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Angels and Demons is getting crap reviews. Terminator seems like the likeliest candidate to take box office away from Star Trek. Does anyone actually want to see Night at the Museum and Land of the Lost?

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Did I say it'll stay number #1 at the box-office week after week? No. I said it'll have legs. At this point if you can't see that this film has the potential to do north of 200M, then your head is inserted somewhere.

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Sadly, I think there's still gold in the "Night at the Museum" hills. Maybe not as much as the original. But "Land of the Lost" looks absolutely dreadful. And who is it's audience!? Most if not all kids don't even know of the original series. Hopefully the people who watched it the first time around have moved on. Or will pass on it because it's nothing like it. I haven't cringed during a trailer in I don't know how long. Awful stuff.

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No but I bet they still make lots of money at the box office since they are kid flicks.

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What else am I going to take my kids to? Star Trek?

Oh wait...

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Honestly I'd rather watch Night at the Museum & Land of the Lost over Star Trek any time.

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Well that speaks volumes.

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I hate Star Trek with a passion what do you expect?

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I don't know. Maybe actually seeing the movie and then commenting?

And you know what? I'm not a trekkie. I have not seen one of the television shows. And have seen maybe four of the films. In fact, just watched the first on BD tonight from Netlix. Man was that terrible. Has not held up well at all. But I saw this new movie, and it's absolutely fantastic. It has everything.

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I've seen enough of the TV shows & other flicks, they are complete garbage....
One of the worst franchises ever created so no thanks for the new film....

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Your loss. :shrug:

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Great.

My kids want to see Night at the Museum, and the audience has always laughed at the Land of the Lost trailers, but I think Star Trek will be doing just fine for the next few weeks, and then blow up all over again on DVD and Blu-ray.

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I can't speak to what's happening everywhere, but at my local theatre last night, Star Trek was sold out on two screens for all evening shows. Angels & Demons was on three screens (2 showtimes though) and wasn't sold out...

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Deadline Hollywood says Star Trek earned about $12.5 million last night and could get $38 million for the weekend.

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Well, everyone's entitled to their opinion. I don't agree with yours, but then again, I'm diehard SF fan and, yes, an original series fan from the time it first aired. There were plenty of people with your attitude back then, too. The more things change... the more they remain the same.

From all I've read about the new movie (interviews, reviews, etc.), J.J. and crew have given every indication they want to move the franchise beyond it's "fan" base. You sure seem to fit the bill.

The movie is fast paced, well acted, and has great SPFX. One could say it's the Transformers of Star Trek movies (not a compliment, btw)... but (FWIW and I won't go into details), I'm not particularly enthralled with the direction they've taken the franchise.

As Abrams has reputedly said (probably as a riff on Nimoy and Shatner's Oldsmobile commercials), "It's not your father's Star Trek."

And I have to say, there's no lie there.

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Do you like any other Sci-Fi space type stuff? If so, you should watch Star Trek. I dislike all the TV shows and enjoyed this immensely. Now if you hate the genre altogether, that's another story.

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Opening weekend: $79,204,289
Current domestic gross (as of 5/17/09): $147,611,000

2nd weekend gross/drop: $43,000,000 / -42.8%

CONCLUSION: chris_sc77 + Star Trek BO Predictions = Recipe for Disaster :)

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I know a lot of people that didn't like the original but love this one.
Open your mind.

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Actually, I enjoyed the trailer for Land of the Lost, I have never seen a Will Ferrell movie, but will see this one, I was glad to see they are giving comedic bits to the dinosaur (ala Ringo Starr's Caveman). I think an over the top comedy was the only way to go with that franchise. It may be full of old jokes, but it looks like funny old jokes. I think it will be big, kids love dinos.

Edit: Not the tv trailer, the tv trailer makes it look lame....

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Yes, but imagine what would have happened had he predicted a $150 million opening weekend and a 20% drop, we'd have had a $30 million opening weekend and an 80% drop.

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$3.12m on Wednesday, overtook Angels and Demons (A&D led on Monday and Tuesday, Trek on Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday) and should be at $160m today.

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Nice open minded approach! props!

:up:

I guess that means TMP is atop the adjusted list?

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Hehe! It's always funny reading pre and post-release box office analysis. Your analysis could have easily have been correct but hey, who knew that Angels and Museum would be just average while Terminator is teetering on financial disaster?