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STID "tracking" for $85-90 million opening [U.S. box office]

serenitytrek1 said:
STiD still had a good run at the box office, most sequels don't do as well as their original films, however some of this sequels were always better than the first films....empire sticks back, attacks of the clones and spider man 2 are good examples of films that were much better than their original films however did not earn as much at the box office.



I have a feeling that Trek 3 will be the big one..... STiD was kind of a hit and a miss for me. I surely hope the producers will correct all the mistakes they made in STiD.

Karl Urban wants an original story for the third film , that is a good start.
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I have a feeling that STID was kind of Batman Begins. It brought theatre to the attention of a wide public. Star Trek 2009 offered something of interest for the general public, but it caused little impact.

But I agree with Urban. The public wants to see original stories, creative stories. But I think JJ. Abrams and cia like to recycle old stories.
 
STID hit $225 million both domestically and internationally. Intl updated to $225. 3 million. Awaiting Japan!
 
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-ceo-crowded-summer-tentpole-598750

"Paramount Pictures launched two strong tentpoles in Star Trek Into Darkness and World War Z , which are on their way to nearly a billion dollars combined at the worldwide box office," he said. "The next quarter will show significant profitability for Paramount, including from these two films, but it will likely be moderately less than we anticipated due to the crowded tentpole schedule this summer and the delay of certain film licensing deals into next fiscal year."

He later added: "This summer had a particularly high volume of tentpole pictures from all the studios combined." Viacom hopes to drive tentpoles' success for a longer period of time, but the crowded release schedule "limited a lot of pictures, ours included," he added.

So, "strong" but "moderately less than we anticipated"
 
King Daniel Into Darkness said:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-ceo-crowded-summer-tentpole-598750

["Paramount Pictures launched two strong tentpoles in Star Trek Into Darkness] and World War Z , which are on their way to nearly a billion dollars combined at the worldwide box office," he said. "The next quarter will show significant profitability for Paramount, including from these two films, but it will likely be moderately less than we anticipated [due to the crowded tentpole schedule] this summer and the delay of certain film licensing deals into next fiscal year."

He later added: "This summer had a particularly high volume of tentpole pictures from all the studios combined." Viacom hopes to drive tentpoles' success for a longer period of time, but the crowded release schedule "limited a lot of pictures, ours included," he added.

So, "strong" but "moderately less than we anticipated"
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I see one good thing and one bad thing (bolded). First, they clearly aren't looking at Star Trek 3 as the last one with this cast or the end of this tentpole iteration. Second, they really don't have any idea what to do about the crowded glut of Hollywood blockbusters. Are Avengers 2 and Star Wars VII still scheduled to open on the same day?



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Hey, as far as I'm concerned it's their marketing and advertising problem.

They have a winner of a movie franchise, they want to make more, and they want to compete better in a crowded market of big-ticket movie blockbusters. This means they are going to work harder to make a movie that will be even better and more profitable, and this is great news for the fans.
 
Hollywood will continue to see diminishing returns on their tentpole films, because everyone is trying to hit a grand slam in the summer now. Making the time a film has to make money shorter and shorter.
 
King Daniel Into Darkness said:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-ceo-crowded-summer-tentpole-598750

"Paramount Pictures launched two strong tentpoles in Star Trek Into Darkness and World War Z , which are on their way to nearly a billion dollars combined at the worldwide box office," he said. "The next quarter will show significant profitability for Paramount, including from these two films, but it will likely be moderately less than we anticipated due to the crowded tentpole schedule this summer and the delay of certain film licensing deals into next fiscal year."

He later added: "This summer had a particularly high volume of tentpole pictures from all the studios combined." Viacom hopes to drive tentpoles' success for a longer period of time, but the crowded release schedule "limited a lot of pictures, ours included," he added.
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So, "strong" but "moderately less than we anticipated"
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Dauman attributed it to so many movies out this year and a lack of immediate revenue from licensing.

Timing is everything...
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NuFan said:
The Hollywood Reporter said:
significant profitability for Paramount
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Good to hear it directly from the CEO of Viacom
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You would do better to put the period on your sentence right there.

This part - the part which ought to have been omitted:
after a summer of lying from questionable fans with no access to the books.
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is an unnecessary swipe at a particular fan group, and I'd much prefer not to see that here.

Statement, opinion, speculation, hypothesis - all of these are open (within reasonable limits) to criticism, to attack, even to ridicule.

But the people who make those statements, offer those opinions, and so forth - do not attack them; do not make accusations of lying or other offense; do not make insinuations concerning their character. Bad form, those.

Attack the content, not the person.
 
BillJ said:
Hollywood will continue to see diminishing returns on their tentpole films, because everyone is trying to hit a grand slam in the summer now. Making the time a film has to make money shorter and shorter.
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The amount of 150m+ films are ridiculous now, especially since most people only see 3-4 movies a summer at most. ST09 didn't really have that much competition.
 
Phily B said:
BillJ said:
Hollywood will continue to see diminishing returns on their tentpole films, because everyone is trying to hit a grand slam in the summer now. Making the time a film has to make money shorter and shorter.
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The amount of 150m+ films are ridiculous now, especially since most people only see 3-4 movies a summer at most. ST09 didn't really have that much competition.
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I maybe only see 3-6 movies a year, never mind summer.
 
Well it's going to get more and more crowded especially with multiple Star Wars and Avatar movies incoming. Hopefully Trek can get a wee bit of breathing space next time and not get too close to one of those two aforementioned juggernauts.

Though we are all aware that the new Trek can give most tentpoles a run for their money in terms of quality and enjoyment, there still remains a vast majority who will never give Trek a chance.
 
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