J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot beamed into its coffers $76.5 million in its opening weekend, well outpacing the $50 mil debut Paramount Pictures had (rather conservatively, one might say) predicted.
Star Trek took in $72.5 mil from Friday through Sunday, on top of $4 mil in midnight-Thursday receipts. Also included in its haul is $8.2 million in IMAX ticket sales, besting the super-big-screen record set last summer by The Dark Knight.
Star Trek made more on Friday alone — $26.8 million — than nine of the franchise's previous 10 films drew in their respective opening weekends, says Exhibitor Relations. Also, Abrams' Star Trek brought in more coin in its first weekend than the most recent Trek film (2002' Nemesis) did in its first 90 days of release.
Paramount expects Star Trek to gross over $200 mil this summer, against a $140 mil budget — approximately $53.47 of which went to Winona Ryder's old-age makeup.
Rounding out the weekend's top five were X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($27 million, brining its to-date tally to $130 mil), Ghost of Girlfriends Past ($10.5 mil), Obsessed ($6.6 mil) and 17 Again ($4.4 mil).
The weekend only other wide release, Scrubs star Donald Faison's Next Day Air, placed No. 6 with a $4 mil opening.
Star Trek took in $72.5 mil from Friday through Sunday, on top of $4 mil in midnight-Thursday receipts. Also included in its haul is $8.2 million in IMAX ticket sales, besting the super-big-screen record set last summer by The Dark Knight.
Star Trek made more on Friday alone — $26.8 million — than nine of the franchise's previous 10 films drew in their respective opening weekends, says Exhibitor Relations. Also, Abrams' Star Trek brought in more coin in its first weekend than the most recent Trek film (2002' Nemesis) did in its first 90 days of release.
Paramount expects Star Trek to gross over $200 mil this summer, against a $140 mil budget — approximately $53.47 of which went to Winona Ryder's old-age makeup.
Rounding out the weekend's top five were X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($27 million, brining its to-date tally to $130 mil), Ghost of Girlfriends Past ($10.5 mil), Obsessed ($6.6 mil) and 17 Again ($4.4 mil).
The weekend only other wide release, Scrubs star Donald Faison's Next Day Air, placed No. 6 with a $4 mil opening.
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