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Star Trek Into Darkness may have tried to boldly go where no blockbuster had gone before, but unfortunately, it appears to have fallen a few million dollars short of that!

Although the J.J. Abrams-directed sequel was expected to rack in between $90-$100 million during its opening box office weekend, the numbers are now in….and apparently, audiences were not as thrilled to see Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto battle it out with Benedict Cumberbatch, as it only secured about $70.6 million!

But don't fret, Trekkies!

The flick STILL beat out all of the competition for the weekend's number one spot domestically, and in the process crushed both Iron Man 3, which came in second with $35.2 million, and The Great Gatsby, which made a cool $23.4 and rounded out the top three!

Ch-ch-check out the rest of the weekend's box office top ten…AFTER THE JUMP!!!

Ummm, this is going to be so beyond ridic, riiight??

We've all seen Effie Trinket's insane makeup style in the first Hunger Games movie, and admit it, you've tried to copy it!

Well, that task might be a little easier now that CoverGirl is teaming up with the hit flick to launch a Capitol Collection makeup line!

Can you imagine the color palettes about to rock our worlds?!

And if any brand can get it right it'll be CoverGirl because the makeup artists on the set of Hunger Games used the brand on the cast to create those AH-Mazing looks.

But please don't fight each other to the death for this collection because there will be plenty of it for everyone when it hits shelves in November!

Meanwhile, you can wet your tastebuds on the print and TV ad campaigns about to roll out.

[Image via CoverGirl.]

Robert Downey, Jr.'s obligations to Marvel are done after Avengers 2, but what does that mean for the Iron Man series?

Can there really be a sequel without RDJ??

Marvel President Kevin Feige says the show must go on, with or without its signature star. He says:

Sorry, Miley and RiRi!

Guess the 4/20-oriented coffee shop dreams will have to stay located in Amsterdam for now!

Because despite earlier comments made by Patrick Dempsey regarding the possibility of incorporating a little bit more, ahem, 'herbal refreshment' into his recently bought-up line of Tully's coffee shops in Washington states, he now wants the world to know that he was merely practically joking!

If you don't recall, Dr. McDreamy originally said:

"Coffee is good for your mind—it's basically a legalized drug. The next step is selling marijuana, of course. There's a business model there. You could present it in a beautiful, elegant way: a Michelin-starred coffee shop where you can get marijuana."

However, he now would like to clarify that:

Set your phasers to BANK!

Star Trek Into Darkness is set to knock Robert Downey Jr.'s iron butt out of the top spot in the box office this weekend!

Judging by pre-sales & a super-strong Wednesday and Thursday opening, studio shaman's expect the sci-fi sequel to break $100 mil in its opening weekend!!!

$100,000,000!?!?

Whoa! Somebody needs to beam J.J. Abrams up a congratulatory bottle of champagne!!

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Benedict Cumberbatch all look super fine in their totally tight & extra fabulous

Sacramento Kings fans rejoice! It looks like your beloved basketball team is here to stay!

Adrienne Maloof's family, who owns the NBA franchise, had fans wondering whether or not they would be shipping the team to Seattle due to declining interest in the area. But Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced this afternoon that

Holy shaken-not-stirred martinis, batman — our souls are smiling!!!

Barbara Broccoli and Michael G .Wilson, the execs in charge of the James Bond franchise, approached Christopher Nolan about directing the next 007 flick!!

He blew our friggin' minds with Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception and Christian Bale in The Dark Knight trilogy… and now he's in talks to team up with Daniel Craig?!?!

That. Would. Be. Double-Oh-AMAZEBALLZ!!!

Don't get us wrong, Sam Mendes did a fantastic job on Skyfall — especially with his inclusion of Adele — but this could be EPIC!!!

Make it happen, universe! We're counting on U!!

[Image via WENN.]