Based on these numbers, a Star Trek sequel would seem like the logical response.

After a five-month delay, the highly-anticipated J.J. Abrams feature finally unspooled to an eager crowd. And though it didn’t outearn last weekend’s office champ, the science fiction adventure appeared to be in a galaxy far, far away.

Since it’s debut late Thursday night, Trek grossed approximately $79.2 million. (That’s nearly $3 million more than was estimated a day ago, but still $6 million less than Wolverine‘s premiere.) Around $8 million of Paramount’s haul came from IMAX ticket sales alone. (That figure bests the $6.2 million raked in by The Dark Knight last year.)

1. Star Trek, Paramount, $79,204,289 (avg. $20,578)
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 20th Century Fox, $26,408,288 (avg. $6438)
3. Ghost of Girlfriends Past, Warner Bros., $10,258,141 (avg. $3231)
4. Obsessed, Sony, $6,560,266 (avg. $2521)
5. 17 Again, Warner Bros., $4,232,422 (avg. $1458)
6. Next Day Air, Summit Entertainment, $4,111,043 (avg. $3613)
7. The Soloist, Dreamworks, $3,949,430 (avg. $1890)
8. Monsters vs. Aliens, Dreamworks, $3,260,440 (avg. $1492)
9. Earth, Disney, $2,666,219 (avg. $1486)
10. Hannah Montana: The Movie, Disney, $2,193,043 (avg. $953)

(You can review last week’s numbers here.)