Fairly tidy sum... legs needing a walker now, but still shuffling... 
The Final Ongoing Star Trek Box Office Thread
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220-240K Seems likely for the weekend.
I wonder, with most sites not seeming to count any money from Denmark, India and a few other countries, if the Foreign Box Office might increase to $130ish?
Yeah, I know.
That Similitude post was just asking for it.
Be nice, wouldn't it?
I must say, TREK's marketing and distribution this time around was very schizophrenic. It was a monster hit in almost every theater here in the States and Canada...but overseas it seems to have been mishandled or the foreign theater owners just didn't think STAR TREK had any or enough cache to be a draw anymore in their respective countries.
There have been countless threads on here discussing the foreign box office. Paramount's goal for Trek 09 overseas was $100 million, which it surpassed ($126+). Trek simply is not as popular overseas as other movie franchises. Trek has always made the bulk of its money in the North American market.
Hopefully Trek 09's performance overseas (see stats in previous paragraph) will lead to the sequel being even more successful in these markets.
Hopefully Trek 09's performance overseas (see stats in previous paragraph) will lead to the sequel being even more successful in these markets.
The foreign box office totals are up-to-date. It's the charts for individual countries that are lagging.
That's because it's always been about a bunch of cowboys!!!!
$245K Estimate for the weekend. Estimates exceeded my high end, so thats good news. Hopefully the estimate is on the low end and not the high end. Either way $257 is a virtual certainty now.
A Pity....I would LOVE to see it make the 260 mark.
This film has far exceeded people's expectations, except of course the detractors that are still claiming Trek is a financial failure using bizarre "adjusted for inflation" dollars.
Such arguments are completely nonsensical now. While each person is entitled to his/her own personal opinion of the movie (I loved it), it is a box office success which has revived Trek. The movie has also received excellent critical praise/reviews.
I suspect that the box office will end up around $257 million domestic and between $383 and $384 million global. Who would have ever predicted this terrific level of success back in spring 2005 during the dark days following Enterprise's cancellation?
Trek is back!
Such arguments are completely nonsensical now. While each person is entitled to his/her own personal opinion of the movie (I loved it), it is a box office success which has revived Trek. The movie has also received excellent critical praise/reviews.
I suspect that the box office will end up around $257 million domestic and between $383 and $384 million global. Who would have ever predicted this terrific level of success back in spring 2005 during the dark days following Enterprise's cancellation?
Trek is back!
Oh trust me, I agree completely.
The people who are still raging over it need to get "help" if you know what I mean.
I saw it for the umpteemth time Sunday afternoon (about 5pm) and it was also a third full - small dollar theater so there as about 30 people. As entertaining as the movie still was, I was more interested the reactions of others in the theater. There was a family of five (mom, dad, two sons and a daughter) sitting in front of me. Now, ST is PG-13 so there is going to be some "iffy" stuff but it was comical to see the parents shielding the kids eyes and ears during two scenes (Kirk/Gaila/Uhura and McCoy saying "g-d first officer..."). Well, they weren't that quick with McCoy's line. Then there was it seemed more than one guy with a big voice making comments and laughing - not all the time so it wasn't too annoying. But a good time had by all!Just got back from seeing Trek this evening at the local second run theater and was surprised to see the theater was about 1/3 full...approx. 75-100 people. Pretty impressive for a Sunday night at a crappy theater.
I found that the dollar theaters around my home (mostly Danbarry's) are hit or miss in quality - this showing was the best so far - small room but with a large screen - there were a few "hiccups" but overall the sound and picture was excellent and at $3 not a bad deal!
I think I'll forgo my usual "Highest-Grossing Films of 2009" list this week. Very little changed; yes, a number of movies' grosses are higher, but their positioning on the lists is pretty much the same as last week (with the exception of a few of the films that are lower down on them). Given that we're at the end of the Summer Blockbuster movie season, it's generally to be expected that the box office will be quieter, and thus "best of the year" lists like these will fluctuate less.
Star Trek is still #5 domestically and #8 worldwide, and I don't expect that will change anytime soon. I think I'll make the lists bi-weekly now, so I'll put them up again next week.
Star Trek is still #5 domestically and #8 worldwide, and I don't expect that will change anytime soon. I think I'll make the lists bi-weekly now, so I'll put them up again next week.
If the movie's still around, that is... 
ST 11, TrII 7 at the local IMAX tonight.
Doesn't mean much except that I'm going again W or Th for "one last viewing"...
ST 11, TrII 7 at the local IMAX tonight.
Doesn't mean much except that I'm going again W or Th for "one last viewing"...
If the movie's still around, that is...
Well, yeah, but I think it's got a few more weeks of life left in it. When Iron Man was at a comparable point in its box office run last year, it was still showing in some locations until more than a month later. To use a more recent example, there's Wolverine, which, a little over a month ago, had a theatre count and per screen average similar to what Trek has now; it hasn't been as popular as Star Trek, yet it's still in theatres today (true, only 46 of them, but still...).
There's even a slim chance that Trek will make it to $257 million -- it'll just be a very slow process, possibly until it does leave theatres. Don't have Monday's figures yet, but if it follows its usual pattern, it should make somewhere between $32,000 and $34,000. Either way, it's still some more icing on the cake!
EDIT: Well, it looks like my guess was a bit high. Over the past few weeks, the Monday grosses have typically shown a 45% average drop from Sunday, but this Monday showed a 53.2% drop. Star Trek brought in $28,480 on Monday August 24th; that's down 42.5% from last Monday -- one of the biggest weekly drops it's had in a while. Maybe it won't quite get to 257 million, (although there's still a chance), but hey, it's not like we have anything to complain about, right?
Domestic total: $256,402,634.
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Ouch. But that percentage drop or greater is across the board. It may squeak 257 out eventually though.
I'm so at IMAX Wed or Thurs for "one last viewing"...
I'm so at IMAX Wed or Thurs for "one last viewing"...
