TheMadMonk

I think it is because people who like Star Trek have trouble finding dates or friends to go to the movies with. (settle down Trekkies/Trekkers, I'm just kidding!)

EddieMoney

No, that's actually about right.

RoboDad

Um, no, it's actually not right at all. Lifelong Trekkie here, happily married with three kids, who all grew up to be Trekkies (two boys and a girl), and all of them also are happily married. Guess that kinda disproves the "Trekkie theorem", doesn't it?

Mr. Cinema

Actual numbers for the top 4. LionsGate should be thrilled with Now You See Me's numbers. Most Estimates had it opening in the lower 20s.

1 Fast & Furious 6 $35,164,440 -64% 3,686 28 $9,540 $171,003,965 2 Universal
2 Now You See Me $29,254,674 -- 2,925 -- $10,002 $29,254,674 1 Lionsgate / Summit
3 After Earth $27,520,040 -- 3,401 -- $8,092 $27,520,040 1 Sony / Columbia
4 Star Trek Into Darkness $16,780,895 -55% 3,585 -322 $4,681 $181,537,381 3 Paramount

Michael Corvin

So the Internship is the big movie next week? With how unfunny the trailers are could Furious 6 really take another weekend?

islandclaws

It's the largest non-Twilight opening ever for a Summit release, and it beat a Will Smith Summer tentpole. They've got to be thrilled.

fumanstan

That seems pretty impressive for Now You See Me, I never even heard of it until maybe a week or two before release and all of a sudden there were a ton of ads for it that made it look kind of interesting.

DonnachaOne

Now You See Me has been trailered to death for months, and its debut attachment to the last Twilight gave it a lot of exposure and recognition. Plus, it's a PG13 flick that isn't sci-fi, so good counterprogramming, and it doesn't have a kid as the lead, so it made for a good date flick.

fumanstan

Weird, maybe I just haven't been paying attention. I honestly hadn't heard of it but have been seeing trailers non-stop recently, with the trailer playing in front of recent movies like Fast and Furious 6. Well, that and I don't watch Twilight.

GoldenJCJ

When I saw Now You See Me last Thursday night it was relegated to theater #8 at my local theater while After Earth was in #1 playing on the IMAX screen. I walked passed After Earth's midnight screening and it looked virtually empty.

RichC2

I also didn't hear of Now You See Me until the post on this forum, still haven't seen much advertising for it.

mike45

I didn't even know it was a MNS film until very late. But I already knew it was going suck big time. After watching the trailers and Will and son on the talk show circuit. So W&S are the main reason the film is bad. I'll grudgingly have to give MNS a pass on this film.

Michael Corvin

4 movies in 7 years is over-exposed?

I think Will's done a good job not putting him in every movie under the sun. He could have easily done that after Karate Kid became such a hit.

EddieMoney

Aww dude, I was just being facetious!

RichC2

I think it has more to do with him taking lead on big projects when it's so incredibly unearned. You have some actors like Chloe Grace Moretz and Hailee Steinfeld (who strangely still only has 1 movie out, but 10 in production) that at least earn their leading roles, then you have the Smith kids.

hanshotfirst1138

He says "Welcome to Earth" in the movie. He does not slur the word. The source of this meme remains a mystery to me.

WHY??


I'd assume they've signed on for three, there's no way Abrams will have enough time on his hands to direct the third though. The man must not sleep.

Whatever you think of the evangelicalism in Signs, I think that stylistically, it's kind of cool. Night's camera trick and set pieces in it are sort of fun. His career has crashed and burned since then though.

I have no comment at this time.

Insert The Big Bang Theory joke here.

Ash Ketchum

I never heard of NOW YOU SEE ME until I saw the newspaper ads. I first confused it with Alain Resnais' new film, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET, but then I saw all these annoying American actors listed in the ad (Mark Ruffalo and I forget the rest), so I knew it wasn't the French film. I still haven't seen a trailer for it, nor do I recall what it's about from reading the reviews on Friday. So it getting the #2 slot for the weekend is quite a surprise to me.

Tom Creo

I love the thread title.

RoboDad

Yeah, I don't expect (or necessarily want/need Abrams to direct, but I do like the way the actors have settled into the characters, and would love to see them have the chance to continue to develop them. And I love Trek movies (Nemesis notwithstanding), so I would be a guaranteed ticket sale.

Well, Leonard got Penny, didn't he? Of course, we won't mention Amy Farrah Fowler.

Hokeyboy

Funny now that I think about it, but NEMESIS was the only Trek film I never saw in theaters when it was first released. TNG films never really resonated with me all that much; I never saw one that I enjoyed more than the better TNG episodes.

All Good Things >>> Generations
Best of Both Worlds >>> First Contact
Pretty much almost anything Season 3 and beyond >>> Insurrection
Nemesis... oy

Mondo Kane

Thought this interview would've got it more attention:

RichC2

I guess nobody wanted to open the weekend prior to Man of Steel (2nd weekend to be cannibalized).

Though I think This Is The End will destroy The Internship on its own.

bluetoast

I've seen This is The End, and it was not bad. Not great either. Going to see The Internship tonight.

Tom Creo

Internship>this is the end at the box office.

d2cheer

IMHO neither look any good.

When was the last good/decent comedy? I can't even remember one.