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[Robertron]

Wow, a Star Trek film not doing well in Australia. Who could have seen that coming?

ST09 made $16m so it wasnt exactly a breakout success, especially when using the 10:1 rule with DOM.

[pieman]

ST09 made $16m so it wasnt exactly a breakout success, especially when using the 10:1 rule with DOM.

 

I was being sarcastic.

[Sam]

No updates for Trek?

Edited May 11, 2013 by Sam

[Robertron]

No updates for Trek?

Nope. Won't get anything else official until Monday morning Sydney (US Sunday)

[Sam]

Nope. Won't get anything else official until Monday morning Sydney (US Sunday)

 

Is it looking for good increase though?

[Ball Lightning]

:(Is it looking for good increase though?

OD is pointing to a slight increase over ST09 OW, but with 3D its about the sameor less in admissions unless it gets a good Friday and Saturday increase.

[Robertron]

OD is pointing to a slight increase over ST09 OW, but with 3D its about the sameor less in admissions unless it gets a good Friday and Saturday increase.

I think it's going to stay flat on ST09. If anything opening day was going to inflated.

[JJ-8]

Side note - I saw Star Trek into darkness tonight... loved it... as a trek affectionate... I think it's the best of the series so far...

 

cinema was about 80% full (I was in one of the big vmax cinemas at chermside)

[pieman]

I loved many of the original movies (1-6) but this was just dull. A lifeless, cynical Hollywood product. The biggest question I had while watching it was, why should I care about any of this?

[JJ-8]

fair enough you are entitled to your own opinion... i however disagree.... 

 

I loved the originals and own all on blueray + i watched and loved all the series (accept for enterprise which i never got into after the first season)

 

i enjoyed a lot of the twists on the original plots which were there if you remember the 2nd film well enough....

 

it's a new take on trek which i am liking personally.  dull is not a word i would use with this however .....

[Rthmessiah]

Stid weekend looking at 5.2m(ST09 4.7) had been expectd to do 6, Im3 down 50% cume close to 32m

[Robertron]

Stid weekend looking at 5.2m(ST09 4.7) had been expectd to do 6, Im3 down 50% cume close to 32m

Basically equates to less tickets than ST09 given 3D.Can kiss a $16m finish goodbye :S

[John Marston]

so it is definitely underperforming in Australia. Hopefully this market is just an aberration 

 

[Robertron]

so it is definitely underperforming in Australia. Hopefully this market is just an aberration 

Yeh underperforming is probably the best way to describe it. Definitely not flopping, just underperforming.

[wileECoyote]

Damn that is pretty bad numbers for STiD. Was there at least a decent push by Paramount marketing or did they just give up?

[Robertron]

Damn that is pretty bad numbers for STiD. Was there at least a decent push by Paramount marketing or did they just give up?

Plain and simple, it's just not a well-endorsed brand outside of North America.

[John Marston]

But it should have at least done better than the first one

[Sam]

What total is IM3 heading for?

 

What a shame that Trek cannot expand much 

[Robertron]

What total is IM3 heading for? What a shame that Trek cannot expand much 

Total will be ~AUD32m after this weekend, so it should be ending around $41m or so.

[DeeCee]

Rth

 

How well did the original Star Trek movies do relative to the rest of the market at that time?  What did they rank for the year?

 

I remember that TNG was on prime time television here but that DS9, Voyager and Enterprise were mostly on at 10:30-11:00.  I remember I watched some of them on video from the video store because their television broadcast was erratic.