‘Star Trek’ sequel tops $70M in sales
‘Star Trek’
The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009’s “Star Trek,” which opened with $75.2 million.
Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, “Into Darkness’’ has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount’s initial forecast of $100 million. The film added $40 million overseas, pushing its total to $80.5 million since it began rolling out internationally a week earlier.
The “Star Trek’’ sequel bumped “Iron Man 3’’ down to second place after two weekends on top. Robert Downey Jr.’s superhero saga took in $35.2 million domestically to lift its receipts to $337.1 million. Overseas, “Iron Man 3” added $40.2 million, raising its international total to $736.2 million and its worldwide tally to nearly $1.1 billion.
While “Iron Man 3’’ and “Into Darkness” did well overseas, they were outmatched by the debut of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,’’ which followed its domestic debut a week earlier with a wide rollout internationally. “Gatsby’’ pulled in $42.1 million overseas, coming in a bit ahead of both “Iron Man 3’’ and “Into Darkness.’’
Domestically, “Gatsby’’ held up well at No. 3 with $23.4 million, lifting its total to $90.2 million.
In today’s Hollywood of bigger, better sequels, follow-up films often outdo the box office of their predecessors, as each “Iron Man” sequel has done. While “Into Darkness” earned good reviews and is getting strong word-of-mouth from fans, the film did not quite measure up to the opening weekend of director J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek’’ reboot from four years ago, at least domestically.
“?‘Star Trek’ remains a fan-boy movie. It doesn’t seem to have the same kind of cross-over appeal as say an ‘Iron Man’ or some of these others,’’ said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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