Weekend Box Office Update

Star Trek Into Darkness had no problem winning the weekend, but it wasn't as successful as Paramount was hoping for. While Wednesday and Thursday ticket sales don't count toward the numbers below, the weekend performance did not match the opening weekend of 2009's Star Trek.

Keep in mind that Star Trek Into Darkness also had inflated standard ticket prices, 3D ticket sales, and more IMAX ticket sales. It's going to be a close call, and international numbers will be a factor, but the movie may not be able to surpass the performance of Star Trek. It also doesn't help that Star Trek Into Darkness had a higher production budget than the previous film.

In second place was Iron Man 3, which recently crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide. The Great Gatsby had a solid weekend, adding $23.4 million to it's total and taking third place. There isn't much to get excited about outside of the top three. All of the other movies are hanging in there, but none of them earned past $3.1 million and they'll start to be replaced by the big summer movies headed our way.

Next week sees the release of The Hangover Part III on Thursday, along with Epic and Fast & Furious 6 on Friday. Here are the top ten results for this weekend:

1. Star Trek Into Darkness - $70,555,500
2. Iron Man 3 - $35,182,000
3. The Great Gatsby - $23,415,000
4. Pain and Gain - $3,100,000
5. The Croods - $2,750,000
6. 42 - $2,730,000
7. Oblivion - $2,222,000
8. Mud - $2,160,000
9. Tyler Perry Presents Peeples - $2,150,000
10. The Big Wedding - $1,100,000