company