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[shintoki]

I'm surprised Angels and Demons would have a lower rating on rt. I found the movie a heck of lot more enjoyable to watch than the first, much faster paced, more eventful, with a pretty awesome assassin villian.

For what its worth, I enjoyed A/D much more then Da Vinci and thought it would translate into a better movie also.

I get to see it tomorrow ^_^

 

[jey_16]

Angles and Demons will do extremely well outside the US though....will be interesting to see how Star Trek performs on a worldwide scale

 

[VeritasVierge]

3 weeks ago I wanted to see if Taken would still be in the top 20 after being released on DVD and it actually is. That's some amazing legs. What's Obsessed doing in the top 5?

 

[Ripclawe]

Angles and Demons will do extremely well outside the US though....will be interesting to see how Star Trek performs on a worldwide scale

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/star-trek-in-orbit-216m-worldwide/

As of today, the pic's international cume is $70M over two weeks. This already makes Abrams' version the highest grossing international Star Trek, beating First Contact which did $57.4 million internationally.


No movie in the franchise has ever cracked $100M overseas before. But Paramount is predicting that this latest Star Trek should do around $150 international and around $400M worldwide (even with stiff competition from Sony's Angels & Demons opening #1 in every foreign territory this weekend and reporting $104.3M on 10,468 screens from 96 countries for a worldwide take of $152.3 million).


Star Trek added another $21M this weekend from 6,131 locations across 57 territories. In the UK, its best market, the film has grossed $19M in just two weeks cume.) So now Star Trek's worldwide cume is $216M. What made the difference? I think the fact that previous Star Trek movies started "in the middle" so to speak, assuming that audiences knew all the backstory. But Abrams' version smartly starts at the beginning so international audiences as well as young North American viewers could get on board from the beginning.

 

[msdstc]

Video game critics are far more forgiving than movie critics.

This is so true. Movies you usually have to see for yourself, but critics can be fairly spot on. For games if it gets a 6, which is good for movies, it's barely passable for gaming. Anything lower than that and you're in trouble.

 

[msdstc]

Wolverine actually made a million dollar profit after all.

Once again I stand by what I said, it was definitely a very weak go around for x-men this time. However it has 275 worldwide and will continue to rise for a bit, so it did fine by regular standards.

edit- damnit double post didn't even realize.

 

[Acid08]

Man I liked A&D. I mean it wasn't fantastic or anything but it was entertaining enough. I think the critics were too harsh. Never saw TDC btw.

 

[DMczaf]

Wolverine with $151 mil? That's pretty awesome for an opening weekend.

 

[gdt]

What was TDK tracking before it opened?

 

[Snaku]

Wolverine with $151 mil? That's pretty awesome for an opening weekend.

:lol

 

[borghe]

Unlikely. Angels & Demons was a different audience (skews older), but it's now going to go up against Terminator/Night at the Museum, Up, The Hangover, etc. in successive weeks. I think $250 is very doable but I think $300 is out of reach.

Don't agree that Night at the Museum, Up or The Hangover are at all direct competition for Trek. I also foresee bad reviews for Terminator (just guessing) and The Hangover will hurt both of those titles long-term prospects, as will Terminator's PG-13 rating.

Terminator will be it's first challenge, and my guess is it will pass. Terminator has too much going against it and not enough going for it.
Land of the Lost will be it's second challenge, and likewise I don't see that movie getting huge reviews (I could be wrong though.)
Transformers will be it's final challenge. That one could be tough unless it gets completely slammed in reviews (aka REALLY sucks). But as long as Transformers hits at least 40-50% on Rotten Tomatoes it will probably do well.

If Star Trek does well against Terminator in a couple of weeks $300M is a real possibility.

 

[Dead]

By the time Transformers is out Star Trek wont even be a challenge anymore, that is why Paramount spaced them both almost 2 months apart

And it has no chance against it anyways. Transformers is already a lock for 300 million, and could possibly make 400 million. Star Trek isnt doing anymore more than 300, if even that.

Star Trek will probably drop to number 3 next week, behind Night at the Museum and Terminator

 

[DrForester]

Was even closer than the estimates thought. They overestimated Angels and Demons by almost 2 million.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Actual.

Angels and Demons: $46,204,168
Star Trek: $43,034,547

 

[Solo]

Holy shit! Incredible weekend for ST!

 

[gdt]

So, so close.

 

[jax (old)]

I'm not watching A+D, the trailer underwhlemed and I didn't see DaDavinci Code. Still have yet to find time to go see ST at imax. ...