LOS ANGELES (AP) _ ``STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS'' HAS WARPED ITS WAY TO A $70.6 MILLION DOMESTIC LAUNCH FROM FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, THOUGH IT'S NOT SETTING ANY LIGHT-SPEED RECORDS WITH A DEBUT THAT'S LOWER THAN THE STUDIO'S EXPECTATIONS.
THE LATEST VOYAGE OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE FELL SHORT OF ITS PREDECESSOR, 2009'S ``STAR TREK,'' WHICH OPENED WITH $75.2 MILLION.
SINCE PREMIERING WEDNESDAY IN HUGE-SCREEN IMAX THEATERS AND EXPANDING THURSDAY TO GENERAL CINEMAS, ``INTO DARKNESS'' HAS PULLED IN $84.1 MILLION, WELL BELOW DISTRIBUTOR PARAMOUNT'S INITIAL FORECAST OF $100 MILLION. THE FILM HAS ADDED $80.5 MILLION OVERSEAS.
THE ``STAR TREK'' SEQUEL BUMPED ``IRON MAN 3'' DOWN TO SECOND-PLACE AFTER TWO WEEKENDS ON TOP. ROBERT DOWNEY JR.'S SUPERHERO SAGA TOOK IN $35.2 MILLION DOMESTICALLY AND $40.2 MILLION OVERSEAS, SHOOTING ITS WORLDWIDE TOTAL TO NEARLY $1.1 BILLION.
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