Grosses
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Nears $100 Million MarkMay 22, 2013 11:53 AM
Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness grossed $6.76 million on Tuesday to lead the daily box office for a sixth straight day. The second installment of the re-launched sci-fi franchise did fall a significant 15 percent from Monday's performance, which had been inflated by the Victoria Day holiday in Canada. Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed a softer than expected $98.45 million in six days and is set to surpass the $100 million mark today. The film is currently running just 0.6 percent behind the $99.00 million six-day take of 2009's Star Trek, 35 percent behind the $151.92 million six-day start of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded and 43 percent stronger than the $69.00 million six-day gross of 2003's Terminator Salvation. While early daily holds have been very solid for Star Trek Into Darkness, the film will obviously face a major test this weekend with Universal's Fast & Furious 6, Warner's The Hangover Part III and Fox's Epic all entering the marketplace.
Warner's The Great Gatsby continued to display midweek strength on Tuesday with a second place take of $2.75 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was up one spot and 5 percent over Monday and down 42 percent from last Tuesday. Like Star Trek Into Darkness, The Great Gatsby is also nearing the $100 million domestic milestone. With a stronger than expected twelve-day take of $96.26 million, The Great Gatsby is set to surpass the $100 million mark on Thursday.
Iron Man 3 was down one spot and 14 percent from Monday to place in third on Tuesday with $2.75 million. Disney's blockbuster superhero sequel was down 47 percent from last Tuesday. Iron Man 3 has grossed a massive $343.62 million in 19 days of domestic release. That places the film 35 percent ahead of the $255.05 million 19-day take of 2010's Iron Man 2 and 27 percent behind the $468.27 million 19-day gross of last year's Marvel's The Avengers.
Weekly domestic gross
| Year | Week | Top 10 Gross | Chg. LY% | Total Gross | Chg. LY% | Top movie of the week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 (May 17 - May 23) | $216,243,131 | 131% | $231,603,000 | 68% | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones |
| 2005 | 20 (May 20 - May 26) | $216,664,666 | 46% | $226,917,000 | 37% | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
| 2011 | 20 (May 20 - May 26) | $237,529,312 | 42% | $256,747,000 | 41% | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
| 2000 | 20 (May 19 - May 25) | $88,122,174 | 13% | $172,689,000 | -- | Gladiator (2000) |
| 2007 | 20 (May 18 - May 24) | $214,294,379 | 6% | $229,704,000 | 6% | Shrek the Third |
| 2001 | 20 (May 18 - May 24) | $93,800,421 | 6% | $138,153,000 | -20% | Shrek |
| 2009 | 20 (May 15 - May 21) | $178,945,006 | -3% | $194,372,000 | 1% | Angels & Demons |
| 2013 | 20 (May 17 - May 23) | $176,286,131 | -4% | $183,862,000 | -6% | Star Trek Into Darkness |
| 2010 | 20 (May 14 - May 20) | $167,147,929 | -7% | $182,628,000 | -6% | Iron Man 2 |
| 2006 | 20 (May 19 - May 25) | $201,217,079 | -7% | $215,981,000 | -5% | The Da Vinci Code |
| 2003 | 20 (May 16 - May 22) | $199,882,597 | -8% | $211,036,000 | -9% | The Matrix Reloaded |
| 2008 | 20 (May 16 - May 22) | $183,797,028 | -14% | $193,314,000 | -16% | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
| 2012 | 20 (May 18 - May 24) | $183,458,682 | -23% | $196,432,000 | -23% | Marvel's The Avengers |
| 2004 | 20 (May 14 - May 20) | $148,653,316 | -26% | $165,228,000 | -22% | Troy |
