"Thank God I'm not wearing a red shirt, or we would've been screwed this weekend."
Many sorts beamed their way towards their local movie theater or IMAX in order to see the latest sci-fi romp of the ongoing franchise in J.J. Abram’s Star Trek, and boy did they prove it. Not only did Star Trek beat out The Dark Knight in the highest box office gross for IMAX showings across the nation ($7 Million) but they also, if you combine Thursday’s earnings into the mix, have beaten out X-Men Origins: Wolverine for the best box office weekend so far this year. Regardless, we all know by this point that it grossed enough weekend earnings to gain the number one spot.
Of course there was still another movie released this past weekend, Next Day Air, that did not fair as ridiculously well as the Chris Pine and Zackary Quinto starring flick. Raking in about 4 million, the action comedy with Donald Faison managed to wrangle in an audience. Regarding even smaller films, if anyone seems to care particularly the Twilight women, Little Ashes is at the bottom of the barrel. This reporter figures that if there are as many Twilight fans that wander around the site as she believes, that they would at least be interested to check out their favorite blood sucker (Robert Pattinson) in this indie drama.
The rest of the films on the list faired out well including some surprises such as Obsessed raking in a cool 56 million overall so far comparing it to their 20 million budget. Need to sneak a peek at the rest of the top ten? Feast your eyes on it below.
Weekend Box Office (May 8-10)
- Star Trek ($75.2 Million)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($26.4 Million)
- Ghost of Girlfriend’s Past ($10.2 Million)
- Obsessed ($6.5 Million)
- 17 Again ($4.2 Million)
- Next Day Air ($4.1 Million)
- The Soloist ($3.9 Million)
- Monsters Vs Aliens ($3.2 Million)
- DisneyNature’s Earth ($2.6 Million)
- Hannah Montana The Movie ($2.1 Million)
The summer season is still getting warmed up with The Brothers Bloom and Angels and Demons gracing their way into theaters this upcoming Friday. With reviews on all the films stated and more information on your most anticipated upcoming summer flicks, stay here on Atomic Popcorn.
