STID "tracking" for $85-90 million opening [U.S. box office]

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by RAMA, Apr 26, 2013.

  1. RAMA

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    ST09 sold about 8 million DVD units and 3.9 million bluray units.
     
  2. F. King Daniel

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  3. drt

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    I can't imagine coming out three months later helped it out in Japan any.
     
  4. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    I bet Abrams is really regretting that he didn't take my advice and have the Cloverfield monster wreck San Francisco instead of the Vengeance in the Japanese release right about now.

    Seriously though, as said, opening over three months later? I bet most die hard Trekkies in Japan found alternate means of viewing it by then. Of course, that can't account for its failure completely since non-fans obviously weren't interested, but it couldn't have helped, either.
     
  5. RAMA

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    It'll probalby beat ST09's Japanese gross by 100%. Not too shabby
     
  6. Enterprise is Great

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    How much did 09 make in Japan? As long as it's an improvement it's not quite a bomb.
     
  7. M'Sharak

    M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Moderator

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    $9 million US in three weeks is bombing there? That's just short of double Star Trek 2009's take for five weeks.

    One of the negative reviews cited seems mostly to fault the movie for not being TMP. Another boils down to "Captain Kirk is an a$$hole" and "even the Japanese subtitles didn’t tell the story correctly."
     
  8. Borgminister

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    Yeah, some bomb... :lol:
     
  9. Cyrus

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    It seems like many web sites are resorting to tabloid journalism with sensational headlines to grab attention. We had "STID voted the worst movie by fans", then "Star Trek is broken" and now "STID bombs in Japan".

    It made twice the previous Trek movie and it's a bomb? Hopefully the next Trek movie will bomb in Japan too by making $20 million.
     
  10. F. King Daniel

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    Ah, Trekweb's unbiased reporting strikes again.
     
  11. M'Sharak

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    To be fair, they did say of the second review (the "Captain Kirk's an a$$hole" one) that it " ... goes on to lambast the film, but the rest of it is not worth reporting."
     
  12. Opus

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    I guess even Trekweb has its 'red line'.
     
  13. Enterprise is Great

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    I'm going to be disPutin' that shortly...