Update: Star Trek continued to show a strong showing on Friday bringing in an estimated box offce total of $31 million. This includes the $7 million from the previous Thursday evening.

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J.J. Abram's new Star Trek movie from Paramount which started screenings at an estimated 3800 theatres around the country between 7pm and midnight this past Thursday beamed up an estimated box office haul of around $7 million for the night. This beats last weekend's box office winner, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" from 20th Century Fox which opened on a Thursday night to an estimated 1500 theatres and brought in around $4.5 million for that first night. Wolverine ended up with a total for its opening weekend of $85 million.

J.J. Abrams earlier this week in an interview on the Howard Stern show said he would be happy if Star Trek brought in at least 50 million for its opening weekend, however in this age of giant blockbuster movies, many consider a film of this caliber a failure if it doesn't reach somewhere closer to $100 million. The last Star Trek film, "Nemesis," which was released back in 2002 only brought in a total box-office take of around $40 million.

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