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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, Feb. 7 2013

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Feb. 7 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Warm Bodies$1,019,533-4%3,009--$339$25,125,0821Lionsgate / Summit
2Silver Linings Playbook$762,765-4%2,809168$272$83,094,23912Weinstein Company
3Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters$730,319-5%3,3753$216$38,082,8532Paramount
4Zero Dark Thirty$449,466-3%2,871-58$157$79,560,5907Sony / Columbia
5Mama$375,4354%2,78199$135$59,722,1453Universal
6Bullet to the Head$324,107-11%2,404--$135$6,191,0221Warner Bros.
7Parker$305,442-9%2,23814$136$13,980,6532FilmDistrict
8Django Unchained$290,277-3%1,777-230$163$152,213,1326Weinstein Company
9Lincoln$243,4270%1,756-153$139$171,747,46913Disney / DreamWorks
10Les Miserables (2012)$231,0254%1,848-362$125$142,428,1556Universal
11Gangster Squad$189,064-4%1,625-965$116$43,933,8404Warner Bros.
12The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$168,0828%1,300-375$129$296,865,0528Warner Bros. / New Line
13Movie 43$140,719-10%2,0230$70$8,381,4632Relativity Media
14Broken City$130,495-11%1,786-836$73$18,743,4643Fox
15A Haunted House$101,053-8%1,501-501$67$38,220,3934Open Road
16Parental Guidance$92,7243%1,480-256$63$73,272,4906Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Feb. 7 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Argo$211,2070%935300$226$121,233,61317Warner Bros.
2Life of Pi$171,1175%902-39$190$106,784,50511Fox
3Quartet$134,850-11%20239$668$4,059,4874Weinstein Company
4Stand Up Guys$128,064-16%659--$194$2,119,7641Lionsgate / Roadside
5The Impossible$117,8520%765-17$154$15,710,7447Lionsgate / Summit
6Wreck-It Ralph$33,90315%66072$51$183,348,71514Disney
7Jack Reacher$30,9782%450-438$69$78,881,2417Paramount
8This is 40$29,995-5%373-134$80$67,061,0157Universal
9The Last Stand$25,6916%689-2224$37$11,811,4083Lionsgate
10Hyde Park on Hudson$23,3701%1440$162$5,695,4329Focus
11The Guilt Trip$17,097-7%291-61$59$36,587,5377Paramount
12Rise of The Guardians$13,34915%3072$43$100,611,62411Paramount / DreamWorks
13Flight$12,4771%200-63$62$93,690,77114Paramount
14The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$12,27210%189-27$65$291,329,46812Lionsgate / Summit
15Race 2$11,723-27%139-14$84$1,442,9332UTV Communications
16Red Dawn (2012)$7,0254%153-52$46$44,696,41711FilmDistrict
17Playing For Keeps (2012)$6,5597%148113$44$13,053,5209FilmDistrict
18Texas Chainsaw 3D$3,2923%121-164$27$34,084,0495Lionsgate

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Feb. 7 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Anna Karenina (2012)$12,4166%90-8$138$12,617,68312Focus
2To the Arctic 3D$8,54427%520$164$11,107,87642Warner Bros. / IMAX
3The Master$5,084-12%28-9$182$16,223,40121Weinstein Company
4Hitchcock$4,05431%44-46$92$5,904,25911Fox Searchlight
5Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away$4,03425%50-46$81$12,464,6947Paramount
6Taken 2$3,2595%83-41$39$139,825,79718Fox
7Born to Be Wild 3D$3,122-18%300$104$21,880,77796Warner Bros. / IMAX
8The Sessions$2,708-36%29-33$93$5,922,11616Fox Searchlight
9A Late Quartet$2,14478%122$179$1,505,21614Entertainment One / RKO
10The Perks of Being A Wallflower$1,1335%37-19$31$17,742,94820Lionsgate / Summit
11Pitch Perfect$1,01525%41-50$25$64,994,47319Universal
12LUV$605-15%8-13$76$154,7473Indomina Media
13Girls Against Boys$261-28%2--$131$7,5291Anchor Bay Films