Of course, there are a variety of reasons that could explain the decline.
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In May 2013, Star Trek Into Darkness earned $70.2 million during its premiere.
Left to right: Anton Yelchin plays Chekov, Chris Pine plays Kirk and John Cho plays Sulu in “Star Trek Beyond”. The amounts are said to be not comparable due to the fact that the sci-fi film was released on Thursday after making $2 million from 8 p.m. screenings at 336 IMAX sites on Wednesday night. And in line with Hollywood blockbuster trends, “Star Trek Into Darkness” grossed $467.4 million worldwide (with a 51.1 percent foreign take) on a $190 million budget.
As well as hitting cinemas in the USA on Friday, Paramount also released Star Trek Beyond across 37 other markets, which included the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. Granted, Star Trek Beyond is already one of the best-performing sequels of this summer. This opening was 54.9 percent behind that of 2012’s “Ice Age: Continental Drift” and 49.6 percent behind that of 2009’s “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”. To make matters worse, this is officially the worst opening for an animated studio tentpole in a decade. Considering that the second film (‘The Meltdown”) had the series’ highest opening ($68 million) and each of the other three debuts in the $40 million range, it comes as a massive blow that “Collision Course’ opened in the #5 spot to just $21 million. And as an added bonus, the film still managed to finish in the Top 5 for the weekend, landing at No. 5.
The Secret Life Of Pets, which sat and stayed at No. 1 for two weeks, retrieved $29.3 million in its third week for a stunning domestic total of $260.7 million and a worldwide $323.7 million.
It earned another $178.9 million for a massive global take of nearly $200 million. Tying in third place with an estimated $21.6 million in sales apiece were “Ghostbusters” (Sony), for a two-week domestic total of nearly $87 million, and “Lights Out”, which notably cost only $5 million to make.
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The rest of the top 10 were rounded out by Finding Dory, The Legend of Tarzan, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the “documentary” Hilary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party and finally The Infiltrator.
