So much for $350m 
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But here's to $340m 
So much for $350m
I don't think it making it to $350 million is going to sway Paramount's thinking, one way or the other. They know they have a good movie that underperformed. They just have to figure out the "why?" and if it is something that can be fixed.
next time..(and beyond)So much for $350m
Well the first weekend boosted my hopes but it looks to be dropping fast. Through the first two weekends STB is around $3.6 million. By comparison, I believe STID was around $7 million at the same juncture. It made less than $600K in its second weekend. If it keeps falling at this rate we may be looking at a final haul closer to $5 million than $8 million (a 20% drop) in Japan.
Looking like a 345m total then. Only 40m less ww than Trek 2009..but about 120m less than STID. Makes you realise just how much of a big deal the sequel was.. almost like a 'T2' (in ST terms)
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QFT. For all the whining and crying that the Leslie Owen/Fred Archer/Doug Fitz/Harvey brigade have done for the past 8+ years, we got everything we wanted. I remember after seeing ST'09, reading that it was a three movie deal and being ecstatic. Anything else is gravy (albeit really, really good gravy)
Meanwhile, they're crying their little eyes out about Bryan Fuller's slightly reduced role in Discovery.
I predicted $346 million after Japan and that seems likely.
So happy that I no longer interact with those folks.
Some stupid twats over there.
I didn't like the first two at all, personally, but I liked Beyond enough that I would be okay with them making more and would be interested in seeing what happens. That's a big turnaround, since pre-2016, I would've been really happy if the series was scrapped, de-canonized, and forgotten.
I don't know if this has been posted already but for anyone interested.
Forbes Article on STB box office.
Forbes Article on STB box office.
Decent article. Sums up it's relative failure at the box office quite well.
Maybe it could've been a Guardians level success had they built on STID and done a 200m Federation Klingon war movie (with the Borg coming in halfway) .. or if theyd gone the prime vs alt universe route and Orci had done his Shatner/Days of Future Past thing.
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Simon Pegg talks about a Star Trek cinematic universe. Note the mention of a "Zero Dark Thirty" Trek, echoing Paramount Movie Group President Marc Evans' comments last November.
I really want to see the Franklin MACOs fighting the Romulan war...
I really want to see the Franklin MACOs fighting the Romulan war...
Paramount really needs to be in where a cinematic universe is concerned, even though it is something I don't personally want. Modern audiences love big interconnected universes. It is obvious that a movie every three or four years aren't holding the attention of audiences.
I guess in retrospect, they should have taken this approach as soon as it became apparent ST09 was going to be a success and planned the cinematic universe accordingly. The stand alone nature of beyond has clearly contributed to it's box office showing .
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