Official Star Trek Week 9 Box Office Thread

[Daneel]

I just found out that my local second-run discount theatre will be getting Star Trek on Friday. I have to admit, I'm a little surprised to see that happen so soon, but the theatre did just increase their ticket prices by $1 for select evenings... they said that doing so will allow them to get newer movies sooner, which I guess is what's happening here. Maybe I'll go see Trek for a fourth time...

Oh, and it appears this theatre is also getting Land of the Lost and Imagine That on Friday too... but that doesn't surprise me quite as much.

 

[trampledamage]

I'm on tenterhooks until tomorrow to see if my cinema still has Trek. There is a second-run cinema in Saskatoon, but I really want to see it again in the nice cinema

(Although that will require more tenterhooks, because it'll actually be next week before I can go again (insert nail-biting smilie here) )

 

[MvRojo]

Is there any word on what the theater situation will be this weekend?

I'd expect it to drop some more.

 

[Blue_Trek]

Is there any word on what the theater situation will be this weekend?

I'd expect it to drop some more.

Yeah but the bigger multiplexs 12 and up will still have it, because I am going again on Sunday evening.

 

[MvRojo]

Is there any word on what the theater situation will be this weekend?

I'd expect it to drop some more.

Yeah but the bigger multiplexs 12 and up will still have it, because I am going again on Sunday evening.

The 18 and 20 theatre locations by me don't have it passed Thursday.

 

[Daneel]

I just checked my local listings, and it seems that after Thursday, the second-run discount theatre will be the only one showing Star Trek in my city. Terminator Salvation and Imagine That will also be disappearing from the major cinemas, but strangely there's still four showings a day for Angels & Demons. I'm at a loss to explain that one, unless it generally performed better in Canada than it did in the U.S.

I'm also a little surprised that my discount theatre doesn't have Wolverine yet, despite the fact that it opened before Trek and didn't perform as well. They list Wolverine as "coming soon" at the theatre, though... maybe they're just hoping to get more butts in the seats sooner with Trek. I think I may go there tonight and see Drag Me to Hell -- maybe I'll ask them.

BTW, I've updated my list of the Top Worldwide films of 2009 on page 2, although it didn't really change too much.

 

[gimpy117]

still showing in Traverse city MI, we don't have discount theaters here even...so you can still see it on the HD screens...only 2 a day though :/

 

[Borgminister]

Saw it with my 16 yo son (again) at the local IMAX, halfway up and in the center--the sweet spot--and the audience was 60-70 people strong.

Not too shabby....

Probably my last time unless they extend the film's run another week.

 

[LeadHead]

Went again today, it was a small theater but attendance was decent. I was actually surprised, it was a weekday matinee, usually in my experience those are low attended. If it's still here next week I may go again.

 

[Dale]

I'd love to see Paramount come back with a second advertising campaign, like studios used to do back in the day. These days it's all upfront push but there's no effort to stay in the game, like they're in a hurry to get to the dvd release. Wait for a lull and then splash Trek again... call it the best-reviewed blockbuster film of the Summer or something.

I remember in 1978 When Star Wars had played for a solid year, Fox put out special Happy Birthday posters and booked it anew into more theaters. Trek is certainly not that kind of world-changer, but I think it could benefit from a second late-Summer ad push and being rebooked into some tier 2 theaters.

 

[trampledamage]

It's gone from my cinema! *wail*

(Hopes Paramount are listening to Dale, and it'll come back again )

 

[FailedLurker]

Trek was down to two showings per day at my closest theater, but starting Friday it's back to five showings a day.

 

[Borgminister]

Trek was down to two showings per day at my closest theater, but starting Friday it's back to five showings a day.

And a hearty, sincere ?!?

A major, first-run theater, is it?

 

[RobertScorpio]

Almost at 250

It hopefully made it by now today.

And I'll take some of the credit since I took my wife and kids to see TREK XI and TRANSFORMERS at the drive-in last week....A fun experience as related in another thread...

Rob

 

[MvRojo]

WEDNESDAY (7/8) BOX OFFICE
1. ICE AGE 3 - 6,148,485 - 86,565,945
2. TRANSFORMERS 2 - 4,903,799 - 310,426,573
3. PUBLIC ENEMIES - 2,850,570 - 49,909,700
4. PROPOSAL - 2,204,509 - 101,133,795
5. HANGOVER - 1,824,657 - 210,791,312
6. MY SISTER'S KEEPER - 1,275,003 - 30,473,022
7. UP - 1,085,003 - 268,117,384
8. YEAR ONE - 463,238 - 39,781,477
9. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM II - 336,279 - 59,583,413
10. TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 - 332,034 - 168,700,553
11. STAR TREK - 234,317 - 250,570,144
12. AWAY WE GO - 160,268 - 6,550,473

26% drop from last Wednesday and 5% from Tuesday. It looks like today will be the film's last day in the Top 12.

International: $125,334,803
Global: $375.9 million

 

[FailedLurker]

A major, first-run theater, is it?

Yep. I was trying to figure out what it was replacing, but there's too much changing to really tell. Comparing Thursday's schedule to Friday, Night at the Museum, Up, and Year One are no longer playing, Transformers is losing half its showings, I Love You, Beth Cooper and Bruno (x2 screens) are opening, and Trek is going from 2 shows a day to a full one screen schedule.

That's the only first-run theater around here still showing Trek. It's also still showing twice a day in IMAX at the aquarium, where I'll probably see it at least once more this weekend.

 

[trampledamage]

26% drop from last Wednesday and 5% from Tuesday. It looks like today will be the film's last day in the Top 12.

And yet there are so many of us who still want to watch it!

 

[Garth Rockett]

It looks like today will be the film's last day in the Top 12.

A mighty good run its been!

 

[Borgminister]

WEDNESDAY (7/8) BOX OFFICE
1. ICE AGE 3 - 6,148,485 - 86,565,945
2. TRANSFORMERS 2 - 4,930,000 - 310,452,774
3. PUBLIC ENEMIES - 2,850,570 - 49,909,700
4. PROPOSAL - 2,215,000 - 101,120,000
5. HANGOVER - 1,830,000 - 210,796,655
6. MY SISTER'S KEEPER - 1,280,000 - 30,478,019
7. UP - 1,097,000 - 268,129,381
8. YEAR ONE - 470,000 - 39,781,477
9. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM II - 350,000 - 168,718,519
10. TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 - 332,034 - 168,700,553
11. STAR TREK - 235,000 - 250,570,827
12. AWAY WE GO - 170,000 - 6,560,205

26% drop from last Wednesday and 5% from Tuesday. It looks like today will be the film's last day in the Top 12.

International: $125,334,803
Global: $375.9 million

Per theater take still better Pelham, Night and Year 1.

60-70 people at a Wednesday IMAX showing last night (me and my son went).

I hope they keep the theater count relatively stable until HP arrives, after which *poof* (I'd guess).

252 here we come!

 

[cooleddie74]

At least it's in the All-Time Top 50 domestic takes. Something no other TREK can even brag about unless you adjust for inflation over time.