Star Trek rules
LOS ANGELES, USA (AP) — Star Trek: Into Darkness has warped its way to a US$70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations.
The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009’s Star Trek, which opened with US$75.2 million.
Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theatres and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, Into Darkness has pulled in US$84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount’s initial forecast of US$100 million. The film has added US$80.5 million overseas.
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 US$35.2 million domestically and US$40.2 million overseas, shooting its worldwide total to nearly US$1.1 billion.
