Trek Approaching All Time List

[Jbarney]

Lists that adjust for inflation don't seem to be embraced by the public as much as this one, but still this is significant.

Number 150 is the The Waterboy which sits at 161,491,646 dollars

As of Tuesday Trek sat at a respectable 155,536,131

We won't know the Wednesday number for a little bit yet, and Thursday's number will not be counted in the weekend take either....but even if Trek lowballs its number to 20 million this weekend that would still put it at the 180 million mark....

Doing so would have it in the Mission Impossible (180 million) and Jurassic Park III (181 million) range ALREADY. Those films sit at 113 and 114 on the All Time List.

And Trek still has some very decent legs to it. From Thursday on out, every cent it earns will push it higher on the all time list.

 

[Borgminister]

Engage!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Link to the list?

 

[Cyrus]

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm?page=2&p=.htm

 

[MvRojo]

Lists that adjust for inflation don't seem to be embraced by the public as much as this one, but still this is significant.

Yeah, using the inflation-adjusted one doesn't allow us to feed our need to see records obliterated.

Trek should get somewhere in the Top 95 or so after this weekend.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

But...but...Star Trek can't beat The Waterboy!

Let's boycott!

 

[Islander]

I don't think the Waterboy is a landmark here but Gladiator is #101 on that list at $187,705,427. That's definitely possible and anything after puts us on the first page!

 

[Jbarney]

Add in the Wednesday number and we are up to 158,651,000 dollars. So the Thursday number, if it sits right at 3 million, will put Trek over the mark and in the top 150 highest grossing films. By the end of tonight it should be there.

 

[Jbarney]

Just a little more infomation as the film continues to bounce up the list....
As of Sunday night:

Trek had earned 183,585,000

For those keeping score, that puts it in the following company on the all time list: (not adjusted for inflation)

106. Batman Forever $184,031,112
107. The Fugitive $183,875,760
108. Star Trek (2009) $183,585,000
109. Oceans Eleven $183,417,150
110. The Simpsons Movie $183,135,014

Not exactly sure what the Monday numbers will look like, but I've heard Trek will be right below or right at 189 million for the four day weekend. Again, not sure what the exact numbers will be, but if it is at 189 million dollars after Monday.... that puts it at the 100th highest grossing film of all time. It would be ahead of Grease which sits at 188 million.

Not bad.....

 

[Franklin]

Top 75 seems likely. Top 50 on the outside. Probably will end up somewhere in the 60s. It just better beat Alvin and the Chipmunks.

 

[Jbarney]

Before it goes into another weekend....with the numbers for Thursday in that puts Trek at 196,703,380.... that makes the list look like this....

93. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 197,171,806
94. Trek 196,703,380
95. Ice Age: Meltdown 195,330,621

Still Climbing....hope this weekend's number is a little stronger than predicted. Even with just 10 million dollars more this weekend it will move past Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at number 82......

 

[Arlo]

My one issue with inflation-adjustment lists is they don't account for actual *tickets* sold. I really think the actual sold tickets is a better metric than the money made, from a relative popularity standpoint (the studios of course don't care about asses in seats so much as the $ they spend).

I realize fewer people are seeing movies today than in past years, so perhaps there should be (or already is?) a list calculating a film's eyeballs relative to the viewing population or something, I dunno. For example (making this up), in 1939, GWTW sold 60% of all movie tickets that year. If we calculate the % of tickets sold for ST in 2009, we'd get a metric independent of ticket prices and asses in seats.

 

[Arlo]

DP sorry

 

[An Officer]

^ That seems to be a more illuminating calculation to me.