Beyond's budget is over $200 million...?

[Shalashaska]

Who would've ever thought that a Star Trek film would have a larger budget than Star Wars?

I felt that the set/planet environment in the trailer looked a little cheaper than usual. Maybe it was the rough, early-stage CGI, but it didn't look like a $200+ million blockbuster movie to me.

 

[Jedi_Master]

I must say I am ill-equipped to look at a 90 second mashup of a bunch of film clips and then decide the appropriate budget for the film being advertised.

 

[ancient]

Who would've ever thought that a Star Trek film would have a larger budget than Star Wars?

I felt that the set/planet environment in the trailer looked a little cheaper than usual. Maybe it was the rough, early-stage CGI, but it didn't look like a $200+ million blockbuster movie to me.

Remember the first Star Wars Force Awakens teaser trailer? The money shot was some wreckage in the desert.

I must say I am ill-equipped to look at a 90 second mashup of a bunch of film clips and then decide the appropriate budget for the film being advertised.

I can barely figure out my own budget.

 

[Mudd]

Beyond could easily struggle to get to $400m worldwide if it can't get a widespread Chinese release.

Nope.

 

[Jedi_Master]

Beyond could easily struggle to get to $400m worldwide if it can't get a widespread Chinese release.

Based on what?

 

[Squiggy]

He doesn't have the best track record when he comes to box-office predictions...

No Trek film has ever come close to grossing the budget of the new film. Even if the global hard core base of Trek fans watch the film, you're looking at probably $50m worldwide box office gross, plus future DVD/bluray sales. So realistically, you're looking at the non Star Trek watching public to provide $100m in box office takings for this film just for it to break even. Sorry people, ain't going to happen. Paramount are looking at the mother of all stinking losses on this film, even if the film is brilliant.

Or this...

Nothing will make Trek XI a blockbuster, because erm. . .it's a film that will be lucky to make back half its stupidly huge budget at the box office.

Or this...

$100 million at US box office.

$40m-$50m in all other territories combined.

If the film breaks even after marketing and all other costs, I'll eat my shorts.

Or this...

Optimistically, I predict a $50-60m max opening weekend and an $75m first week, after which receipts will fall off sharply. Say a final $85m US, and with an optimistic 65% of $85m rest of the world gross, you're looking at about $140m worldwide.

For the record, it was 75m opening weekend and make $257,730,019 total domestic. Worldwide was $385,680,446 of which 66.8% was domestic. So, ya got something right! Let's continue...

I'd say the final worldwide gross will be somewhere in the range of $350-400 million.

That would mean a $300m approx US gross. Optimistic.

Ohhh...so close!

 

[SalvorHardin]

^So, did he eat his shorts?

 

[Mudd]

Don 't wanna know.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Me neither.

 

[M'Sharak]

Yeah, that's a thing I don't need to know, either.

Suffice it to say that the claims, assertions, blather, etc. advanced recently by Admiral Bear (in this and in other threads) ought properly to be viewed with a certain degree of skepticism.

 

[Paul Weaver]

If it's true then it's the most expensive Trek movie yet.

Funny that, what with movie budget inflation. However it does seem to be a far higher budget than one would expect

Mission Impossible 1 (1996) - $80m
First Contact (1996) - $45m
Phantom Menace (1999) - $115m

Mission Impossible 5 (2015) $150m
Beyond (2016) $200m
Force Awakens (2015) $200m (ignoring the $4,000m licensing costs for Star Wars)

I'm surprised the budget is so high, they'll be disappointed as Trek 13 WILL NOT make as much as Star Wars 7 (or Jaws 19)

Next year is a very strong year with cinema releases too, BatmanVSuperman, Harry Potter 9, Captain America 3, Independence Day 2, and lower down a smattering of non-core superhero films (2 Xmen, 1 DC), Turtles 2, Bourne 5, another Star Wars.

2015 seemed more sparse - Terminator, Jurassic Park, MI5, Star Wars (it's like the 90s again)

 

[mswood]

Who would've ever thought that a Star Trek film would have a larger budget than Star Wars?

I felt that the set/planet environment in the trailer looked a little cheaper than usual. Maybe it was the rough, early-stage CGI, but it didn't look like a $200+ million blockbuster movie to me.

The Motion Pictures Budget was higher then both Star Wars and Empire. So it has happened.

As for the trailer, we have to remember that several of these scenes were literally just shot. They will go through months of Post production adding detailed cGI, have color grading done, there will be many factors that will help improve the final look of these scenes when we finally see them.

 

[Squiggy]

I'm surprised the budget is so high, they'll be disappointed as Trek 13 WILL NOT make as much as Star Wars 7...

Pretty sure everyone knows that.

 

[ancient]

It won't make as much as Star Wars??? Ok, better shut down production folks. If my money bed cannot have 100 money mattresses I'll just be sleeping on the floor, thank you very much!

 

[dswynne1]

Question: So, what would be an ideal budget for a Star Trek film, in relation to what we want in a movie? Remember the days when the movie "Waterworld" had a $100 M budget, and that was seen as obscene? My, how times have change...

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

The next trailer is going to be a better indicator how big this movie is going to be.

 

[Noname Given]

The next trailer is going to be a better indicator how big this movie is going to be.

The next trailer is going to be the same as the first trailer - Something to promote the film using material they feel will do that job.

 

[mos6507]

The next trailer is going to be a better indicator how big this movie is going to be.

The next trailer is going to be the same as the first trailer - Something to promote the film using material they feel will do that job.

Even Pegg didn't like the first trailer. I'm not expecting a Beastie Boys retread.

 

[eyeresist]

I felt that the set/planet environment in the trailer looked a little cheaper than usual. Maybe it was the rough, early-stage CGI, but it didn't look like a $200+ million blockbuster movie to me.

As for the trailer, we have to remember that several of these scenes were literally just shot. They will go through months of Post production adding detailed cGI, have color grading done, there will be many factors that will help improve the final look of these scenes when we finally see them.

I thought the Vancouver-shot stuff looked a bit drab, but that may be intentional. Maybe the planet has a blue sun, or maybe the colour palette is supposed to suggest gloom given this is when our heroes are most up against it.
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[DaddlerTheDalek]

The next trailer is going to be a better indicator how big this movie is going to be.

The next trailer is going to be the same as the first trailer - Something to promote the film using material they feel will do that job.

I think everybody here knows that trailers promote movies...