Box office report
“Star Trek” beamed up even more box office cash than originally estimated over its opening weekend.
According to final studio numbers released today, director J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise made $79.2 million from late Thursday night through Sunday, according to the Associated Press.
That’s nearly $3 million more than Paramount Pictures estimated on Sunday. Final box office numbers for movies often differ from earlier projections, since Sunday totals are based on estimates of how many people will see the film that day. The original estimated take for “Star Trek” was $76.5 million in its opening weekend.
Paramount conservatively estimated that “Star Trek” would make$50 million, according to the AP.
The film made a record $8.2 million in IMAX showings, beating the $6.3 million record “The Dark Knight” set in its opening weekend on IMAX screens last year.
Great reviews and strong word of mouth helped the prequel, which tells the back stories of Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew. The movie earned 96 percent positive reviews on www.RottenTomatoes.com.
Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore said he expected the movie, which had a $140 million budget, should gross more than $200 million total this summer, even with competition like “Terminator: Salvation” opening on May 21 and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” opening on July 15.
He attributed the film’s success to Abrams’ success at appealing to both hardcore Trekkie and moviegoers who may not have been familiar with the 1960s television series and its many movies and TV spin-offs.
“Star Trek” improved its take from $26.8 million on Friday to $27.4 million on Saturday, Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com, told the AP.
“Sometimes you will see a movie drop big-time,” Dergarabedian said. “What this ‘Star Trek’ is going to have is legs, a rare commodity in this world where every week there’s a new blockbuster.”
The week’s other new wide release, the dark comedy “Next Day Air,” landed at No. 6 with $4 million.
Last week’s top movie, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” came in at No. 2 with $27 million, a big drop from $85.1 million the prequel to the “X-Men” franchise made in its first week. Still, the film, which stars Hugh Jackman as the iconic clawed mutant, has made nearly $129.6 million in two weeks.
“It’s the same weekend drop as (’X-Men: The Last Stand’), the last one. That tends to be what fan-based movies do,” Chris Aronson, senior vice president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox, told the AP. ”To have $130 million in the first 10 days is sensational. We think we withstood the attack of ‘Star Trek,’ if you will, and will settle into a long, successful run.”
1. “Star Trek,” Paramount, $75,204,289, 3,849 locations, $19,539 average, $79,204,289, one week.
2. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Fox, $26,408,288, 4,102 locations, $6,438 average, $129,032,435, two weeks.
3. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” Warner Bros., $10,258,141, 3,175 locations, $3,231 average, $30,054,386, two weeks.
4. “Obsessed,” Sony Screen Gems, $6,560,266, 2,602 locations, $2,521 average, $56,207,576, three weeks.
5. “17 Again,” Warner Bros., $4,232,422, 2,903 locations, $1,458 average, $53,994,515, four weeks.
6. “Next Day Air,” Summit, $4,111,043, 1,138 locations, $3,613 average, $4,111,043, one week.
7. “The Soloist,” Paramount, $3,949,430, 2,090 locations, $1,890 average, $23,845,177, three weeks.
8. “Monsters vs. Aliens,” Paramount, $3,260,440, 2,185 locations, $1,492 average, $186,774,092, seven weeks.
9. “Earth,” Disney, $2,666,219, 1,794 locations, $1,486 average, $26,264,242, three weeks.
10. “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” Disney, $2,193,043, 2,301 locations, $953 average, $73,861,795, five weeks.
-BAM
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