Should do about 400k from Today to Sunday, so we should cross 255 Mil this week.
The Final Ongoing Star Trek Box Office Thread
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Yeah, even Terminator Salvation got that bump after an increase in theater count. Won't be much, but it'll serve to bring the movie to even more people, I suppose.
That can't be bad...
Also, my local IMAX has apparently succeeded in keeping Star Trek and adding Transformers to its menu, at least based on its home page, although e-ticketing isn't available for either beyond tomorrow.
That can't be bad...
Also, my local IMAX has apparently succeeded in keeping Star Trek and adding Transformers to its menu, at least based on its home page, although e-ticketing isn't available for either beyond tomorrow.
Worldwide, Star Trek stayed at the #6 position, as I figured it would (although I realize that I mistakenly said #7 in my post last week -- my bad). However, there is a chance it could be surpassed in the not-too-distant future by The Hangover and Up, both of which climbed considerably on this list, buoyed by several new foreign market openings this past week. Indeed, there are still a few markets The Hangover has yet to open in, and about two dozen that Up has not been released in yet, so I expect they will continue to gain momentum on this list as the weeks progress.
Yeah, Up will definitely pass Trek's worldwide. It hasn't opened in the UK yet, where the last two Pixar movies made $40-50 million.
Which is sad considering most of them are overhyped in the extreme. I'm no Potter detractor. I've liked a few of the books and films here and there. But the craze over them reaches STAR WARS and LotR levels and honestly? They don't deserve it.
Nice... wonder if there will be an uptick in second-run theaters like for TS? That should help push the figures closer to 260...
It will happen eventually... hopefully this weekend.
Not too shabby... it's per screen average for Monday ($252) was actually almost as high as Transformers' ($255), and higher than a bunch of other newer films', like Bruno and Public Enemies.
As for the second-run theatres, it's already in its third week at the one near me, but that place tends to get movies immediately after they leave the local multiplexes.
As for the second-run theatres, it's already in its third week at the one near me, but that place tends to get movies immediately after they leave the local multiplexes.
Yep...its per screen average was better than Public Enemies, Up, Bruno, My Sister's Keeper, and Night @ The Museum 2.
I am convinced that if they had left Star Trek 09 in theatres longer, the domestic box office would be a few million higher by now. Its per screen average is very impressive. Too bad it got pushed out of theatres sooner than it should have by the crowded slate of new movies (many of which Trek surpassed in box office anyway.)
I suspect that the domestic total will end up in the $257/258 million range.
(And you remember on here when some people confidently argued that it would not top 200, then 225, then 240, then 250 million etc. etc.?
A great theatrical run...which still has a couple of weeks left...then on to impressive DVD sales in November!
I am convinced that if they had left Star Trek 09 in theatres longer, the domestic box office would be a few million higher by now. Its per screen average is very impressive. Too bad it got pushed out of theatres sooner than it should have by the crowded slate of new movies (many of which Trek surpassed in box office anyway.)
I suspect that the domestic total will end up in the $257/258 million range.
(And you remember on here when some people confidently argued that it would not top 200, then 225, then 240, then 250 million etc. etc.?
A great theatrical run...which still has a couple of weeks left...then on to impressive DVD sales in November!
Yep...its per screen average was better than Public Enemies, Up, Bruno, My Sister's Keeper, and Night @ The Museum 2.
I am convinced that if they had left Star Trek 09 in theatres longer, the domestic box office would be a few million higher by now. Its per screen average is very impressive. Too bad it got pushed out of theatres sooner than it should have by the crowded slate of new movies (many of which Trek surpassed in box office anyway.)
I suspect that the domestic total will end up in the $257/258 million range.
(And you remember on here when some people confidently argued that it would not top 200, then 225, then 240, then 250 million etc. etc.?
A great theatrical run...which still has a couple of weeks left...then on to impressive DVD sales in November!
XI hasn't opened yet in our second theaters, where it will undiubtedly enjoy a healthy multi-week run.
I don't get people complaining about It being taken out of theaters too quickly. Do you seriously think you know more than the people who run the theaters and the movie companies themselves? You seriously think they would just willingly leave millions on the table?
In the case of the IMAX theaters, I think they were caught flat-footed by the film's success, yes.
I somewhat agree. Just because it is in more screens, doesn't mean that it would make a proportionally greater amount of money. If it was still selling out regularly, then someone could argue that more screens would translate to more money.
As for IMAX, there is going to be a bigger demand for a longer period of time just be virtue of there being only 150+ screens in the first place (with most being the faux-IMAX). I hope next time they can work out a longer contract (assuming it does not run up against another big movie that wants IMAX)
Don't really get the "attitude" here, but I will reply...
What I was trying to say was that I felt that the movie was removed from theatres too quickly. I suspect this occurred due to the crowded slate of releases during the summer box office period. I also suspect that Trek was much more successful than people expected, resulting in too-short bookings in some venues (e.g. IMAX.)
I don't live in a region that has second-run theatres, so it left here in early July. I am convinced it could have easily remained playing here for many more weeks, making more $$. (I saw the movie 8 times here and the theatre was always 50-75% full, right up to two days before it left here.)
Anyone wanna debate that the next film might make LESS since the new template has been set and the fanbase knows what to predict? You know how fickle we can be. And how quickly non-fans tire of the TREK universe much of the time.
I hope we don't have a Star Trek IV/V scenario where a blockbuster was followed by a lame next entry in the series!!! Guess we need to keep William Shatner away from Trek XII!!!
I am going to remain an optimist and predict that Trek XII will build on this movie's excellent word of mouth and "crossover to mainstream success" and be an even bigger hit.
