New 'Star Trek' set to be most successful ever

The new 'Star Trek' movie has gone to warp speed at the US box office with US$31m (€23.12m) in domestic ticket gales after just over a day in cinemas.

Distributor Paramount said 'Star Trek' took in $24m (€17.9m) on Friday, plus $7m (€5.22m) during preview screenings on Thursday night.

Paramount estimates that by the end of the weekend the movie will be near or more than $70m (€52.2m) in ticket sales.

That puts the movie light years ahead of the previous 10 Trek movies.

The best opening weekend ever for the franchise was $30.7m for 1996’s 'Star Trek: First Contact'.

According to inflation-adjusted numbers compiled by Hollywood.com, that translates to $51.2m (€38.2m) in today’s dollars.