Star Trek into Darkness did well this weekend, dethroning Iron Man 3 from the top spot.

However, the movie fell short of Paramount Pictures’ expectations for the domestic opening.

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Adjusted for inflation, Star Trek XI has now pulled ahead of the next highest grossing Star Trek film.

As reported by Airlock Alpha, Tuesday’s domestic take of &_#36;538,205 was enough to catapult Star Trek XI over Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to take the title of the original highest grossing Star Trek film. (more…)

Star Trek XI continues to rake in the cash, adding another 2.2 million dollars with its Japanese launch.

As reported by Variety, Star Trek XI has earned &_#36;311 million dollars in a little less than four weeks and is now the top domestic film of 2009. Domestic sales add up to 209.5 million dollars.

After a first quarter loss, Paramount has reason to be grateful for the profitability of Star Trek XI.

As reported by Variety, the first quarter for Paramount was a dismal one, with the studio posting a &_#36;123 million operating loss. (more…)

Edged by Angels and Demons, Star Trek XI earns a respectable forty-three million dollars in its second weekend.

As reported by Variety, Angels and Demons was expected to have a strong opening, but Star Trek XI proved to be tough competition, earning only three million dollars less domestically for the weekend than Angels and Demons. Star Trek XI had a better opening weekend than Angels and Demons, earning thirty million dollars more.

Star Trek XI has raked in &_#36;147 million domestically since its release on May 7th, outperforming X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

To see the statistics, head to the link located here. (more…)

After one week in the theater, Star Trek XI has grossed 104 million dollars, keeping it the number one film in the U.S.

As reported by Variety, Star Trek XI continues to rake in the money, easily outpacing X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which has grossed 136 millions dollars overall but has taken two weeks to reach that level.

The daily breakdown for the first week is as follows:

Friday, May 8: 30.8 million
Saturday, May 9: 27.2 million
Sunday, May 10: 21 million
Monday, May 11: 7.5 million
Tuesday, May 12: 6.5 million
Wednesday, May 13: 5.79 million
Thursday, May 14: 5.6 million

The statistics can be found by heading to the link located here. (more…)

Pine, Smith, Cho, Spock: Reflections, Star Trek Parody Comic, Star Trek Box Office, China and Starfleet?

Chris Pine Explains Kirk

2theadvocate.com, has posted a video of Chris Pine, where he talks about playing James T. Kirk.

“James Kirk is everything you’d want to be,” he said, listing all of Kirk’s personality traits. “The process of the movie is how is this guy going to take all of this disparate energies and kind of mold them into the form of a Captain?”

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