Star Trek Beams Into Top Spot

Los Angeles – J.J Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek, starring Eric Bana, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg and Chris Pine, took the top spot in its debut at the box office this weekend.

The sci-fi movie brought in $72.5 million which was better than Paramount expected. The execs said they would be happy with anything over $50 million.

The Hugh Jackman starrer “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” dropped from the top spot last week into second this week adding another $27 million to its 10-day total of $129.6 million.

Chris Oronson of 20th Century said about “Wolverine” “We think we withstood the attack of ‘Star Trek,’ if you will, and will settle into a long, successful run.”

Taking the third spot this weekend with $10.5 million was the romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner called “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”.

Rounding out the top five with $6.6 million and $4.4 million were “Obsessed” starring Beyonce Knowles and “17 Again” starring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry.
1. Star Trek    $75.2 M
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine    $26.4 M
3. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past    $10.3 M
4. Obsessed    $6.6 M
5. 17 Again    $4.2 M