Friday (6/26) Box Office - Trek #9 - $1.1 million - $243.7 million

[MvRojo]

1. TRANSFORMERS 2 - 36,700,000 - 125,946,000
2. THE PROPOSAL - 6,150,000 - 56,734,000
3. THE HANGOVER - 5,310,000 - 171,342,000
4. MY SISTER'S KEEPER - 5,075,000 - 5,075,000
5. UP - 3,950,000 - 241,123,000
6. YEAR ONE - 2,000,000 - 28,507,000
7. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 - 1,540,000 - 49,546,000
8. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM II - 1,200,000 - 160,948,000
9. STAR TREK - 1,080,000 - 243,699,000
10. AWAY WE GO - 510,000 - 2,889,000

Star Trek dropped only 12% from last week, which is another great drop considering it lost 21% of its theatres. While Trek was #9 on Friday, it could move up to #8 since it may have a stronger Sunday than NATM2.

Friday was almost definitely Trek's last day as the #1 film of 2009, as Up should pass it sometime today. Trek was #1 for 30 days.

 

[Flake]

Excellent news, I was expecting Transformers to affect Trek more than this but it doesn't seem affected at all, it just gets better and better drops every week.

 

[Borgminister]

What a hold...! Attendance must still be strong at the theaters remaining... My IMAX is finally getting the movie--SOON--and I'll be going twice more.

I only hope that the right balance will be struck between theater erosion and box office performance by those in charge. Or does each theater decide on its own where and when to pare?

By the way, is a 65-foot wide screen IMAX? I understand the average is 72, but it seems the difference is slight.

 

[MvRojo]

What a hold...! Attendance must still be strong at the theaters remaining... My IMAX is finally getting the movie--SOON--and I'll be going twice more.

I only hope that the right balance will be struck between theater erosion and box office performance by those in charge. Or does each theater decide on its own where and when to pare?

By the way, is a 65-foot wide screen IMAX? I understand the average is 72, but it seems the difference is slight.

Not sure exactly, but this site tells you whether it is film or digital. The digital ones are the fake ones.

 

[cooleddie74]

It has just a SMIDGE more to earn before it cracks the U.S. Top Fifty All-Time Moneymakers. Right now CARS is slightly ahead of it. TREK is #51.

 

[Borgminister]

What a hold...! Attendance must still be strong at the theaters remaining... My IMAX is finally getting the movie--SOON--and I'll be going twice more.

I only hope that the right balance will be struck between theater erosion and box office performance by those in charge. Or does each theater decide on its own where and when to pare?

By the way, is a 65-foot wide screen IMAX? I understand the average is 72, but it seems the difference is slight.

Not sure exactly, but this site tells you whether it is film or digital. The digital ones are the fake ones.

Wait, what site?

 

[Borgminister]

It has just a SMIDGE more to earn before it cracks the U.S. Top Fifty All-Time Moneymakers. Right now CARS is slightly ahead of it. TREK is #51.

Slower traffic keep right...

 

[MvRojo]

So Trek should stay at #8 this weekend. It'll be interesting to see what happens next week. Year One is dropping pretty heavily (probably at least 60% this weekend), so Trek could pass that. So I think Trek will be fighting with Pelham 1 2 3 for the #8 spot next week, which would be amazing since it will be its 9th weekend.

 

[cooleddie74]

It has just a SMIDGE more to earn before it cracks the U.S. Top Fifty All-Time Moneymakers. Right now CARS is slightly ahead of it. TREK is #51.

Slower traffic keep right...

For the record, has TREK surpassed T2:JUDGMENT DAY or GHOSTBUSTERS yet?

 

[MvRojo]

What a hold...! Attendance must still be strong at the theaters remaining... My IMAX is finally getting the movie--SOON--and I'll be going twice more.

I only hope that the right balance will be struck between theater erosion and box office performance by those in charge. Or does each theater decide on its own where and when to pare?

By the way, is a 65-foot wide screen IMAX? I understand the average is 72, but it seems the difference is slight.

Not sure exactly, but this site tells you whether it is film or digital. The digital ones are the fake ones.

Wait, what site?

Sorry, http://www.lfexaminer.com/ImaxMapUS.htm

 

[MvRojo]

It has just a SMIDGE more to earn before it cracks the U.S. Top Fifty All-Time Moneymakers. Right now CARS is slightly ahead of it. TREK is #51.

Slower traffic keep right...

For the record, has TREK surpassed T2:JUDGMENT DAY or GHOSTBUSTERS yet?

Yup, #88 and #57 respectively.

 

[cooleddie74]

Slower traffic keep right...

For the record, has TREK surpassed T2:JUDGMENT DAY or GHOSTBUSTERS yet?

Yup, #88 and #57 respectively.

Good. I love both of those movies...deeply. But it's nice that a STAR TREK movie has made more than, say, GHOSTBUSTERS considering that it was the #1 comedy all-time until HOME ALONE hit.

 

[Borgminister]

So Trek should stay at #8 this weekend. It'll be interesting to see what happens next week. Year One is dropping pretty heavily (probably at least 60% this weekend), so Trek could pass that. So I think Trek will be fighting with Pelham 1 2 3 for the #8 spot next week, which would be amazing since it will be its 9th weekend.

Amazing indeed--is July 4 traditionally a big movie-going weekend though?

BTW, IMAX here in Cannery Row is 35 x 65, MPX. 290 seat capacity.

But what does MPX stand for? Is it live or Memorex?

Never mind, I got off my lazy ass and looked around... it is a 15/70, the granddaddy of IMAX formats from 1970, not digital.

I remember seeing Dark Knight there and it was very good.

SOON.

 

[MvRojo]

So Trek should stay at #8 this weekend. It'll be interesting to see what happens next week. Year One is dropping pretty heavily (probably at least 60% this weekend), so Trek could pass that. So I think Trek will be fighting with Pelham 1 2 3 for the #8 spot next week, which would be amazing since it will be its 9th weekend.

Amazing indeed--is July 4 traditionally a big movie-going weekend though?

BTW, IMAX here in Cannery Row is 35 x 65, MPX. 290 seat capacity.

But what does MPX stand for? Is it live or Memorex?

Never mind, I got off my lazy ass and looked around... it is a 15/70, the granddaddy of IMAX formats from 1970, not digital.

I remember seeing Dark Knight there and it was very good.

SOON.

http://cinematreasures.org/print/11086_0_1_0/

 

[Borgminister]

Thank you, resident expert... (sorry Cyrus, you are not as prolific... )

SOON.

I miss Chartman.

 

[Jax]

Whats the total weekend estimate ? Seems like we could break $3million maybe even reach $3.5 million.

 

[Borgminister]

Whats the total weekend estimate ? Seems like we could break $3million maybe even reach $3.5 million.

This site puts it at 3.8 million, revised up from 3.5 the other day.

Maybe there'll be another Super Sunday?

 

[MvRojo]

Whats the total weekend estimate ? Seems like we could break $3million maybe even reach $3.5 million.

BoxOffice.com Early Weekend Estimates

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $111,000,000 - $200,245,788
2. The Proposal - $19,000,000 - $69,583,930
3. The Hangover - $16,500,000 - $182,532,101
4. Up - $14,200,000 - $251,372,817
5. My Sister's Keeper - $13,500,000 - $13,500,000
6. Year One - $7,000,000 - $33,507,116
7. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - $5,500,000 - $53,505,720
8. Night at the Museum 2 - $4,000,000 - $163,747,670
9. Star Trek - $3,800,000 - $246,419,214
10. Land of the Lost - $1,200,000 - $46,819,980

 

[Borgminister]

[Colbert]Nooooooooooooo![/Colbert]

 

[cooleddie74]

[Colbert] Prescott Pharmaceuticals...give me a drug to make me forget about how shitty TRANSFORMERS 2 is!!! [/Colbert]