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Because 4,000 screens and hundreds of IMAX theaters aren't enough, the latest "Star Trek" movie ended up in another venue over the weekend: The International Space Station.

NASA is filled with Star Trek fans. The first shuttle was even named the Enterprise to honor the original starship. And astronaut Michael Barratt is no different. He's a diehard Trekker, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

"After dinner on Friday, Mr. Barratt along with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, settled into the node of the spaceship, strapped their feet to the floor to stop them floating during the screening and watched the specially-adapted film on a computer," according to the Times of London.

The projectionists were NASA technicians, who took five hours to compress the film into a stream that could be transported to the space station.

So what did Barratt think of the film?

"'Star Trek' blended adventure, discovery, intelligence and storytelling that assumes a positive future for humanity," Barratt said in a statement. "The International Space Station is a real step in that direction, with many nations sharing in an adventure the world can be proud of."

While five hours of NASA time must cost a fortune, that time couldn't be added to "Star Trek's" box office, which finished No. 2 behind "Angels & Demons" for the weekend, but actually had a stronger Sunday than the debuting film, according to TrekMovie. It finished its second week down 44 percent from its franchise record opening, a solid followup to the premiere.