Star Trek Beyond, the third movie in the rebooted space franchise, proved that by beaming up a hefty $59.6 million in ticket sales this weekend, knocking The Secret Life Of Pets into second place, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Domestically, Beyond topped the chart with $59.3 million, which is down on the previous two instalments, with 2009’s Star Trek debuting to $75.2 million and 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness opening with $70.2 million. “Pets” fell to second place, adding $29.3 million more to its stellar $260 million earnings over the past three weeks.
Lights Out has gotten some good words from critics, but despite tying Ghostbusters this week with an estimated $21.6 million, the horror flick only cost $4.9 million to make, enjoying profound success on its small budget.
The same can’t be said for 20th Century Fox’s “Ice Age: Collision Course”, the fifth installment in the “Ice Age” franchise, which debuted with $21 million.
“The third entry to J.J. Abrams” “Star Trek” universe took the top spot this weekend.
“Star Trek Beyond” blasted “The Secret Life of Pets” from its No. 1 slot this weekend.
“Star Trek Beyond”, which received strong reviews, attracted an older audience.
However, given Beyond’s US$185 million budget, all eyes will now turn toward the film’s worldwide performance, Brevet wrote.
If the film can conquer China – not unlike how “Terminator: Genisys” and “Warcraft” were saved overseas – then “Star Trek” will safely continue its four-decade cinematic mission. Paramount also reported that about 14 percent of the motion picture’s opening weekend gross was made from approximately 387 IMAX locations for the global IMAX haul of $11.6 million.
Star Trek Beyond scored the highest opening weekend ever in 17 markets, including Russia, Taiwan and Thailand. ‘Ice Age: Collision Course, ‘ $21 mn ($30 mn international); 5. With so many outrageously expensive films being DOA at the box office, could we see a change in the way Hollywood makes movies in general?
Finding Dory was out of the top five for the first time since being in theaters.
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Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza’s Hillary Clinton documentary Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party came in the Top 10 in its nationwide expansion, earning $3.9-M from 1,217 theaters.
