STID "tracking" for $85-90 million opening [U.S. box office]
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because great as it may be it does not feature my favourite characters and it's not even the right galaxy ! 
She's doing great, we had a fantastic time together. And she loved the movie!How is she? I haven't heard from her in over a year.Just popping in to say that I saw Into Darkness for the 4th time last week, this time in the United States with Yeoman Randi!
After more than 2600 replies, I think a wee bit of "thread drift" is natural and somewhat inevitable! Things tend to worm their way back on topic though.
The weekend estimate is $1.31 million for $223.065 million so far. The international gross is now $220.8 million for a worldwide total of $443.8 million so far.
Funny how it has more staying power than Fast/Furious, but wasn't as front-loaded... Too bad it didn't open with more of a bang and exhibit these legs, but the overseas totals more than make up for that lag.
With Japan the last semi-major market yet to open... that will add 5 mill or more and get the total up to 450. Compared with 411 adjusted for 2009, not too shabby!
With Japan the last semi-major market yet to open... that will add 5 mill or more and get the total up to 450. Compared with 411 adjusted for 2009, not too shabby!
The Fast & Furious sequels have always been frontloaded. The franchise's audience skews young, they rush to see the films early on and a fast drop-off follows, even when word of mouth is good. The really impressive thing about the F&F films is the huge growth in international box office.
serenitytrek1
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guys please read this article from Entertainment Weekly, one of the most trusted entertainment sites ever
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/07/07/best-box-office-performances-2013/
trek did not make the list. which means to an extent it has been a box office disappointment. I think it is time for us to face reality and look to the future. I hope next time the producers of trek 3 would not listen to a loud minority of trek fans who are demanding that Trek goes back to TOS Mode.
I am not disrespecting TOS. TOS was great of its time. The series is a classic and it even made EW 100 greatest TV shows of all time.
However TOS is now of the past , what made trek 09 a huge success was because it was bold, fresh , unapologetic and daring. Even with its flaws it is without a doubt an outstanding film.
STiD was much more of a huge fan service to TOS trek fans thereby alienating new fans...The box office is proof of that.
STiD is still a huge success but it was not as successful as the studios intended. world wide the film needs to do 500m for it to be a success without question. Sadly it wont get there.
STiD should have done 270m+ in USA and 500m Worldwide.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/07/07/best-box-office-performances-2013/
trek did not make the list. which means to an extent it has been a box office disappointment. I think it is time for us to face reality and look to the future. I hope next time the producers of trek 3 would not listen to a loud minority of trek fans who are demanding that Trek goes back to TOS Mode.
I am not disrespecting TOS. TOS was great of its time. The series is a classic and it even made EW 100 greatest TV shows of all time.
However TOS is now of the past , what made trek 09 a huge success was because it was bold, fresh , unapologetic and daring. Even with its flaws it is without a doubt an outstanding film.
STiD was much more of a huge fan service to TOS trek fans thereby alienating new fans...The box office is proof of that.
STiD is still a huge success but it was not as successful as the studios intended. world wide the film needs to do 500m for it to be a success without question. Sadly it wont get there.
STiD should have done 270m+ in USA and 500m Worldwide.
serenitytrek1
Commander
what not a joke
Laugh all you want. However what they said is the solid truth. it is left for the wise to humble themselves and listen instead of making a joke out of the truth that remains unchangeable.
Before Trek came out. another trusted entertainment site box office mojo said if STiD doesn't earn up to 250m in USA it would be a disappointment. Sadly, STiD has not done that.
Are you going to laugh at box office mojo as well?
oh well....
I'm pretty certain most studios would LOVE to have $450m+ "disappointments" akin to STID.
what not a joke
Laugh all you want. However what they said is the solid truth. it is left for the wise to humble themselves and listen instead of making a joke out of the truth that remains unchangeable.
Before Trek came out. another trusted entertainment site box office mojo said if STiD doesn't earn up to 250m in USA it would be a disappointment. Sadly, STiD has not done that.
Are you going to laugh at box office mojo as well?
oh well....
STID made more than ST09. There will be another movie. That's all I really care about on the silver screen front, anyway...
I'm feeling the need for some good old Picard facepalming right now.
The title of the article is "The 15 Most IMPRESSIVE box office performances."
Identity Thief, for example, is one of the worst movies ever made, and it still managed to rake-in $135m. That pretty fucking impressive.
Star Trek did what people expected it to do.
This bit
and this bit
Are completely incompatible.
You mean "hoped". They're still gonna make a big profit and there will be a third movie. What more could a fan want? EVERY movie wishes it could pull Dark Knight/Avengers numbers. That doesn't mean every movie that doesn't is a disappointment. There is quite a leap between making a profit and taking over the world.
You mean the *massive* overseas gains over the last movie? Alienating new fans?
The thing about The Dark Knight is that nobody there hoped to make a billion with it. Batman Begins was a modest success, and they expected TDK to perform the same. It's just the hype around Ledger's death AND that the film was surprisingly well done that it made those huge numbers. But the point is that they never intended to make that HUGE box office smash hit, they just intended to make a good film. And if you ask me, it shows.
nuTrek Into Darkness was intended to make big bucks first, by copying elements from all successful films coming before it. They wanted to expand the foreign market, so they put London in it and advertised the hell out of that. They wanted TDK and Avengers numbers, so they tried to cash in on that now rather stereotypical super villain with a twisted plan story, and went all out trying to sell this as this DARK film. And they even included the glass prison from Avengers and a forced version of the hero to villain dialog from TDK. And they looked back at what Trek film was the most popular, and ripped that off as much as they could.
STD just feels pretty much in your face to me in that regard.
nuTrek Into Darkness was intended to make big bucks first, by copying elements from all successful films coming before it. They wanted to expand the foreign market, so they put London in it and advertised the hell out of that. They wanted TDK and Avengers numbers, so they tried to cash in on that now rather stereotypical super villain with a twisted plan story, and went all out trying to sell this as this DARK film. And they even included the glass prison from Avengers and a forced version of the hero to villain dialog from TDK. And they looked back at what Trek film was the most popular, and ripped that off as much as they could.
STD just feels pretty much in your face to me in that regard.
No, what it means (and the only thing it means) is that Star Trek Into Darkness wasn't given a spot on a 15-slot list which the list's own writer acknowledges is highly subjective and "totally-up-for-debate".
EW article said:
[Aside: I hadn't read anything at EW for a while, but it seems they're now in direct competition with the Huffington Post in the "let's see how much unnecessary pop-up clutter we can jam onto each page" sweepstakes. I used to find their online presentation pretty easy-to-read, but now - holy crap, what an annoying mess of a "trusted entertainment website" they've become.]
No.
Of course, you've neglected to provide a link to where BoxOfficeMojo is supposed to have said this, but if you follow the link in the EW excerpt above, you'll see that BOM shows Iron Man 3 with a clear lead, Man of Steel next, and then F&F6, Oz, and STID all grouped pretty close together in the 3-4-5 spots, and not that far from the $250-mil domestic milepost. I wouldn't be surprised to see two of the three reach that before their runs end.it is left for the wise to humble themselves and listen instead of making a joke out of the truth that remains unchangeable.
Before Trek came out. another trusted entertainment site box office mojo said if STiD doesn't earn up to 250m in USA it would be a disappointment. Sadly, STiD has not done that.
Are you going to laugh at box office mojo as well?
oh well....
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Funny, I thought Star Trek did transparent cell walls long before the Avengers.
Also, big planet destroyers not new.
Neither is hero talking to the villain.
Nor homages.
Really, nothing in this post is an accurate representation of reality.
There's not enough juice left in the tank for any of those three to reach $250 million domestic.