'Star Trek Beyond' Tops US Box Office But Fails To Live Up To Predecessors
Star Trek Beyond has topped the US box office on its opening weekend, taking $59.9m. The film had one of best US openings of summer to date, however it failed to match the opening of Star Trek: Into Darkness which debuted with $70m in 2013.
The first film in the rebooted franchise, Star Trek, had scored even better when it opened in 2009, taking $75m. But Star Trek Beyond’s $59.9m was enough to knock off last week’s number one, The Secret Life of Pets, which fell to number two after taking $29.3m.
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The weekend’s biggest disappointment was animated comedy Ice Age: Collision Course, the fifth movie in the franchise. It only managed to debut at number five after taking $21m, making it the lowest grossing film in the franchise so far.
Tied at number three were supernatural horror film Lights Out and Ghostbusters, with both taking $21.6m. Lights Out exceeded all expectations, after costing studio Warner Bros just $5m to make. But Ghostbusters suffered a drop of 53 percent in its second weekend, which is the largest drop for a movie directed by Paul Feig, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Elsewhere, Finding Dory held on at number six in its sixth week, with $6.4m, while The Legend of Tarzan dropped to seven. A new entry at eight came from Indian gangster film Kabali, while Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, a documentary about the Democratic presidential hopeful, debuted at number nine.