HOLLYWOOD, May 19 (UPI) -- "Star Trek Into Darkness" took in an estimated $70.55 million to finish No. 1 in its opening weekend in U.S. theaters.
Written and directed by J.J. Abrams, the latest entry in the "Star Trek" canon dethroned former No. 1 "Iron Man 3," which grossed an estimated $35.1 million in its third weekend and ran its domestic gross to $337 million, Box Office Mojo reported.