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“Star Trek Beyond” Wins Weekend Box Office, Falls Short Of “Into Darkness”

“Star Trek Beyond” has landed atop the weekend box office.

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The original Star Trek reboot in 2009 garnered an impressive $75.2 million (£57.2 million), while 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness opened with $70.2 million (£54.4 million).

Even though it is a less than ideal opening, especially since the film received a splendid 84% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a solid A- CinemaScore from moviegoers, Star Trek Beyond easily won the weekend.

Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond, the latest installment in the 50-year-old franchise, beamed up US$59.6 million (RM243 million) in gross receipts, according to estimates released by industry tracker Exhibitor Relations on Sunday. Adapted from first-time filmmaker David Sandberg’s short film on the concept, “Lights Out” was released by Time Warner Inc.’sWarner Bros. and cost only $5 million to make.

While Sony says a sequel is going to happen, you can be sure they will be cutting the budget drastically if it does happen at all.

It also continues a trend of horror films with small to nonexistent production costs doing very well and making money for their studios. It has grossed about $30 million in markets that represent about half the global box office.

Elsewhere, Ice Age: Collision Course – the fifth film in Fox’s animated franchise – took in an estimated $21 million at just under 4,000 locations for a likely third-or-fourth place finish, while New Line’s horror thriller Lights Out outperformed expectations with an estimated $20.4 million three-day.

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Next week sees the return of Matt Damon in Jason Bourne as well as the comedy Bad Moms and Cafe Society, the latest from director Woody Allen.

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