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Foreign $Numbers$ are in!

Dennis said:
Could be a lot of reasons, but probably the fact that the movies are so talky doesn't help. American films with lots of action that are less dialogue-reliant do better outside the English-speaking markets.
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Somehow, I hope you're being sarcastic here...

I've noticed that superhero films almost always make more money within the US alone than internationally. Maybe this film is somehow regarded as being in line with 'Batman', 'Iron Man', 'X Men', etc.

But to state that people outside the US prefer 'big dumb action films' over films that are more dialogue driven is a pretty bold statement. Films like 'Troy', 'Kingdom Of Heaven', etc., have performed badly in the US, but did very well internationally..!

I do think Trek is very, very popular outside the US, and it showes when it comes to DVD sales. I'm not sure why not more people outside the US go see a Star Trek film in the cinema.
 
Phily B said:
Felt like there was plenty in the UK.
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Exactly my point. I've heard there was a lot of promotion in Britain, as there was in Germany, Australia and lots of other countries. However, there was no promotion here; at least none that I've been confronted with. A review in a free newspaper, an article in a movie magazine; that's a about it. Certainly no posters, tv commercials or any other promotion that I've come across.
 
I didn't notice much promotion for it down here in Australia, and Sydney held the world premiere for god's sake.

Trek is big in Germany and the UK. But not so much in the Antipodes, I am afraid. Aussies, for whatever reason, do not flock to Trek in their droves (except for me!) as compared with other countries.
 
Dale said:
Lots of Germans freaking love Trek. This board also has a heavy British population. Lots of Canadians. We've also got a few Aussies, an Icelander and at least one member each from Itlay and France.

Trek's appeal isn't limited to the US.
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It's been one of my criticism of TNG, at least, and ENT to a certain extent: human equals Americans. But then someone said to me that in Doctor Who, in the future, everyone's British, and I saw their point.

I didn't notice anything of the kind in this new film, however, as no=one tried enlightening stupid aliens by saying "we humans are like this and that, this is our culture and we call football soccer".

Basically, I'm agreeing with you. During my days in America though, I saw more cars with "Starfleet Academy" bumper stickers on them than in the UK, Germany, Brazil and South Africa.

Still, Trek is a pretty big deal in the UK and in Germany, more so in the former.... not so much in South Africa, at least not in Joburg and Durban.
 
DiSiLLUSiON said:
However, there was no promotion here; at least none that I've been confronted with. A review in a free newspaper, an article in a movie magazine; that's a about it. Certainly no posters, tv commercials or any other promotion that I've come across.
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You're right... I was thinking that I kept missing the TV commercials of Trek, but I later realised that there probably weren't any commercials to begin with. Oh, we get a lot of 'Wolverine' commercials though... Meanwhile, Trek was moved to a bigger screen at my local cinema (switched with the afor mentioned 'Wolverine'!), which was kind of ironic I guess...

I do think that here in Holland, there is a strong fanbase. But this film was supposed to be aimed at a much wider audience. Too bad that was so poorly utilized over here...
 
I am not Spock said:
I didn't notice much promotion for it down here in Australia, and Sydney held the world premiere for god's sake.
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My apologies. I thought someone mentioned a few days ago that it was a big hit in Australia. But it might just have been Austria what he said. :D

Roald said:
DiSiLLUSiON said:
However, there was no promotion here; at least none that I've been confronted with. A review in a free newspaper, an article in a movie magazine; that's a about it. Certainly no posters, tv commercials or any other promotion that I've come across.
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You're right... I was thinking that I kept missing the TV commercials of Trek, but I later realised that there probably weren't any commercials to begin with. Oh, we get a lot of 'Wolverine' commercials though... Meanwhile, Trek was moved to a bigger screen at my local cinema (switched with the afor mentioned 'Wolverine'!), which was kind of ironic I guess...

I do think that here in Holland, there is a strong fanbase. But this film was supposed to be aimed at a much wider audience. Too bad that was so poorly utilized over here...
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Yes, everybody went to see Wolverine; that's my experience as well. However, after hearing that Star Trek is really good, they're flocking back (and telling others) one by one. So hopefully, it will have an accumulating effect and the theaters will be packed in no-time. :D
 
DiSiLLUSiON said:
I am not Spock said:
I didn't notice much promotion for it down here in Australia, and Sydney held the world premiere for god's sake.
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My apologies. I thought someone mentioned a few days ago that it was a big hit in Australia. But it might just have been Austria what he said. :D
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Certainly done better than the last few Trek films, but well below Wolverine despite generally better reviews and the world premiere.
 
I think it didn't do to well over here in The Netherlands. Not completely unexpected though.
Star Trek only just managed to beat Wolverine which was in it's second week of showing (by a mere $40k). Star Trek's opening weekend was roughly 50% that of Wolverine's the week before.

Newspaper critics were positive, mostly 4 out of 5 stars. But almost no coverage on tv and no 'buzz'.

Luckily The Netherlands is just another insignificant market.
 
When the final box office numbers are in, Star Trek is likely to have done slightly better outside of the US than has been the historical norm, but I doubt the film will clear much above 40% share of total gross.
 
I just went again this evening, and let me tell you, the place was packed. It was great. People clapped at the end. It's as thrilling to me as it was the first time.

*sigh*

I remember when this forum went bananas when we got to see one centimetre of a console (and even then there were people yelling IT'S NOT CANON!!!!). Ah, the good old days....
 
Hard to say, half half I guess. :D

There were two obnoxious children in front of me, but one of them got kicked in the head by the bloke sitting to my left, and went quiet. So I suppose my gracious neighbour was Star Fleet. :D
 
I was sorely tempted, but probably would have killed the little fucker with my high heels.

Well the guy to my left did look a little like Luther Sloan, come to think about it.....
 
I am not Spock said:
I didn't notice much promotion for it down here in Australia, and Sydney held the world premiere for god's sake.

Trek is big in Germany and the UK. But not so much in the Antipodes, I am afraid. Aussies, for whatever reason, do not flock to Trek in their droves (except for me!) as compared with other countries.
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Because the television networks never gave it much room to breathe.

Incidentally - Gold Class cinemas at Crown were booked out for 7+ days when I first started looking for seats... at $30-37AUD a pop, that's going to be worth something.

Seen it once, and will see it again Gold Class this week.
 
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