Trek Blasts to No. 1

'Into Darkness' tops box office, but not at warp speed
By Ruth Brown,  Newser Staff
Posted May 19, 2013 2:21 PM CDT
Trek Blasts to No. 1
Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie Star Trek Into Darkness.   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal)

The Star Trek franchise may be living long, but it hasn't quite prospered as well as expected this time around. Star Trek Into Darkness topped the box office charts in its opening weekend, but "only" made $84.1 million domestically—well under the $100 million many had expected, reports the LA Times. Still, it zapped another franchise juggernaut, Iron Man 3, into No. 2 with $35.2 million, followed by The Great Gatsby at $23.4 million, reports the Hollywood Reporter. (More Star Trek stories.)

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