Your point being?
If Star Trek Has A Disappointing Box Office...?
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Your point being?
Yeah, I'm not quite getting the point either.
Star Trek? Popular??
OH NO! Where did we go WRONG?
And moms don't count!
It wont...and you can quote me on that.
Well, I went to an 11am showing this morning. There was me and 15 other people.
For those of you who like your glass to be half full, it was11am, and that's more people than I've ever watched a film with in a cinema at that time of day.
For those of you who like your glass to be half full, it was11am, and that's more people than I've ever watched a film with in a cinema at that time of day.
And moms don't count!
At my age they certainly do - as long as they're someone else's.
Yeah I wish I could see it at 11am! That means it would only be 2 hours away, instead of 10...
Damn, does this mean I have to...you know, go out and kiss a girl or something?
And moms don't count!
At my age they certainly do - as long as they're someone else's.
Oh snap! MILF!
According to the box office tracking firm, Exhibitor Relations, they are estimating a $60m opening weekend. Note about previous reboots, Batman Begins made $48.7m while Superman Returns hit $52.5m so the $60m is a high number but so were the production costs for Star Trek of around $150m.
Which was, interestingly, the production budget for "Batman Begins."
What about Angels and Demons? I think it's going to be huge, since the book is hugely popular and also, known throughout the world.
I really hope Trek will soar, critically (which it seems it already has done) and financially (so we'll get another). But I seriously doubt it will bring in the dough.
I don't think Angels and Demons will be much of a threat. It should win its weekend, but the audience I'd think are different. Plus given how The Da Vinci Code was panned, I don't see this one doing great.
Well, I think it'll succeed and do it well.
For a quick comparison, Watchmen, nuBSG and ST, from my POV:
Watchmen, I said after I watched it, could be boiled down to one phrase: "flash effects, hollow heart". But only yesterday I figured out what it was. It's hard to care about a 'hero' who doesn't care about people, so Dr Manhattan left me cold. Nite Owl was a dork. Silk Stockings (or whatever) was eye candy. The Jerk (or whatever his name was) was a psychopath who was overcompensating for something,and realised too late in the game he was Big Time Wrong. Rorschach had potential, but was too in yer face. And don't get me started on the so-called 'smartest man in the world' - his pathetic solution showed he wasn't. Wow, I didn't realise I disliked that movie so much. Yes, there were some worthy bits, but if you don't like the leads, nothin's gonna fly.
I liked nuBSG, it was different and action-filled but had some depth, especially compared to its 70s parent, which I despised, then and now. But it got really depressing, week after week, and Starbuck should have been shot out an airlock about the end of season one.
ST has charaters you can care about, they have motives and griefs you can understand. They aren't going to depress you. They aren't distant, remote and uncaring.
Aaaaand I'm spent.
For a quick comparison, Watchmen, nuBSG and ST, from my POV:
Watchmen, I said after I watched it, could be boiled down to one phrase: "flash effects, hollow heart". But only yesterday I figured out what it was. It's hard to care about a 'hero' who doesn't care about people, so Dr Manhattan left me cold. Nite Owl was a dork. Silk Stockings (or whatever) was eye candy. The Jerk (or whatever his name was) was a psychopath who was overcompensating for something,and realised too late in the game he was Big Time Wrong. Rorschach had potential, but was too in yer face. And don't get me started on the so-called 'smartest man in the world' - his pathetic solution showed he wasn't. Wow, I didn't realise I disliked that movie so much. Yes, there were some worthy bits, but if you don't like the leads, nothin's gonna fly.
I liked nuBSG, it was different and action-filled but had some depth, especially compared to its 70s parent, which I despised, then and now. But it got really depressing, week after week, and Starbuck should have been shot out an airlock about the end of season one.
ST has charaters you can care about, they have motives and griefs you can understand. They aren't going to depress you. They aren't distant, remote and uncaring.
Aaaaand I'm spent.
If it's a disappointing Box Office, which I doubt, than Trek will probably be done. Maybe they might go and remaster TNG (I don't care now, since I have the originals) and still continue to make some money with the 40+ Years they have. It will be unfortunate if this movie doesn't do well though. Would love to see Trek come back as a series.
I am not understanding the point here. Are you saying we should not want star trek to gain a larger audience?
You know, I was thinking about this, and it seems to me if A&D is sold, that's the audience that will gravitate toward ST more than Wolverine. So I see a symbiosis there, I guess.
Just posted by Nikki Finke:
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/91-of-online-ticket-sales-for-star-trek/
91% Of Online Ticket Sales For 'Star Trek'
That the latest from big online ticket seller Fandango which also reports that Star Trek has sold out hundreds of opening weekend showtimes across the country, including showtimes in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Charlotte, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Fresno, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Colorado Springs, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Portland, Oregon. Fandango says its Star Trek ticket sales are far outpacing the site’s sales for X-Men Origins: Wolverine at the same point in that film’s sales cycle.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/91-of-online-ticket-sales-for-star-trek/
91% Of Online Ticket Sales For 'Star Trek'
That the latest from big online ticket seller Fandango which also reports that Star Trek has sold out hundreds of opening weekend showtimes across the country, including showtimes in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Charlotte, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Fresno, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Colorado Springs, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Portland, Oregon. Fandango says its Star Trek ticket sales are far outpacing the site’s sales for X-Men Origins: Wolverine at the same point in that film’s sales cycle.
No if it means radically altering the fictional universes backstory.
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