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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. 20 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Dec. 20 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$6,615,0275%4,045--$1,635$113,152,9001Warner Bros. / New Line
2The Guilt Trip$1,000,880-3%2,431--$412$2,030,6140Paramount
3Lincoln$893,8618%2,285271$391$111,147,8246Disney / DreamWorks
4Rise of The Guardians$858,44539%3,387-252$253$73,794,2304Paramount / DreamWorks
5Skyfall$841,26313%2,717-684$310$275,091,7746Sony / Columbia
6Life of Pi$708,87014%2,208-738$321$72,356,2444Fox
7Monsters, Inc. 3D$706,068-9%2,618--$270$1,484,9810Disney
8The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$553,43512%3,042-604$182$279,005,7345Lionsgate / Summit
9Wreck-It Ralph$354,17441%1,863-883$190$169,922,5257Disney
10Playing For Keeps (2012)$255,2857%2,338-499$109$11,986,3582FilmDistrict
11Red Dawn (2012)$238,14028%1,547-1207$154$41,831,9034FilmDistrict
12Flight$183,6225%1,823-608$101$90,279,6877Paramount
13Killing Them Softly$81,3791%1,427-997$57$14,623,0873Weinstein Company

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Dec. 20 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Silver Linings Playbook$271,5403%3710$732$18,080,0425Weinstein Company
2Argo$141,2908%667-277$212$105,535,67010Warner Bros.
3Anna Karenina (2012)$140,4482%388-34$362$8,970,1875Focus
4Hitchcock$119,130-4%549368$217$3,615,2924Fox Searchlight
5The Collection$36,192-3%621-782$58$6,730,5523LD Entertainment
6Taken 2$34,13319%300-130$114$138,265,10011Fox
7Pitch Perfect$30,5555%291-96$105$63,993,81312Universal
8The Sessions$19,4629%151-46$129$5,283,7879Fox Searchlight
9The Perks of Being A Wallflower$16,02512%125-50$128$17,069,63613Lionsgate / Summit
10Looper$15,1956%175-57$87$66,362,51712Sony / TriStar
11End of Watch$12,5663%172-1077$73$40,522,07213Open Road
12Talaash$11,517-14%113-49$102$2,766,1173Reliance Entertainment
13Sinister$11,0584%184107$60$47,959,84910Lionsgate / Summit
14Alex Cross$8,88018%175-39$51$25,773,9939Lionsgate / Summit
15Paranormal Activity 4$7,7946%157109$50$53,837,7479Paramount
16Seven Psychopaths$7,545-7%100-41$75$15,024,04910CBS Films

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Dec. 20 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Zero Dark Thirty$104,164-17%5--$20,833$229,0120Sony / Columbia
2Hyde Park on Hudson$27,856-13%3632$774$528,9922Focus
3The Polar Express (2012 re-issue)$18,748-1%14-3$1,339$514,9574Warner Bros.
4Cloud Atlas$14,54610%98-93$148$26,682,0728Warner Bros.
5To the Arctic 3D$13,6261%520$262$10,261,05335Warner Bros. / IMAX
6A Late Quartet$7,885-5%46-17$171$1,117,4287Entertainment One / RKO
7Ice Age: Continental Drift$7,27069%84-6$87$161,029,98923Fox
8The Man With the Iron Fists$5,460-8%91-90$60$15,634,0907Universal
9Born to Be Wild 3D$5,214-12%300$174$21,533,47589Warner Bros. / IMAX
10The Intouchables$4,37533%2513$175$13,085,74530Weinstein Company
11The Master$3,01891%14-9$216$15,921,88414Weinstein Company
12ParaNorman$2,71437%61-20$44$55,973,59318Focus
13Arbitrage$1,3947%10-15$139$7,895,58614Roadside Attractions
14House at the End of the Street$1,24214%41-27$30$31,611,91613Relativity Media
15Hecho en Mexico$1,003-30%10-16$100$151,1333Lionsgate / Pantelion
16This Must Be the Place$207-36%3-2$69$143,9797Weinstein Company