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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 Sun, Feb. 17 2013

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, Feb. 17 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1A Good Day to Die Hard$7,464,595-27%3,553--$2,101$33,073,9611Fox
2Identity Thief$7,247,850-27%3,16524$2,290$70,962,0802Universal
3Safe Haven$5,893,288-30%3,223--$1,829$30,230,5121Relativity Media
4Escape From Planet Earth$5,509,547-18%3,288--$1,676$15,891,0551Weinstein Company
5Warm Bodies$2,599,303-29%2,897-112$897$50,085,7173Lionsgate / Summit
6Beautiful Creatures (2013)$2,247,986-26%2,950--$762$10,124,9121Warner Bros.
7Silver Linings Playbook$1,994,324-27%2,202-607$906$98,616,37414Weinstein Company
8Side Effects (2013)$1,937,724-27%2,6050$744$19,092,9882Open Road
9Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters$1,153,767-22%2,103-1182$549$49,742,2054Paramount
10Zero Dark Thirty$1,043,485-19%1,527-1035$683$87,924,5679Sony / Columbia
11Mama$766,325-34%1,648-1029$465$68,166,4205Universal
12Lincoln$571,461-19%1,007-510$567$176,223,11015Disney / DreamWorks
13Django Unchained$522,290-19%1,017-485$514$157,020,2648Weinstein Company

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, Feb. 17 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Argo$733,341-24%903-502$812$126,845,32119Warner Bros.
2Life of Pi$593,970-8%647-277$918$110,872,26913Fox
3Quartet$416,509-25%33389$1,251$6,890,1146Weinstein Company
4The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$346,902-19%605-396$573$299,874,70610Warner Bros. / New Line
5Les Miserables (2012)$294,055-19%676-771$435$145,527,8758Universal
6Wreck-It Ralph$275,286-20%506-251$544$185,527,33116Disney
7Parental Guidance$166,644-18%603-616$276$75,153,3698Fox
8The Impossible$156,530-24%422-317$371$17,507,0539Lionsgate / Summit
9Rise of The Guardians$153,639-14%33863$455$101,381,49413Paramount / DreamWorks
10Parker$151,782-14%705-1299$215$16,999,6694FilmDistrict
11The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$97,481-18%25494$384$291,779,21914Lionsgate / Summit
12A Haunted House$91,987-30%340-573$271$39,546,2616Open Road
13Bullet to the Head$81,137-17%470-1934$173$9,234,4983Warner Bros.
14Skyfall$78,840-32%262-108$301$303,898,78115Sony / Columbia
15Gangster Squad$68,406-14%210-732$326$45,346,2936Warner Bros.
16Stand Up Guys$37,203-10%119-551$313$3,161,6073Lionsgate / Roadside
17Jack Reacher$34,903-38%175-132$199$79,334,2329Paramount
18Hotel Transylvania$31,661-18%144-47$220$148,280,63521Sony / Columbia
19This is 40$29,225-30%167-111$175$67,432,8059Universal
20Broken City$25,350-26%133-622$191$19,488,2955Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, Feb. 17 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Top Gun 3D$48,818-11%40-260$1,220$2,958,3992Paramount
2Hyde Park on Hudson$32,102-25%86-44$373$6,015,09211Focus
3To the Arctic 3D$28,116-15%520$541$11,279,73944Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Texas Chainsaw 3D$21,477-12%96-89$224$34,288,9117Lionsgate
5ABCD - Any Body Can Dance$20,222-8%22-3$919$179,8112UTV Communications
6Born to Be Wild 3D$19,27732%300$643$21,985,56898Warner Bros. / IMAX
7The Guilt Trip$16,613-20%88-137$189$36,794,8079Paramount
8Here Comes the Boom$16,393-32%96-48$171$45,274,25119Sony / Columbia
9Anna Karenina (2012)$15,4972%51-40$304$12,762,90414Focus
10The Last Stand$9,494-7%54-185$176$11,959,6475Lionsgate
11Red Dawn (2012)$8,890-26%56-49$159$44,794,93613FilmDistrict
12Race 2$7,019-2%11-52$638$1,566,7394UTV Communications
13A Late Quartet$5,258-3%131$404$1,531,48316Entertainment One / RKO
14Movie 43$5,027-29%35-742$144$8,778,6794Relativity Media
15The Sessions$4,187-22%16-2$262$5,954,28018Fox Searchlight
16Lost in Thailand$3,1473%350$90$55,5442WAMCR
17Hitchcock$2,861-29%14-22$204$5,944,06313Fox Searchlight
18Playing For Keeps (2012)$2,374-29%23-58$103$13,099,78611FilmDistrict
19Taken 2$1,945-23%16-19$122$139,852,11520Fox
20The Package (2013)$114-73%1--$114$1,0951Anchor Bay Films