Great start for Trek it opens with 72.5 million for the weekend (76.5 million if you count Thursday) . It fell short of my prediction of 90 million, I guess I was a victim to fanboy hype. It also got a boost from the Imax showings. The weekend BO was pretty close to industry expectations meaning it was a successful weekend.
| This Wk | Last Wk | Title | Dist. | Weekend Gross | Cumulative Gross |
Rlse Wks |
# of Theaters |
| 1 | - | Star Trek | Paramount Pictures | $72,500,000 | $76,500,000 | 1 | 3849 |
| 2 | 1 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 20th Century Fox Distribution | $27,000,000 | $129,624,000 | 2 | 4102 |
| 3 | 2 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution | $10,450,000 | $30,246,000 | 2 | 3175 |
| 4 | 3 | Obsessed | Sony Pictures Releasing | $6,600,000 | $56,247,000 | 3 | 2602 |
| 5 | 4 | 17 Again | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution | $4,405,000 | $54,167,000 | 4 | 2903 |
| 6 | - | Next Day Air | Summit Entertainment, LLC | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 1 | 1138 |
| 7 | 6 | The Soloist | Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Universal Pictures | $3,605,000 | $23,501,000 | 3 | 2090 |
| 8 | 5 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Paramount Pictures | $3,379,000 | $186,892,000 | 7 | 2185 |
| 9 | 7 | Earth | Disneynature | $2,488,000 | $26,086,000 | 3 | 1794 |
| 10 | 8 | Hannah Montana The Movie | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | $2,414,000 | $74,083,000 | 5 | 2301 |
| 11 | 9 | Fighting | Universal Pictures | $2,146,000 | $20,589,000 | 3 | 1933 |
| 12 | 10 | State of Play | Universal Pictures | $1,988,000 | $34,056,000 | 4 | 1541 |
If your still puzzled by what happened take a look below at other Trek films and the opening weekend BO adjusted for inflation. In comparison to the other films its a hit.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): $34,668,706 (opening weekend)/ $239,115,674 (cume)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982): $35,038,451 / $192,290,437
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984): $35,629,102 / $163,237,856
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986): $32,671,686 / $212,328,919
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989): $31,267,457 / $93,951,918
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991): $30,976,050 / $127,720,425
Star Trek: Generations (1994): $39,707,107 / $129,980,545
Star Trek: First Contact (1996): $49,896,339 / $149,493,266
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998): $33,761,058 / $107,451,468
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002): $22,918,195 / $53,387,173
Wolverine dropped 68% over the weekend with 50% being the make or break point for the second weekend. Does this mean it doesn’t have the legs to be a big hit? I think the answer to the questions is it depends. A 68% drop is huge and looks bad until you factor in the fact that Star Trek was released the next weekend.
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This post was written by Lobo on May 11, 2009
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