Trek #1 For Two Weekends
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Maybe I should save my IMAX tix for next week.
I have no desire to see Angels and Demons.
I have no desire to see Angels and Demons.
Don't get me wrong, if the film gets good word of mouth that is great. I never stated I wanted the film to fail. I plan on going to see it again, in fact.
I didn't like the film. When people have asked me if I have liked it I have told them I don't want my view of the movie to color theirs....so I simply tell them I will see it more than once.
I hope word of mouth is great. I hope the film makes a mountain of money.
I didn't like the film. When people have asked me if I have liked it I have told them I don't want my view of the movie to color theirs....so I simply tell them I will see it more than once.
I hope word of mouth is great. I hope the film makes a mountain of money.
Well, we'll have to see how it does this weekend. Paramount is only predicting about $50m, which is a good bit less than what some of the other movie sites are saying.
If Paramount is correct, it may be hard for them to make the $130-150m they've reportedly spent on this as trends would have them taking in no more than about $100m by the end of the first month or two.
It seems to me that the competition is steady through out the early part of the summer. How well Terminator fares is up in the air. Christian Bale is a bigger name than anybody in the Trek film, thanks to Batman. But, with the Sarah Connor Chronicles potentially being cancelled, it's anybody's guess as to how this movie will do.
Whatever money Trek is going to make it will have to had made before Transformers 2 comes out.
As I mentioned in another thread, Fandango is reporting that only 20% of those under 25 say they will see Star Trek at all. Since the under 25 crowd is the prime Summer demographic, if that number holds up it could be a very short run for Trek.
Being atop the box office isn't as big a deal as the "catchy one-liner" entertainment media (and the oh-so-pleasant-to-be-around eternal, miserable haters) would have you believe.
Just be Dances with Wolves -- positive word of mouth and repeat viewers keeps you up there, though not at the very top, while other movies around you come and go.
Just be Dances with Wolves -- positive word of mouth and repeat viewers keeps you up there, though not at the very top, while other movies around you come and go.
It doesn't need to be at the top. It does need to stay above the top 5, though.
These days, the top two movie releases tend to get half the screens in a multi-plex. Movies much below the top 5 tend to get removed fairly quickly.
It also remains to be seen who, besides Trek faithful, will go and see this movie more than once. Again, it's the under 25 crowd that tends to have the most disposable income and the time to waste seeing the same movie over and over. If the under 25 crowd has little interest in this movie (as Fandango's polls suggest), there aren't going to be a lot of repeat customers beyond those on these boards.
These days, the top two movie releases tend to get half the screens in a multi-plex. Movies much below the top 5 tend to get removed fairly quickly.
It also remains to be seen who, besides Trek faithful, will go and see this movie more than once. Again, it's the under 25 crowd that tends to have the most disposable income and the time to waste seeing the same movie over and over. If the under 25 crowd has little interest in this movie (as Fandango's polls suggest), there aren't going to be a lot of repeat customers beyond those on these boards.
I'll agree with 2 weeks at #1.
100 million for the week, I'd say.
Paramount thinks 60 million is a success (from what I have read..no links..sorry).
I think anything over 60 million is a success. 70+ million I think makes it a Big success.
This thing was tracking..what mid 50's just a couple of weeks ago?
But why oh why did paramount not release it in june when there would be hardly any competition?
Why?
They seem to be repeating LOTR mistake.
