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STAR TREK XI would have made more...

  • This Holiday season...moving to spring was a bad move

    Votes: 16 30.2%

  • May is the perfect place...if it cant hold its own with tougher competition, then it isn't worthy

    Votes: 21 39.6%

  • Not much of a difference...

    Votes: 16 30.2%
  • Total voters
    53
  • Poll closed .
RobertScorpio

RobertScorpio

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Would Star Trek XI have made more money now? or will it make more money in the summer...because, to me, the competition in may is going to be pretty rough for Star Trek...I can't think that VALKRYE and BED TIME STORIES, and my fav, BENJAMIN BUTTON (cant wait to see this on friday) are tougher than Wolverine...the Devinci follwo up..and Terminator 4...

So what do you think..Did PARAMOUNT error by not getting it now???

Rob
 
Seems like a mistake, i'm not up to speed on the new movie and not sure if it is ready now or not. But there really isn't any move i want to see right now. Wolverine/Terminator 4 seem like the same demo that might watch trek.
 
Based on [pure speculation], the only proper answer to this question is [pure speculation]. Anyone who disagrees with me is full of shit.
 
I think they did err. As a Christmas movie season, 08 has, IMO, sucked donkey dongs. Star Trek could now have been sitting pretty as the single must see flick of the litter.
 
A film doesn't need to be #1 for and extended period of time to make lots of money. A case in point would be Transformers from 2 summers ago. It was the #1 film for only one week -- the week that it opened. For the rest of the summer it's competion did better than it. However, Transformers still made buttloads of money, mainly because it did consistently "Okay" for a long long time (a few months).

I agree that it would be foolish to speculate if Christmas '08 would have been better than Summer '09 for Star Trek, but I'm just pointing out that the competition may be less of a factor than we perceive it to be. If Star Trek stays in the theaters from May through September and maybe into October, it can make a lot of money by opening #1, remaining in the top 3 early, then the top 5 or so later.

It may be a case of "slow and steady wins the race."
 
Star Trek has great, better than great chance of making decent profit with the release in May, they fact other major blockbusters are being released at the same time, does not scare me at all.

Tom Cruise new movie, will (I am not 100% sure) be a major floop, X-men movie is something I'll definitely go and see, along with the Star Trek, and most ppl I know, will go and see Star Trek movie.

I think we shouldn't worry about May, but if Sta Trek can go and be as successful in June and perhaps even in July, it all depends how many theaters it opens with, if it is 4000+ than movie should do extremely well in US.

Europe and Japan/S.Korea there is a massive fan base there, Sci Fi genre is quite strong popular in Japan and South Korea, less in Europe, but there are 500 million of us in EU alone. I am quite certain Star Trek Movie will do well in Europe.


I predict Star Trek IX could earn 500-550 million USD worldwide, of which 300-320 million on US Box Office alone. :techman:
 
I have to agree with Paramount that Star Trek would work better as a "Summer" Movie. It seems to me like that time of year is a better fit.
 
Wasting time creating hundreds of pages of endless debate which accomplish nothing significant on the subject ain't necessarily bad thing, some kernel of truth and/or understanding of the human condition usually show up along the way. ;-)
 
paudemge said:
Seems like a mistake, i'm not up to speed on the new movie and not sure if it is ready now or not. But there really isn't any move i want to see right now. Wolverine/Terminator 4 seem like the same demo that might watch trek.
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US genre fans will only choose one movie to support next May? :eek:
 
We're heading into such an economic collapse that by the time May rolls around, few people will be able to afford trips to the cinema. We'll be burning cash to stay warm after hyperinflation, and no movie will hope to break more than one or two million dollars ... and that's after hyperinflation. Sadly, few of us will see the film for another decade; long after the industry that created it fell completely apart. The best any of us will be able to hope for is huddling around drum fires talking about that trailer we saw when we could afford computers and broadband.
 
mic of orion said:
I predict Star Trek IX could earn 500-550 million USD worldwide, of which 300-320 million on US Box Office alone. :techman:
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Not a chance sadly, the highest earning TREK Movie never came close to those sort of numbers and never will. The stigma of TREK will stop new fans coming in masses and the fickle nature of the fanbase will stop some actual Trek fans from turning up. Not too mention it will be heavily pirated since alot of SCI FI fans are normally tech savvy so know how to get films off the net.

I think ST will make around $100 million in the US and $150 million worldwide, which would net a small but solid enough profit though the DVD's will be key to paramount making more movies at a slightly smaller budget.
 
Psion said:
We're heading into such an economic collapse that by the time May rolls around, few people will be able to afford trips to the cinema. We'll be burning cash to stay warm after hyperinflation, and no movie will hope to break more than one or two million dollars ... and that's after hyperinflation. Sadly, few of us will see the film for another decade; long after the industry that created it fell completely apart. The best any of us will be able to hope for is huddling around drum fires talking about that trailer we saw when we could afford computers and broadband.
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Been working on the screenplay for your movie?

I don't think it was a huge decision either way, but the one thing about a summer release is if the new movie is a hit, it has the opportunity to be a huge hit. There isn't much of a downside to releasing the movie now or in six months. The upside of a summer release could be monstrous.
 
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