How much will Star Trek make opening weekend?

[Diesel]

i think it'll pull in between 70 and 80
the trekies will be out in force
and maybe some average movie goes that were enticed by the trailer

i personally don't like all the old star trek movies/show
but for some reason this movie looks good to me

i'll be seeing it next wednesday

[Another_Dude]

Because you don't need an extensive history of Star Trek movies, TOS, TNG, etc, and more etc, to follow this movie it will bring in a bunch of fans that Star Trek XVI wouldn't have.

My wife wants to see it because she doesn't know anything about Star Trek history and thinks this is a great chance to see a movie without feeling like she's way behind the curve.

89 million opening weekend, angry trekkies be darned.

[gradymay]

I voted 70-80, but now that I think about it I might be off. May is the best month for opening weekends for movies. Spider-Man 3 made just over $151 million in May 2007. My new guess is somewhere around $100 million for the weekend.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by Diesel

i think it'll pull in between 70 and 80
the trekies will be out in force
and maybe some average movie goes that were enticed by the trailer

i personally don't like all the old star trek movies/show
but for some reason this movie looks good to me

i'll be seeing it next wednesday

Maybe because it has some awesome effect sequences like this one.

[MAPdead]

I hope it does over 90 mill I really want it to do much better then Wolverine which was such a waste.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by jasonbird

Maybe because it has some awesome effect sequences like this one.

holy....crap


i'll admit, i had it full screen speakers loud and jumped a little when that thing busted out the snow

[GreenScar]

Talk about a sequel:

ComingSoon.net chatted with "Trek" screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (who co-wrote Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen) and producer Damon Lindelof ("Lost") – who are signed for script duties for the proposed sequel – to get a clearer vision of what could be ahead [SPOILER ALERT: while we've edited out any direct references to the new film's plotline, certain inferences can be made from the comments below].

ComingSoon.net: Are you thinking about a sequel?

Damon Lindelof: Alex, Bob and I are going to be writing it together. We've started preliminary talks with J.J., but obviously it's almost jinxing it to get too far down the road. We want it to come out, we hope it does well, and then we'll take it to the next year. We're a little curious as to what the audience wants. We'll start to get a sense of what they are responding to in the movie. We want to write it for them too.

Alex Kurtzman: We're HOPING sequel. We had the amazing privilege of falling in love with these characters all over again. The idea that we would let them go now seems inconceivable. We can't wait. Hopefully they will let us do one.

Roberto Orci: Fans have been so important. We genuinely mean it when we say we want to wait and see what they think of the first movie. We want to see if we are lucky enough to get a demand for a second movie. Lets see what our fan consultants say. We were fans. These "Star Trek" fans are some of the smartest fans in the world.

CS: Are you going to look at the iconic episodes for those things and figure out how to spin them? "Space Seed," "The City on the Edge of Forever, "Amok Time," etc?

Orci: We HAVE to look back.

Kurtzman: Definitely – we did that on this movie.

Orci: We'll do it again.

Kurtzman: A lot of what you see in the movie there is a lot of crossover in terms of what happened in their lives. I think we see this new timeline as in harmony with the old timeline. You'll see a lot of the characters through a slightly different lens.

Orci: We are going back and getting a refresher course again.

CS: You're already conversant with the lore and mythology. Are you thinking about finding the elements from the most iconic shows and putting a spin on those?

Lindelof: I think that everybody is expecting us to do "Okay, now it's the continuing adventures of the Starship Enterprise, so they can start doing the stories"… Our approach to those stories will be from an entirely different angle. Hopefully the old fans will go "Oh, wow. That looks familiar to me." But then suddenly we zig instead of zagging. Or we warp instead of going impulse power. That's what is exciting about doing this.

CS: I'm on a one-man mission to plant the seed now. If you decide to revisit the character of Khan, two words: Javier Bardem.

Kurtzman: Oh my God!

Orci: Did you know we've actually mentioned that out loud as a possibility? What a great idea.

Lindelof: Come on. That's a no-brainer. That would be the most amazing thing ever. Who would even what to see these [new] guys then? That's the problem. You would just watch them for scenery.

[fighthefutureofhd]

i don't know. i'd have to guess $50-60 million though. the star trek films never were really big sellers at the box office. the fourth film did the best out of the first six, but they never did outstanding business. i can't really see this one being any bigger. i can't see it doing wolverine or fast and furious numbers.

[Moefiz]

I'll say over 90 mil this weekend.

Also being release on IMAX so that should push the take up also.

[TheZoof]

If the reviews are any indication... this movie is solid.

I say 90 million this weekend and I am going to gamble it wins the Summer Blockbuster race.

$410 million when all done in the US.

[trekdude]

As a big Trek fan and while I'd love to see a massive weekend, i only predict about $55-60 million. Movies are doing well this year so that will help, but Trek does have a nerdy rep. to overcome.

Its opening weekend could be similiar to the first Jason Bourne movie. Open decent and hope positive word-of-mouth keeps business steady for about a month to prevent a huge decline each week. Then, when it comes out on BR/DVD the film will find a wider audience of people who heard good reviews but only want to rent it. The next movie should have a bigger opening weekend audience, again like the Bourne series.

[dcowboy7]

Why dont we just wait until friday & see what boxofficeguru predicts because they are almost always right.

[owa]

I voted 80-90 million but I hope it does more.

Edit: Although, talking to some of my friends about it, they hadn't really heard that much about it or seen any previews so I think that's a bad sign.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I'm guessing $70-$80 million.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Why dont we just wait until friday & see what boxofficeguru predicts because they are almost always right.

That's cheating.

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

If the reviews are any indication... this movie is solid.

I say 90 million this weekend and I am going to gamble it wins the Summer Blockbuster race.

$410 million when all done in the US.

this movie will never make $410 million in the us. none of the star treks have made it past $130 million in the u.s. alone. none! star trek doesn't have that kind of box office power.

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

this movie will never make $410 million in the us. none of the star treks have made it past $130 million in the u.s. alone. none! star trek doesn't have that kind of box office power.

This ain't yo daddy's Star Trek.

After the whale movie they had a following of strictly star trek/sci-fi fans.

With the reboot they can pick up all action fans, and if word of mouth takes off they can pick up a very wide base.

[mikejet]

100 Million. Domestic.

[P@t_Mtl]

It will make between 50-70 Millions I think,

[kdn1221]

I voted for "over 90 million". Even though a lot of Star Trek fans may have reservations about it, I think it may still do very well. I'm a big Star Trek fan and I'm planning on seeing this movie with the hope that they do the film right and revive the franchise.

The main reason that I think it will do well is because of the buzz from non-fans. The casual film goer seem to be up for this movie from the preview trailers. This is usually good for a genre/franchise specific film because if it's done well, word-of-mouth will drive its success.

From what I've seen of the trailer, it does look like it might be worthwhile. One main complaint that I have so far is that the Enterprise looks a little bit lame. It's almost like the designer couldn't make up his mind what ship to create. It looks like parts being slapped together.