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It was a tight race for fourth between the holdovers, as Star Trek Into Darkness, Epic and The Hangover Part III all finished within a million of each other on Friday. The estimate this morning has Star Trek Into Darkness and Epic tied for fourth. Star Trek Into Darkness is now in its third weekend. This time around, the reboot sequel earned $16.4 million, and fell 57% against its three-day Memorial weekend take of $37.3 million. The 2009 JJ Abrams film earned $22.9 million over its third frame, and had amassed $184.5 million. The sequel so far has earned $181.1 million domestically against a $190 million budget. The more positive news for Paramount is that this one has already earned over $147 million overseas, where the reboot topped out with $127 million.

Epic ties for fourth, as the family film was able to use a strong weekend multiplier (3.9) to come back over the weekend from its sixth place finish on Friday. Epic earned $16.4 million in its second frame, down a large 52% from its three-day Memorial weekend gross. Yes, percentage drops are larger across the board this weekend due to the long weekend in the last frame, but the drop for Epic should cause Fox some concern. Epic was matching the success of Rio ($39 million opening, $143 million domestic finish) until Friday, when it dropped a somewhat alarming 56% from its first day. It was able to come back a bit over the weekend, but the result is showing that Epic isn’t playing outside of its target demographic – very young kids. So far, Epic has earned $65.2 million for Fox and Blue Sky, and will likely finish short of $100 million at the domestic box office. However, it should earn a similar amount or more overseas, saving it from disaster.

Sixth goes to The Hangover Part III, which got its "you know what" handed to it last weekend by Fast & Furious 6. After earning $41.6 million over three days last weekend, The Hangover Part III could only muster $15.9 million this weekend, giving the Todd Phillips flick a drop of 62%. The Warner Bros. comedy cost $103 million to make, and thus far has earned $88.1 million. It goes wide overseas this weekend, and should see a strong result on foreign shores.

Iron Man 3 is in seventh place, and is naturally fading at the domestic box office in weekend five. The Marvel flick earned another $8 million, down 59% compared to its $19.3 million gross last weekend. The Robert Downey Jr. release has now earned $384.7 million stateside (moving into the top 20 all-time domestic earners), and is just $5 million away from $800 million overseas.

Eighth is The Great Gatsby, which has turned into a decent sized hit for Warner Bros. This weekend, its fourth, Gatsby earned another $6.3 million and falls 54% from last weekend. The Baz Luhrmann release has now earned $128.3 million stateside, and will earn a similar amount overseas, all against a budget of $105 million.

We have a bit of a surprise in ninth, as Bollywood production Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani earns $1.6 million from only 162 locations. That's good for a per venue average of $9,877, the best in the top 12. This is a film that reunites Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, who had previously starred together in a 2008 hit film in India. The distributor, Eros, should be very pleased with the result for this generally well-received project.

Matthew McConaughey’s Mud finishes tenth this weekend, and has become Roadside Attraction’s biggest release ever. This weekend, Mud earned another $1.2 million and dropped 38% compared to last weekend. The $10 million-budgeted film has now earned $16.9 million.

Overall this weekend, despite the implosion of After Earth and some big drops from the holdovers, the overall box office remains strong. The top 12 films earned $156.5 million, more than the $134 million the top 12 earned last year, when it was led by Snow White and the Huntsman. Next weekend brings the reunion of the Wedding Crashers (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) in The Internship, and an interesting looking horror flick in The Purge, the first wide release horror since Evil Dead in early April.

Top Weekend Box Office for 5/31/13-6/2/13 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Fast & Furious 6	UNIVERSAL	$34,537,820	- 65%	$170,377,345
2	Now You See Me	Lionsgate	$28,050,000	New	$28,050,000
3	After Earth	SONY	$27,000,000	New	$27,000,000
4	Star Trek: Into Darkness	PARAMOUNT	$16,400,000	- 56%	$181,156,000
5	Epic	Fox	$16,400,000	- 51%	$65,161,200
6	The Hangover Part Iii	WARNER BROS.	$15,930,000	- 62%	$88,086,000
7	Iron Man 3		$8,006,000	- 59%	$384,751,000
8	The Great Gatsby	WARNER BROS.	$6,265,000	- 54%	$128,256,000
9	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Eros	$1,600,000	New	$1,600,000
10	Mud	Roadside Attractions	$1,200,000	- 38%	$16,850,000
11	The Croods	DreamWorks	$615,000	- 50%	$180,538,100
12	Frances Ha	IFC Films	$525,000	- 5%	$1,550,000
	Also Opening/Notables
	The East	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$75,600	New	$75,600
	The Kings of Summer	Cbs Films	$58,000	New	$58,000
	Hannah Arendt	Zeigeist	$31,000	New	$45,502
	The History of Future Folk	Variance	$6,100	New	$6,100
	Axe Giant: the Wrath of Paul Bunyan	Cinema Purgatorio	$770	New	$770
	Before Midnight	Sony Classics	$430,542	+ 74%	$800,314
	Fill the Void	Sony Classics	$48,192	- 19%	$148,831
	We Steal Secrets: the Story of Wikileaks	Focus Features	$27,576	+ 0%	$70,386
	Stories We Tell	Roadside Attractions	$120,000	- 7%	$910,000
	The Iceman	Millennium	$123,098	- 67%	$1,715,551
	Love Is All You Need	Sony Classics	$168,809	- 22%	$707,321
	What Maise Knew	Millennium	$205,878	+ 45%	$543,344
	42	WARNER BROS.	$515,000	- 59%	$92,334,000
	Oblivion	UNIVERSAL	$389,130	- 55%	$88,062,095
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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