Grosses

$13.5 Million Start for 'Star Trek Into Darkness'May 17, 2013 11:51 AM

by Daniel Garris

Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness started out its domestic run with an opening day take of $13.54 million on Thursday (an estimated $2.0 million from Wednesday night IMAX showings are included within the reported figure). While Star Trek Into Darkness led the daily box office comfortably on Thursday, the film's opening day performance left a lot to be desired for a highly anticipated sequel of its size. With that said, it is extremely likely that the last minute release date change to Thursday took a toll on the film's box office potential yesterday, though to exactly what degree remains to be seen until Friday's performance plays out. In comparison, Thursday's performance for Star Trek Into Darkness was 46 percent softer than the $25.04 million opening Thursday take of 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and 1 percent stronger than the $13.37 million opening Thursday gross of 2009's Terminator Salvation.

Check back throughout the weekend for further updates on the box office progress of Star Trek Into Darkness.

In other box office news, Warner's The Great Gatsby continued its stronger than expected box office run on Thursday with a second place take of $3.43 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was down 12 percent from Wednesday, which represented one of Thursday's stronger daily holds among wide releases. A bit surprisingly, The Great Gatsby has now topped Iron Man 3 at the daily box office for two consecutive days. However, Iron Man 3 should move back ahead in the rankings over the weekend due to the greater appeal of Iron Man 3 with family audiences. The Great Gatsby placed in second for the week with a seven-day start of $66.74 million. That places the film 75 percent ahead of the $38.14 million one-week start of last year's Dark Shadows.

Disney's Iron Man 3 placed in third with $3.297 million. In the process, Marvel's blockbuster superhero sequel surpassed the $300 million mark yesterday. Iron Man 3 reached the milestone on its fourteenth day of release (which ties it with 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the fourth fastest film ever to reach the $300 million mark). In addition, Iron Man 3 has now surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office with a current global haul of $1.0008 billion (current domestic and overseas totals stand at $301.89 million and $698.9 million respectively). Iron Man 3 was the week's top film with $89.47 million for the frame.  That represented a 58 percent decline from the film's opening week performance.

Daily Domestic Gross Sat, Mar. 2 2013

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSat, Mar. 2 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Jack the Giant Slayer$12,004,73656%3,525--$3,406$19,698,2991Warner Bros. / New Line
2Identity Thief$4,651,20070%3,2308$1,440$105,107,6554Universal
3Snitch (2013)$3,571,21968%2,5110$1,422$22,401,6032Lionsgate / Summit
421 And Over$3,386,6331%2,771--$1,222$6,736,0661Relativity Media
5Escape From Planet Earth$3,281,647153%3,110-243$1,055$41,065,3333Weinstein Company
6The Last Exorcism Part II$3,189,584-2%2,700--$1,181$6,439,1261CBS Films
7Safe Haven$2,853,30341%2,951-272$967$55,674,0283Relativity Media
8Silver Linings Playbook$2,748,57075%1,836-176$1,497$113,896,23716Weinstein Company
9A Good Day to Die Hard$2,121,94178%2,589-966$820$58,439,1503Fox
10Dark Skies$1,601,24546%2,3130$692$12,592,0602Weinstein / Dimension
11Warm Bodies$1,214,51762%1,930-714$629$61,321,9445Lionsgate / Summit
12Side Effects (2013)$819,12375%1,112-958$737$27,610,4434Open Road
13Beautiful Creatures (2013)$431,20665%1,075-1875$401$18,298,6053Warner Bros.

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSat, Mar. 2 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Life of Pi$1,124,867101%62654$1,797$116,327,90115Fox
2Argo$1,031,13392%985183$1,047$132,123,60121Warner Bros.
3Quartet$800,82673%725369$1,105$10,662,8758Weinstein Company
4Zero Dark Thirty$639,23993%722-475$885$93,244,40511Sony / Columbia
5Lincoln$487,284106%652-223$747$179,810,15717Disney / DreamWorks
6Django Unchained$470,33071%983324$478$160,037,44710Weinstein Company
7Les Miserables (2012)$262,24077%352-110$745$147,469,69010Universal
8Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters$248,44577%601-824$413$53,926,6856Paramount
9Mama$163,15559%447-716$365$70,798,9157Universal
10Rise of The Guardians$138,985135%295-10$471$102,294,73915Paramount / DreamWorks
11The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$126,617100%210-178$603$301,324,86612Warner Bros. / New Line
12Kai Po Che$121,66869%104-6$1,170$812,0192UTV Communications
13Parental Guidance$98,65185%258-123$382$76,004,50410Fox
14Jack Reacher$86,79255%225125$386$79,635,36211Paramount
15The Impossible$74,37771%151-122$493$18,280,77711Lionsgate / Summit
16Bless Me, Ultima$72,65167%183-80$397$1,195,1622Arenas Entertainment
17The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$50,70047%180-43$282$292,270,00616Lionsgate / Summit
18A Haunted House$46,04683%169-133$272$40,011,7538Open Road
19Gangster Squad$39,68155%138-64$288$45,726,4698Warner Bros.
20The Guilt Trip$37,72565%133-53$284$37,078,24511Paramount
21Skyfall$36,20472%101-83$358$304,279,01117Sony / Columbia

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSat, Mar. 2 2013LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone$68,21254%68--$1,003$112,4501Methinx Entertainment
2Stoker$66,12239%7--$9,446$113,8221Fox Searchlight
3To the Arctic 3D$22,98260%520$442$11,453,16646Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Hyde Park on Hudson$21,91360%38-27$577$6,200,59713Focus
5Bullet to the Head$17,99673%86-19$209$9,441,8775Warner Bros.
6Broken City$15,41474%69-29$223$19,631,6987Fox
7Born to Be Wild 3D$11,21398%300$374$22,078,314100Warner Bros. / IMAX
8Parker$10,86154%51-161$213$17,435,8186FilmDistrict
9Stand Up Guys$7,27562%17-24$428$3,295,4405Lionsgate / Roadside
10The Sweeney$6,7409%11--$613$12,9381eOne Films US
11A Late Quartet$2,337170%6-1$390$1,550,90118Entertainment One / RKO
12Movie 43$2,0722%17-4$122$8,808,0736Relativity Media
13Camp (2013)$1,828-26%21$914$13,6022Freestyle Releasing
14ABCD - Any Body Can Dance$362151%2-7$181$221,5474UTV Communications
15Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare$19883%1--$198$95,92022Roadside Attractions