Pamela McClintock of Variety:
Paramount’s “Star Trek” successfully left space dock to gross $76.5 million in its domestic box office debut, including $4 million in Thursday night shows.
J. J. Abrams’ reboot of the classic sci-fi franchise came in on the upper end of expectations, and all but guarantees that Par will pursue a next installment.
“Star Trek” took a bite out of 20th Century Fox holdover “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which debuted to $87 million last weekend, the best opening of the year.
“Wolverine” fell a steep 68% in its second sesh to $27 million from 4,102 runs for a 10-day domestic cume of $129.6 million. Fanboy-driven titles often see sizeable drops in the second weekend, although “Wolverine’s” was on the higher end. “X-Men: The Last Stand” likewise declined 67% in its soph sesh on its way to cuming $234 million domestically. ("Last Stand" had no direct competition in its second weekend.)
Summit Entertainment’s “Next Day Air,” the weekend’s other wide opener, struggled to find an aud. Urban comedy grossed $4 million from 1,138 runs.
“Star Trek” led another up weekend at the domestic B.O., with revs running as much as 22% over the same weekend last year...
Still the fact that the mutant pic had a bigger opening than Trek is a bit of a surprise...Given the leak and poor reviews (including mine) for XO... VS Trek's stellar notices (including mine)
Joshua Rich of EW:
J.J. Abrams' franchise reboot boldly went where no Star Trek movie has gone before, grossing a stellar $72.5 mil from Friday through Sunday, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Other Trek Goodies From EW:
20 best/worst Capt. Kirk moments and Why Spock rocks
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