Based on the weekend box office totals and very positive reviews, the new “Star Trek” film is a huge hit. Making more money in it’s opening weekend than any previous Trek film and looking to beat them all easily in total box office. It’s also doing great in IMAX theaters too (remember it will only be there for 2 weeks). So tell your friends to go see it – or better yet go with them and enjoy it all again! Here’s some data for you to look at:
The Thursday night previews for “Star Trek” (from 7:00pm-midnight) generated $4 million. That spring-boarded into a Friday opening day of $26.89M (including 12:01 screenings), a 1% bump on Saturday to $27.25M and a drop of just 23% to $21.06M on Sunday for what amounts to a Fri-Sat-Sun gross of $75.2M and $79.2M overall when including Thursday night screenings. That figure more than easily clears initial internal expectations by Paramount Pictures — $50-60M — and thanks to the strong Sunday performance (studio estimates had projected a dip to around $18.3M), it out-performed the studio estimates released on Sunday ($76.5M). Here’s the daily breakdown with the final actual numbers (via Box Office Mojo):
- Thursday: $4.0M ($4.0M cume)
- Friday: $26.89M ($30.89M)
- Saturday: $27.25M ($58.14M)
- Sunday: $21.06M ($79.20M)
It is a great movie and worth seeing it. The producers created a piece of movie history.
Yep – it’s very good. I’m going again soon!