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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 Thu, Dec. 6 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Dec. 6 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Skyfall$1,186,424-2%3,463-63$343$250,620,0804Sony / Columbia
2The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$1,142,0490%4,008-62$285$259,534,7643Lionsgate / Summit
3Lincoln$1,131,915-2%2,0180$561$88,220,6344Disney / DreamWorks
4Life of Pi$941,3970%2,9281$322$52,617,5292Fox
5Rise of The Guardians$611,4235%3,67219$167$51,373,5742Paramount / DreamWorks
6Killing Them Softly$448,727-11%2,424--$185$9,023,7371Weinstein Company
7Red Dawn (2012)$410,4442%2,78156$148$33,004,8152FilmDistrict
8Flight$384,492-1%2,603-35$148$83,072,2365Paramount
9Wreck-It Ralph$329,6794%3,087-172$107$159,543,5665Disney
10The Collection$195,056-3%1,403--$139$3,967,6731LD Entertainment
11Argo$174,0562%1,043-212$167$101,677,6698Warner Bros.

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Dec. 6 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Silver Linings Playbook$260,2883%3714$702$11,792,7403Weinstein Company
2Anna Karenina (2012)$226,185-5%384318$589$5,058,1833Focus
3Talaash$51,241-27%174--$294$1,950,3601Reliance Entertainment
4The Sessions$37,230-1%226-289$165$4,729,3697Fox Searchlight
5Taken 2$37,2190%496-267$75$137,313,0779Fox
6Pitch Perfect$30,02514%403-89$75$63,211,64310Universal
7Cloud Atlas$22,226-11%194-64$115$26,278,1566Warner Bros.
8The Perks of Being A Wallflower$21,4148%189-53$113$16,719,89511Lionsgate / Summit
9Seven Psychopaths$15,2689%16280$94$14,832,8168CBS Films
10The Man With the Iron Fists$12,0956%174-31$70$15,436,0855Universal
11Alex Cross$4,162-6%114-30$37$25,503,3327Lionsgate / Summit
12Silent Hill: Revelation 3D$3,976-4%124-66$32$17,484,7296Open Road
13Trouble with the Curve$3,6218%100-40$36$35,735,00811Warner Bros.
14Ice Age: Continental Drift$3,44014%102-7$34$160,896,86921Fox
15House at the End of the Street$3,2791%108-30$30$31,564,69211Relativity Media
16ParaNorman$3,028-14%104-30$29$55,886,44616Focus
17Fun Size$2,95215%116-28$25$9,373,7356Paramount

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Dec. 6 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hitchcock$36,647-5%5033$733$949,1262Fox Searchlight
2A Late Quartet$13,02922%74-14$176$922,3525Entertainment One / RKO
3The Polar Express (2012 re-issue)$11,80496%161$738$200,9882Warner Bros.
4To the Arctic 3D$9,58814%520$184$10,087,33333Warner Bros. / IMAX
5Born to Be Wild 3D$5,95520%300$199$21,451,86687Warner Bros. / IMAX
6Sinister$4,3864%88-39$50$47,787,2908Lionsgate / Summit
7Chasing Mavericks$3,883-5%7919$49$5,847,6056Fox
8Hecho en Mexico$3,610-1%12--$301$93,4711Lionsgate / Pantelion
9The Dark Knight Rises$3,0430%80-28$38$448,106,31120Warner Bros.
10End of Watch$3,00111%24-10$125$39,238,14311Open Road
11Arbitrage$2,578-1%35-13$74$7,861,86112Roadside Attractions
12Paranormal Activity 4$2,327-3%70-38$33$53,727,5107Paramount
13The Master$2,146-15%23-2$93$15,883,67012Weinstein Company
14Silent Night$1,24616%11--$113$14,5681Anchor Bay Films
15This Must Be the Place$894-6%7-1$128$131,7995Weinstein Company
16The Intouchables$874-14%19-7$46$13,046,16528Weinstein Company
17Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days$778-29%52-7$15$48,966,94818Fox