'Star Trek' Reaches $200M, Finishes In Fifth

Pixar, as expected, dominated the box office, but "Star Trek" put in yet another solid week.

"Up" earned $68.2 million in its first week to take the top spot, but the Ben Stiller comedy "Night at the Museum 2" kept pace with a $25.5 million weekend.

"Star Trek" finished fifth with a $12.8 million weekend, which brings its total box office for the year to $209 million, the most of any film so far this year. Earlier this week, "Star Trek" surpassed the box office take of "Monsters vs. Aliens," and is now $15 million ahead of the film.

"Terminator: Salvation" suffered from its $51.9 million opening falling nearly 69 percent to $16.1 million, good for fourth place behind "Drag Me To Hell." "Angels & Demons" finally crossed the $100 million mark with an $11.2 million weekend.

"Terminator" has now earned $90.6 million after its second week, well behind both "Star Trek" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" at the same point in their run. "Wolverine" picked up another $3.9 million to bring its total to $170.8 million.

So far, genre films have picked up $470.9 million at the box office ... a pretty solid take between three movies with "Star Trek" coming close to earning half of that total.

It won't be long before "Star Trek" moves off the charts. It lost 44 percent of its box office this weekend, and is widely expected to drop below the $10 million mark next weekend. But it was still a solid run for the film, which had minimal drop off after a strong opening compared to other action genre movies, and it's expected to do very well on DVD later this year, possibly gearing for a Christmas season release.

"Star Trek" is the first film of 2009 to cross the $200 million mark.

http://www.airlockalpha.com/news426395.html