Well, it is the top movie of the year at the moment, and the first movie since last July to make $200 million. It won't be the #1 movie after Transformers 2 comes out, but it's a nice thing to celebrate.
Star Trek tops $200 million
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Well, it is the top movie of the year at the moment, and the first movie since last July to make $200 million. It won't be the #1 movie after Transformers 2 comes out, but it's a nice thing to celebrate.
More great news! I'm hoping it will get to 250 mil, myself. Nice round number and all.
As for it's competition, I believe Harry Potter is serious competition...but Transformers? Not as much. Transformers is most definitely a 'guy movie' sort of thing. Girls will go watch Star Trek...and girls will go watch Harry Potter...but the only girls who will go and watch Transformers are girls who get dragged by their boyfriends.
As girl scfi fans go, I'm reasonably serious - I try just about all the new scifi TV shows, saw all the LOTR, Matrix, Harry Potter, and PotC movies, etc... Went to see most of the X-Men movies, the Spidermans, etc. Even went to see Watchman (although admittedly it was mainly for Jeffrey Dean Morgan). But I have no interest at all in going to see Transformers.
Hey, I'm a girl and I didn't need to be dragged to see Transformers.
me two..
i really wasnt into the transformer cartoon that much but i just wasnt watching a lot of cartoons during that period.
did grow up playing with hot wheels and stuff like that in between putting together different fashion statements for my barbies.
That would be excellent!With any luck, the next Harry Potter will bomb and Star Trek will be the best selling movie for 2009
Unfortunately, Transformers will probably take the title even if Harry Potter doesn't bomb (which it won't).
I have high hopes for G.I. Joe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBfnQXWvatw
More great news! I'm hoping it will get to 250 mil, myself. Nice round number and all.
As for it's competition, I believe Harry Potter is serious competition...but Transformers? Not as much. Transformers is most definitely a 'guy movie' sort of thing. Girls will go watch Star Trek...and girls will go watch Harry Potter...but the only girls who will go and watch Transformers are girls who get dragged by their boyfriends.
As girl scfi fans go, I'm reasonably serious - I try just about all the new scifi TV shows, saw all the LOTR, Matrix, Harry Potter, and PotC movies, etc... Went to see most of the X-Men movies, the Spidermans, etc. Even went to see Watchman (although admittedly it was mainly for Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Hey, I'm a girl and I didn't need to be dragged to see Transformers.
me two..
i really wasnt into the transformer cartoon that much but i just wasnt watching a lot of cartoons during that period.
did grow up playing with hot wheels and stuff like that in between putting together different fashion statements for my barbies.
I grew up with (b&w) 60s versions of Stingray, Thunderbirds, Astroboy, Jetsons, Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, Rocky and Bullwinkle. We didn't get colour tv until 1975 when I was 15. Ditto on the Barbies until I was about 10 (1970).
I'm 27. So I watched Transformers and GI Joe as a kid, but I'm not so hyped about Transformers 2. And GI Joe looks kinda dumb. I will see Transformers 2 for sure though. If it's a good movie, I won't mind a second sequel. I just wish Megatron had a bit more personality.
And that's why Voodoo used the qualifier "currently."
Funny, I have girlfriends who are the exact opposite.
And I paraphrase, "Give me Chris Pine over Shia LeBouef any day."
Sentiments I agree with, of course
Could be 'cause we only had (fairly staticy) antenna TV all through high school. Only when I got to college did I discover cable.
Prior to that, did a whole lot of VHS watching and not much live.
And that's why Voodoo used the qualifier "currently."
Funny, I have girlfriends who are the exact opposite.
And I paraphrase, "Give me Chris Pine over Shia LeBouef any day."
Sentiments I agree with, of course
Our 16yo daughter doesn't mind either of them
I remember Tootsie and Gandhi competing for Best Picture that year; Gandhi won -- didn't it make money?
Gandhi made almost $53 million in the U.S.
Both Transformers and Harry Potter will almost certainly make more money the Star Trek.With any luck, the next Harry Potter will bomb and Star Trek will be the best selling movie for 2009
Maybe Harry Potter, but I doubt Transformers will do better. For one thing, it doesn't have the multi-generational appeal of Star Trek. If part of the movie hadn't been filmed outside of buildings I work in, I probably would have passed on this movie. I will be seeing it only to see how the scenes filmed at my workplace turned out. There's no way I'll see it more than once, though. (I've seen Star Trek 13 times.)
Both Transformers and Harry Potter will almost certainly make more money the Star Trek.With any luck, the next Harry Potter will bomb and Star Trek will be the best selling movie for 2009
Maybe Harry Potter, but I doubt Transformers will do better. For one thing, it doesn't have the multi-generational appeal of Star Trek. If part of the movie hadn't been filmed outside of buildings I work in, I probably would have passed on this movie. I will be seeing it only to see how the scenes filmed at my workplace turned out. There's no way I'll see it more than once, though. (I've seen Star Trek 13 times.)
I don't think that argument works considering the first one made $319 million domestic and $700 million worldwide. It out-performed all of the HP films, unadjusted.
Err, you do realize that Transformers has been going regularly for 25 years now, right? That's multi-generational to be sure. It's up to Star Trek's length? No.. but it's nothing to scoff at, either.
It's all based on year of release. Otherwise, it'd get confusing.
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