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It only took a little more than one opening weekend for "Star Trek XI" to become the top-grossing movie in franchise history, and it continues to pad that lead after a strong third weekend that now has it $74 million ahead of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."

But when "Voyage Home" earned $109.7 million, it was 1986. Ronald Reagan was president. "The Cosby Show" was the highest-rated show on television, and the top news was the destruction of the Challenger space shuttle.

So if we were to even up the playing field, how would the latest Star Trek movie stack up? Not too badly.

When adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing Star Trek movie of all time is not "Star Trek XI" or even "Voyage Home." In fact, it's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," which made $82.3 million in 1979, which would equate to about $240.9 million today.

In fact, "Star Trek XI" isn't even No. 2. That belongs to "Voyage Home," which has an adjusted take of $212.7 million. However it's likely "Star Trek XI" can move into the No. 2. spot in the next couple weeks. Although it might not seem likely, there is still a small chance the latest Trek film could even finish ahead of "The Motion Picture," needing just another $60 million domestically.

"Star Trek: First Contact," before the release of the latest film, held the No. 2 spot in raw box office with $92 million in 1996, which adjusts to $125 million, but good only for sixth place behind "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock." "Wrath of Khan" earned $78.9 million in 1982, which adjusts to $173.8 million. "Search For Spock" earned $76.5 million in 1984, which adjusts to $156.5 million.

Eight of the 11 Star Trek films finish above $100 million, when adjusted for inflation, including "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" pulling in $117 million, and "Star Trek Generations" earning $108.6 million.

The three films that didn't make the cut should be no surprise. The ninth, 10th and 11th films are "Star Trek: Insurrection," "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" and "Star Trek: Nemesis" respectively. "Insurrection" is the best of the three with $70.2 million in 1998 turning into $92.3 million. "Final Frontier" picked up $52.2 million in 1989, turning that into $89.5 million.

"Nemesis," however, will finish at the bottom of the list, no matter what type of metrics are used. The film earned $43.1 million in 2002, which translates to just $51.3 million.

"Star Trek XI" continues to play in theaters worldwide.