'Star Trek' leads the box office, and the horror tale 'Lights Out' beats expectations

With Captain Kirk and Spock leading the USS Enterprise, Paramount’s “Star Trek Beyond” took over the box office this weekend, unseating Universal’s

“The Secret Life of Pets.”

“Star Trek Beyond,” the third installment since director J.J. Abrams revived the venerable franchise in 2009, pulled in an estimated $59.6 million in the U.S. and Canada, close to analyst expectations of about $60 million. Though down about 15% from its 2013 predecessor, “Star Trek Into Darkness,” the opening is still considered a solid debut for the big-budget picture and a welcome success for a studio that could use a hit after the relative disappointments of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” and “Zoolander 2.”









Source: lost Angeles times