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. CorporalClegg

    CorporalClegg Admiral Admiral

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    Anyone know why Japan has to wait so long? Did ST09 take that long?
     
  2. Set Harth

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    Probably to give them more time to watch Pacific Rim.:shrug:
     
  3. Out Of My Vulcan Mind

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    Star Trek was released in late May in Japan. I don't know why the wait is so much longer this time.

    Pacific Rim is being released in August in Japan, too. It'll be released there two weeks before STiD.
     
  4. LeadHead

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    Maybe around that time it will return to IMAX back in the USA and they're gonna have another premiere in Japan to have some media talking about it?

    Probably a bad guess.
     
  5. Jax

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    I swear in a interview this year Pine joked about making a mistake in signing on for 2 more films after STID? I would hope we get a 2016 and 2019 movie, 10 years then since the relaunch before any possible TNG movies.
     
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    Full house here for a 1:45 pm showing - pretty lively crowd (laughing in the right places) w/applause at the end. Going to the movies obviously was a Father's Day activity. One family commented going outside: Dad saying that it was second after the Dark Knight Rises but Mom like STiD better, then gave him a hug thanking him for a wonderful way to spend the afternoon. Awww...:adore:
     
  7. I am not Spock

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    That settles it. I'm going for a fifth time, probably this week. It's nearly out of theatres (here in Australia). I might catch it in an afternoon session.
     
  8. Franklin

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    Yep. Abrams et al were the perfect choice. People can say what they want, but I believe they kept the essence of TOS intact. Nolan and Snyder for "Man of Steel"? Not so much. In my opinion, they turned Superman into Batman. Or it's as if someone had The Beatles do an album in the Rolling Stones style rock. (A friend always said Superman and Batman were the Beatles and Rolling Stones of comics.)

    The campaigns mean a lot because the first weekends's take means so much, now. Get a lot early. To that end, MOS has just apparently set a June opening weekend record ($120 to $130 million). But everything considered now that it's out there, warts and all, it will be interesting to see what legs it has.

    Meanwhile, STID just keeps chugging along.
     
  9. Out Of My Vulcan Mind

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    Man of Steel is scheduled for release in Japan in late August. Maybe August is one of the stronger months there and studios think it's worth the delay.

    Worldwide grosses for the big summer releases so far:

    Iron Man 3 - $1.203 billion
    Fast & Furious 6 - $636.9 million
    Star Trek Into Darkness - $412.2 million
    The Hangover Part III - $309.8 million
    The Great Gatsby - $300.2 million
    Epic - $212.7 million
    Man of Steel - 196.7 million
    Now You See Me - $107.7 million
    After Earth - $102.8 million
     
  10. I am not Spock

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    Right, so STID isn't in the billion dollar league, but it is still in the top three blockbusters this summer. Maybe not for long, once Man of Steel catches fire.

    It should still finish in the top ten movies of the year, I should hope.
     
  11. RAMA

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    I am not Spock Commodore Commodore

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    Yeah. Much like Star Trek and Star Wars are the Beatles and Rolling Stones of sci fi. You can like both, but not both equally.
     
  13. Out Of My Vulcan Mind

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    That was to be expected. I said a while back in this thread that they would probably end up with similar domestic grosses despite F&F 6's bigger opening. The F&F franchise has always been extremely frontloaded domestically.

    If the year-end chart for 2013 is similar to the last few years, STiD will likely be about #8 for the year domestically and about #14 worldwide.
     
  14. CorporalClegg

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    I like Batman and Superman equally.

    I like The Beatles and The Stones equally.

    I like Star Trek and Star Wars equally.

    It's really not too difficult.
     
  15. Belz...

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    Japan usually opens movies months after other countries. From what I understand, they want to see how well it does elsewhere first. If true, it's kinda weird.
     
  16. Franklin

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    Yes. Sure. And I like both my daughters equally. ;)

    Well, you probably can, but that means appreciating the stylistic differences that distinguish and define them. At least in my opinion, it's not playing to strength for a Superman movie to have a brooding and overly grave feel to it any more than I would want to hear a Beatles cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" or have Kirk's first officer be a character like a Wookiee.
     
  17. timtonruben359

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    I live in Toronto, my family decided to take my dad to see MOS while I wasn't shocked to find MOS was sold out I was shocked that STID was also sold out too. This was a large theater downtown so I guess we know where some of the MOS overspill is going haha!
     
  18. bbailey861

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    I tend to agree. Having been a Kirkaholic for over 40 years, I was wary going into the '09 film. Very shocked, yet pleasantly surprised with the new direction; overall I am happy with how things turned out. I am pleased with my hundred buck contribution to the franchise at the cinema.
     
  19. Admiral Buzzkill

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    I don't need any Kirk. That said, I've enjoyed watching the both of them and expect to see one or two more.
     
  20. Set Harth

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    "We couldn't get into the rehash of Superman's greatest villain so we settled for the rehash of Trek's greatest villain."