Star Trek tops Australian box office on opening weekend

Star Trek Into Darkness posterThe sequel to the 2009 reboot of the classic Star Trek series had a strong weekend debut, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

Star Trek Into Darkness took $5,257,366 across 486 screen in Australia, pushing Iron Man 3 into second place for the weekend. The Paramount-distributed film made almost $11,000 per screen.

Two other films made their debut this weekend as well, Icon’s Spring Breakers and Sony’s Evil Dead. Both made under $200,000, although Evil Dead was only shown on five screens, giving it an average of $23,411 per screen.

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