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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 Wed, Jan. 30 2013

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Jan. 30 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters$1,173,361-32%3,372--$348$24,032,7461Paramount
2Silver Linings Playbook$805,040-18%2,641118$305$71,415,81711Weinstein Company
3Zero Dark Thirty$617,815-21%2,929-17$211$71,842,0796Sony / Columbia
4Mama$576,630-25%2,68235$215$50,928,6502Universal
5Parker$490,588-30%2,224--$221$8,746,0941FilmDistrict
6Django Unchained$394,513-19%2,007-509$197$147,521,2885Weinstein Company
7Les Miserables (2012)$364,650-18%2,210-369$165$138,696,4955Universal
8Gangster Squad$353,123-22%2,590-513$136$40,886,9043Warner Bros.
9Broken City$322,024-26%2,6222$123$16,352,1502Fox
10Lincoln$310,815-19%1,909-265$163$168,035,65212Disney / DreamWorks
11Movie 43$276,093-27%2,023--$136$5,793,5851Relativity Media
12The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$220,342-18%1,675-648$132$294,051,4807Warner Bros. / New Line
13A Haunted House$173,610-21%2,002-158$87$36,049,8773Open Road
14The Last Stand$170,872-26%2,9130$59$11,267,2172Lionsgate
15Parental Guidance$121,672-21%1,736-601$70$71,278,3365Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Jan. 30 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Argo$186,108-15%635-121$293$118,150,56316Warner Bros.
2Life of Pi$185,475-24%941-315$197$104,041,23710Fox
3Quartet$151,089-10%163131$927$2,139,4993Weinstein Company
4The Impossible$143,097-22%782-104$183$13,760,4056Lionsgate / Summit
5This is 40$58,305-12%507-725$115$66,496,1056Universal
6Jack Reacher$57,824-16%888-819$65$78,364,3236Paramount
7Race 2$41,973-48%153--$274$1,055,3701UTV Communications
8Wreck-It Ralph$31,316-13%588-724$53$182,598,61913Disney
9Hyde Park on Hudson$26,686-7%144-50$185$5,391,2258Focus
10The Guilt Trip$24,953-22%352-290$71$36,319,1556Paramount
11Flight$18,425-12%263-37$70$93,509,31113Paramount
12The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$16,221-4%216-90$75$291,126,79511Lionsgate / Summit
13Rise of The Guardians$14,928-29%305-169$49$100,275,87510Paramount / DreamWorks
14Red Dawn (2012)$10,354-8%205-44$51$44,570,19110FilmDistrict
15Texas Chainsaw 3D$8,592-13%285-1189$30$34,021,0774Lionsgate
16Taken 2$4,377-6%124-32$35$139,774,69717Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Jan. 30 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Anna Karenina (2012)$14,924-14%98-19$152$12,478,06011Focus
2To the Arctic 3D$12,14415%520$234$11,014,28341Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away$9,716-10%96-169$101$12,406,4576Paramount
4The Master$8,2872%3723$224$16,153,37920Weinstein Company
5The Sessions$5,323-3%620$86$5,882,72915Fox Searchlight
6Born to Be Wild 3D$4,25526%300$142$21,838,32295Warner Bros. / IMAX
7Hitchcock$3,471-36%90-32$39$5,870,43710Fox Searchlight
8A Late Quartet$3,30126%10-4$330$1,479,83213Entertainment One / RKO
9The Perks of Being A Wallflower$2,405-4%56-17$43$17,721,11719Lionsgate / Summit
10Pitch Perfect$2,275-16%91-34$25$64,974,55818Universal
11LUV$1,235-32%21-24$59$144,3512Indomina Media
12Playing For Keeps (2012)$1,233-22%35-23$35$12,956,3748FilmDistrict