Is there a light at the end of the summer box office tunnel?
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While director Justin Lin’s expensive $185-million “Star Trek” production has received stellar reviews (now 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a favorable 70 Metacritic score), it fell under the debut of J.J.
Of all thirteen Star Trek films, the three J.J. Abrams-produced reboots (a.k.a. the Kelvin Timeline) have had the three best openings; however, Star Trek Beyond’s $59.6 million is the worst of the three. The drop isn’t unusual for franchises, but it’s the opposite trend from the original Star Trek films, each of which consecutively opened higher from the original in 1979 until the ninth film, Star Trek: Insurrection, in 1998.
“The Secret Life Of Pets”, that #2 film, added $29.3 million to its haul this weekend.
“This is a solid enough debut to tell them there’s still enough interest in Star Trek to keep this franchise alive”, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for the box office tracker comScore. “Fans can pay their respects to Yelchin by watching him on the screen”.
It knocked The Secret Life of Pets off its throne, which occupied the top-spot for two weekends in a row.
Meanwhile, Ghostbusters pulled in $21.6 million, tying the James Wan-produced horror film Lights Out for third-place.
“Ice Age: Collision Course” was fifth with 21 million dollars.
The documentary “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party”, from conservative political pundit Dinesh D’Souza, edged into the top 10 in its second week with $3.7 million.
Paramount and Skydance’s sci-fi adventure sequel was expected come in at around $60 million for the three-day weekend, setting its opening inside the bullseye of predictions.
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