Star Trek Crosses $350 Million Worldwide

[TheArsenal]

The marketing budget on this film was $275 million. Production even more. It costs over $10,000 for just a single lens flare. That's not a typo. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. It still has a long way to go before it can even be on the same planet as "profitable".

 

[Borgminister]

So.. no SEQUEL??

 

[SalvorHardin]

The marketing budget on this film was $275 million. Production even more. It costs over $10,000 for just a single lens flare. That's not a typo. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. It still has a long way to go before it can even be on the same planet as "profitable".

Hopefully, you are just joking.
But this is the Trek XI forum and I can never be sure.

 

[SalvorHardin]

So.. no SEQUEL??

no sequel... I was telling you folks this movie has to make at least a billion to be a moderate success.
And even then a sequel would not be guaranteed.

 

[Borgminister]

So.. no SEQUEL??

no sequel... I was telling you folks this movie has to make at least a billion to be a moderate success.
And even then a sequel would not be guaranteed.

WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

 

[ITL]

^ I heard it's eleventy billion. I heard it from a man.

 

[SalvorHardin]

So.. no SEQUEL??

no sequel... I was telling you folks this movie has to make at least a billion to be a moderate success.
And even then a sequel would not be guaranteed.

WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

I heard from legitimate internet sources that it was all the money spent on Tribble food that skyrocketed the budget, making it impossible for the movie to be a success.

Stupid Abrams and his cameos

 

[TheArsenal]

^ I heard it's eleventy billion. I heard it from a man.

Now, my idea to rotoscope The Menagerie - that way it's watchable to the 'splosions kewl MTV texting crowd - and put it on the Big Screen would have made that much. Maybe more. And we wouldn't be here now wondering why Trek failed again.

 

[SalvorHardin]

Hello computer

 

[Devon]

Kate Winslet's tits. What's not to like?

Kate Winslet's tits.

 

[RAMA]

The marketing budget on this film was $275 million. Production even more. It costs over $10,000 for just a single lens flare. That's not a typo. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. It still has a long way to go before it can even be on the same planet as "profitable".

There's an utter lack of support for that number or even the budget total. Paramount has already stated that it is making a profit...

RAMA

 

[Borgminister]

The marketing budget on this film was $275 million. Production even more. It costs over $10,000 for just a single lens flare. That's not a typo. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. It still has a long way to go before it can even be on the same planet as "profitable".

There's an utter lack of support for that number or even the budget total. Paramount has already stated that it is making a profit...

RAMA

LIES. ALL LIES.

 

[TheArsenal]

There's an utter lack of support for that number or even the budget total. Paramount has already stated that it is making a profit...

Look, I'm not going to do your homework for you by supplying links, but Google this: "marketing budget" + "most expensive ever" + "Abrams" + "$10,000 per lens flare" + "Saucy Uhura" + "Star Trek Fail" + "Paramount takes a major bath" + "no chance for sequel"+ "Iowa quarry pit" and see what you come up with.

That's right. Tons of articles detailing Utter Undiluted Fail, that's what you'll find. When this movie makes another $350 million, then maybe we can start talking about profit.

 

[Jeri]

The point of human pranks sometimes eludes me.

 

[Sanae]

Hello computer

Possibly the best Scotty moment EVAR. SRSLY.

 

[RAMA]

There's an utter lack of support for that number or even the budget total. Paramount has already stated that it is making a profit...

Look, I'm not going to do your homework for you by supplying links, but Google this: "marketing budget" + "most expensive ever" + "Abrams" + "$10,000 per lens flare" + "Saucy Uhura" + "Star Trek Fail" + "Paramount takes a major bath" + "no chance for sequel"+ "Iowa quarry pit" and see what you come up with.

That's right. Tons of articles detailing Utter Undiluted Fail, that's what you'll find. When this movie makes another $350 million, then maybe we can start talking about profit.

All are estimates, there's not an ounce of data to back it up and there likely won't be. If anything studios tend to cry about a movie not making money so they don't have to pay people with use of a little creative accounting. In this case, the studio has gone out of its way to let us know the film is already making a profit. BTW, don't you know that marketing isn't directly tied into a movie's performance?? It comes out of the studio budget, not a specific film. Its not tied into ST's total.

 

[Squiggy]

Hello computer

Possibly the best Scotty moment EVAR. SRSLY.

Cough.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I'm partial to "This was a matter o' pride!" myself.

 

[FemurBone]

I hate to rain on the parade...well who am i kidding I love it!

But 231 million domestic is not that much money in 2009. This film is a moderate hit at best. Don't kid yourselves. Trek is still on life support.

No doubt the annoying shakey camera technique cost the film at least 100 million in ticket sales.

 

[SalvorHardin]

I hate to rain on the parade...well who am i kidding I love it!

But 231 million domestic is not that much money in 2009. This film is a moderate hit at best. Don't kid yourselves. Trek is still on life support.

No doubt the annoying shakey camera technique cost the film at least 100 million in ticket sales.

Don't worry. Your post wasn't quite up to the task of bringing rain on the parade.