islandclaws

Numbers from Deadline:

1. Fast & Furious 6 (Universal) Week 2 [Runs 3,686] PG13
Friday $10.5M, Saturday $13.6m, Weekend $34.0M (-65%), Cume $169.8M

2. Now You See Me (Summit/Lionsgate) NEW [Runs 2,925] PG13
Friday $10.0M, Saturday $10.9M, Weekend $27.5M

3. After Earth (Columbia/Sony) NEW [Runs 3,401] PG13
Friday $9.8M, Saturday $10.1M, Weekend $26.5M

4. Epic (Blue Sky/Fox) Week 2 [Runs 3,894] PG13
Friday $4.1M, Saturday $6.8M, Weekend $16.0M, Cume $64.7M

5. Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount) Week 3 [Runs 3,585] PG13
Friday $4.4M, Saturday $6.5M, Weekend $15.2M, Cume $181.0M

6. The Hangover Part III (Legendary/Warner Bros) Week 2 [Runs 3,565] R
Friday $5.2M, Saturday $6.0M, Weekend $15.0M (-64%), Cume $87.1M

7. Iron Man 3 (Disney) Week 5 [Runs 2,895] PG13
Friday $2.2M, Saturday $3.3M, Weekend $7.8M, Cume $384.5M

8. The Great Gatsby (Vill Roadshow/Warner Bros) Week 4 [Runs 2,635] PG13
Friday $1.9M, Saturday $2.2M, Weekend $5.8M, Cume $127.8M

9. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deew (Bollywood/Eros) NEW [Runs 162] NR
Friday $445K, Weekend $1.3M, Cume $1.3M

10. Mud (Roadside Attractions) Week 6 [Runs 580] PG13
Friday $319K, Weekend $1.2M, Cume $16.9M

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Smith's nepotism/possibly-veiled-Scientology project fell. Hard. M. Night can't catch a break with his name on or off the marketing - time to find another day job. Or work under a pseudonym.

Trek is now trailing the last film by $10m. It'll probably finish up with around $215m or so.

HIII is trailing HII by around $100m.

Michael Corvin

Ouch on Hangover, AE & Epic. It seems that with higher ticket prices and 3D you have to fuck up royally to not get $100m on a summer blockbuster.

The Antipodean

Is this the first time a Bollywood film has made the US top 10?

dex14

Great thread title.

Deftones

Hangover 3 is opening to great numbers overseas, so I'm sure despite the disappointing numbers here, the studio is probably happy.

Dr. DVD

Curious as to why Star Trek isn't doing better, as it got just about as many good reviews as the first one and most people who saw it seemed to like it. I wonder if it's because they waited too long between the 2009 outing and this one and interest waned?

bluetoast

Kites cracked the top 10 a few years back, although I think it was the edited version.

Daytripper

Of course it is. Similar turds like "Wrath of the Titans", "Battleship" and "John Carter" also cleaned up overseas as well.

RichC2

I think people are overly cynical with Hangover 3, it wasn't hilarious but it wasn't a terrible movie imho.

Star Trek Into Darkness isn't doing better because the advertising sort of left a bit to be desired and frankly this summer is kind of slam packed. It will more than make up for it overseas.

Daytripper

Well, the majority of critics and the public think it is terrible. And word of mouth is crushing the movie.

PhantomStranger

I refuse to see Hangover 3 until I can watch it for free on cable. Hangover 2 was such a wretched, lazy movie that studios deserve what they get.

fumanstan

I think Star Trek is entirely due to it being placed in the middle of other movies, like Iron Man 3 and Fast and Furious 6.

Michael Corvin

I think Star Trek has 100% to do with the title of the movie, and I'm not referring to Into Darkness.

RichC2

Then it's a double edged sword, because what original scifi title makes $200m+?

Michael Corvin

I'm just referring to expectations. Star Trek will never be an Avatar that takes the world by storm because of the name alone. The name is working against it for a large portion of the populace.

Hokeyboy

There are still people claiming it was a "mistake" to give the franchise to Abrams.... you know, because it was doing SO well before then...

Mr. Cinema

Into Darkness' foreign total is $147 million and it still has Japan and several other markets to debut in. The first film's foreign gross was $127 million. Looks like $400+ million world wide is likely for part 2.

Hokeyboy

Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation (Domestic)

1 Star Trek (2009) - $274,311,200
2 Star Trek: The Motion Picture - $260,212,000
3 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - $229,227,500
4 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - $213,118,700
5 Star Trek Into Darkness - $181,156,000 (so far)
6 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - $180,708,400
7 Star Trek: First Contact - $164,686,600
8 Star Trek: Generations - $143,280,100
9 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - $142,092,200
10 Star Trek: Insurrection - $116,707,600
11 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - $104,420,100
12 Star Trek: Nemesis - $58,440,700

Star Trek movies always made money (except for Nemesis) but were never "top tier" blockbusters. More like dependable, solid hits. At the rate it's going, INTO DARKNESS will most likely end up at #4, possibly #3. Paramount probably expected more, but they've still got a dependable moneymaker and strong brand on their hands.

RoboDad

I completely agree. Hopefully the suits can still see this, and we get three or four more movies from the new cast.

madcougar

Am I a bad person for enjoying the failure that is After Earth?

Hokeyboy

^There is quite a bit of schadenfreude going around in regard to AFTER EARTH. I think the trifecta of Will Smith, Jaden Smith, and M. Knight Shyamalan is way too irresistible for so many.

I still think MKS has a great movie in him. Somewhere. Perhaps he needs a strong collaborator or something. But then, I thought THE VILLAGE was a really good flick and THE SIXTH SENSE was mostly overrated...

resinrats

I still enjoy SIGNS from MNS. Its the only movie of his I own and seen several times.

PhantomStranger

Entirely correct. For as many that are diehard Trekkies, there are just as many that would never see a Star Trek movie. I will say this, Paramount did a horrible job of promoting this sequel. It hardly registered on my radar until it was just about to come out, which is terrible for them considering how much media and entertainment I consume.

RichC2

What's with the MKS abbreviation?

But yeah I think most people like seeing that one bomb, Smith kid vanity project? F that. More MNS failure? Hells yeah.

Rob V

So this is MNS's fault? It's frickin Will Smith and one of his goddam over-exposed kids. I won't see it based on Smith mailing it in since... well, forever.