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Looking at the latest box office receipts, Nemesis made just $4.4. million this past weekend. That would bring its total to somewhere in the $20 million dollar range. I'm sorry to say it, but, regardless if the movie is good or bad, the movie probably won't make back its $60 million budget. It's a flop. And thus, it is the end of the Star Trek movies. For Now.
(But Lord of the Rings made $101 million since Wednesday! Can you say $ 1 billion?)
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I'm hardly surprised. I was quite let down by the movie. I hope it is the last film for a while. This franchise is headed for hell in a handbasket unless Paramount wises up and starts pushing Berman and Braga towards the door.
ENT still holds some small measure of promise, but they're handling it fairly badly at the moment. I can only hope that the coming seasons will bring more than the previous and current one have/are.
Man, it really sucks, because I truly love Star Trek. It's a sort of passion with me. And I cringe at the way its being maltreated these days.
And no, I won't stop whining about it.
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I guess the only hope for it now is DVD sales. They atleast seem to be making a first round effort in that regard compared to previous TNG movie DVD releases.
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I think Star Trek movies are never blockbusters, and tend to have their takes spread out over the entire course of their run, rather than making big chunks of cash on opening weekend.
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quote:Originally posted by Veers: (But Lord of the Rings made $101 million since Wednesday! Can you say $ 1 billion?)
Small quibble, but wouldn't 1 billion be 1000 million? Unless of course you're predicting that LoTR will eventually make 1 billion...in which case you're not really comparing apples with apples.
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Isn't a bit early to be calling Nemesis a flop? I mean, good lord, it's been out in theaters a grand total of nine days. It still has about three or four months left before it's pulled from all theaters.
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Perhaps it won't be a big flop. It might make back $50 million or so...I personally don't think it'll make back its budget. But who can tell? And, in regards to LOTR, the original made $860 mil worldwide...since this one opened stronger, I'm guessing the Two Towers will make more. Maybe not $1 billion, but it'll be close.
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Unfortunately, the way the system works there days filsm are pretty much written off after a week or two if the box office is low. Fact of the matter is, if the film is performing so poorly it'll be dropped off most screens to make space for other films.
Given the other big movies coming out or being re-released for the holidays, the competition will be murder. Also, as the reviews have been bad, and the word of mouth equally so (everyone I know who saw it didn't like it), I'd be suprised if it got anywhere near breaking even while in theaters.
And, contrary to what was said earlier, not every film turns a profit. Many films tank at the box office and don't sell well even on home video.
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Well, isn't the fact that Nemesis is NOT showing worldwide have something to do with it?
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Has it started anywhere else than just in the US and perhaps Canada yet? And this craze about opening weekend gross WTF? Here, we don't care so much about such things. Why does the opening weekend matter so much? The film doesn't get any better or worse if you wait a week or two...
The film will start here in mid-January. And I'm sure it will make quite some money here as well. It won't be a real flop worldwide. At least that I am sure of.
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It also didn't help that ST:X had competition from LOTR, that's what definately killed it this weekend. Although how that big-assed Jennifer Lopez movie did better is beyond me.
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