"Star Trek" is on fire.
The film only missed 1st place at the domestic box office by a mere five million dollars this weekend and was actually the number one film on Saturday night.
According to "Box Office Guru" ST should top $250 million in the United States and could make much more if it continues to play as well is it currently is playing.
"Star Trek" is already a hit and is threatning to become a first class blockbuster.
Here is the story and the link.
http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm
Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard reteamed for their second Robert Langdon adventure and reached number one with an opening that was respectable, but not spectacular. More impressive was the remarkable second weekend hold that the sci-fi actioner enjoyed close behind in the runnerup spot. A mere $5M separated the two films even though has been in theaters a week longer.
Displaying amazing legs in its second weekend was the sci-fi reboot which dropped by only 43% to bank an estimated $43M for a sturdy second place finish. That boosted the cume for the Paramount franchise flick to a stunning $147.6M in only 10.5 days. It was the biggest second weekend haul for any film since last summer's juggernaut which grossed an eye-popping $75.2M in its sophomore session.
Trek's electric word-of-mouth has been spreading allowing the action pic to win new fans, generate repeat business, and keep Imax auditoriums full. In fact on Saturday, it was the number one film in North America edging out Angels & Demons by $500,000 thanks to a healthy 56% Friday-to-Saturday bump compared to just 8% for the Hanks film.
A 43% decline on the second weekend is unusually rare for heavily hyped sci-fi and action films. Trek's performance beat out sophomore drops for such blockbuster franchise tentpoles as The Dark Knight (53%), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (55%), Quantum of Solace (60%), and Fast & Furious (62%). It was even better than the 48% fall that Iron Man witnessed on its way to a long and durable run during the summer box office last year. The Marvel hero was also released by Paramount with Thursday night previews and its $177.8M cume in the first 10.5 days accounted for 56% of its eventual $318.4M domestic final.
By Tuesday, the Kirk-and-Spock adventure will overtake Wolverine to become the top grossing summer film and will set the standard that all future event films this year will try to live up to. Based on its current course, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise should make its way past the $250M mark in North America and could soar much higher if it keeps playing this well.
The film only missed 1st place at the domestic box office by a mere five million dollars this weekend and was actually the number one film on Saturday night.
According to "Box Office Guru" ST should top $250 million in the United States and could make much more if it continues to play as well is it currently is playing.
"Star Trek" is already a hit and is threatning to become a first class blockbuster.
Here is the story and the link.
http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm
Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard reteamed for their second Robert Langdon adventure and reached number one with an opening that was respectable, but not spectacular. More impressive was the remarkable second weekend hold that the sci-fi actioner enjoyed close behind in the runnerup spot. A mere $5M separated the two films even though has been in theaters a week longer.
Displaying amazing legs in its second weekend was the sci-fi reboot which dropped by only 43% to bank an estimated $43M for a sturdy second place finish. That boosted the cume for the Paramount franchise flick to a stunning $147.6M in only 10.5 days. It was the biggest second weekend haul for any film since last summer's juggernaut which grossed an eye-popping $75.2M in its sophomore session.
Trek's electric word-of-mouth has been spreading allowing the action pic to win new fans, generate repeat business, and keep Imax auditoriums full. In fact on Saturday, it was the number one film in North America edging out Angels & Demons by $500,000 thanks to a healthy 56% Friday-to-Saturday bump compared to just 8% for the Hanks film.
A 43% decline on the second weekend is unusually rare for heavily hyped sci-fi and action films. Trek's performance beat out sophomore drops for such blockbuster franchise tentpoles as The Dark Knight (53%), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (55%), Quantum of Solace (60%), and Fast & Furious (62%). It was even better than the 48% fall that Iron Man witnessed on its way to a long and durable run during the summer box office last year. The Marvel hero was also released by Paramount with Thursday night previews and its $177.8M cume in the first 10.5 days accounted for 56% of its eventual $318.4M domestic final.
By Tuesday, the Kirk-and-Spock adventure will overtake Wolverine to become the top grossing summer film and will set the standard that all future event films this year will try to live up to. Based on its current course, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise should make its way past the $250M mark in North America and could soar much higher if it keeps playing this well.
