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Interesting that you say "Domestic" there when it is for both the U.S. and Canada but a few years ago you were ready to throw a live grenade at me when I said that Canadians were Americans... ;)

 

Calling it "domestic" is not my terminology but the terminology of the mostly US-based movie industry. And I would still be ready to throw a live grenade at you for saying that. :superhappy:

lol But answer this, is Canada in America? :spock:

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Interesting that you say "Domestic" there when it is for both the U.S. and Canada but a few years ago you were ready to throw a live grenade at me when I said that Canadians were Americans... ;)

 

Calling it "domestic" is not my terminology but the terminology of the mostly US-based movie industry. And I would still be ready to throw a live grenade at you for saying that. :superhappy:

Hey, can't we all just try to get along and agree that residents of Canada and the USA are all NORTH Americans? :spock:

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Interesting that you say "Domestic" there when it is for both the U.S. and Canada but a few years ago you were ready to throw a live grenade at me when I said that Canadians were Americans... ;)

 

Calling it "domestic" is not my terminology but the terminology of the mostly US-based movie industry. And I would still be ready to throw a live grenade at you for saying that. :superhappy:

Hey, can't we all just try to get along and agree that residents of Canada and the USA are all NORTH Americans? :spock:

lol That's what I'm trying to get her to admit... come to think of it I've been trying to get her to admit it for 6 years now... lol

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Interesting that you say "Domestic" there when it is for both the U.S. and Canada but a few years ago you were ready to throw a live grenade at me when I said that Canadians were Americans... ;)

 

Calling it "domestic" is not my terminology but the terminology of the mostly US-based movie industry. And I would still be ready to throw a live grenade at you for saying that. :superhappy:

lol But answer this, is Canada in America? :spock:

 

It's all a matter of semantics, isn't it. IIRC, I was actually going to figuratively injure you for saying that Canadians are the same as Americans, not that Canadians are Americans (figuratively because we Canadians abhor violence).

 

Whatever you want to call it, the box office totals are impressive.

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Wow, you people and your semantics. :roflmao: I think every US citizen, Canadian, Mexican, Peruvian, Brazilian, Ecuadorian, Uruguayan, Costa Rican, and every other resident of the North and South American continents are ALL AMERICAN! :jaw:

 

Anyhoos, Friday's box office totals were less than I'd hoped, BUT Star Trek remained in second place for Friday with a domestic total of about $11.85 million. I had hoped for a higher number, but since Angels and Demons only opened to the tune of $16.55 million itself, I'm reasonably satisfied with the Friday performance of Star Trek.

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Looks like they're estimating that Star Trek overtook Angels and Demons to again be in the top slot for Saturday. Sunday's estimates (which are projections as most of the domestic Sunday box office hasn't even happened yet) dip slightly and would bring the domestic total to nearly $150 million in 10 days. If that's true it'll be just short of completely overtaking the domestic box office numbers of Wolverine (estimated to be about $151 million after 17 days of release).

 

The numbers for Star Trek are actually doing better, as far as initial gross and second weekend drop-off, than last summer's Iron Man. Given this and the fact that Star Trek has a very strong pre-existing fan base that will likely revisit the movie many times while it remains in theaters, it looks like Star Trek will have very strong legs at the theaters and stick around for quite a while.

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It is excellent!!! I should point out (as Takara no doubt will if I don't :roflmao:) that those are just domestic numbers...it's not nearly as popular overseas as comparable movies are. Hopefully that will change.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090517/ap_en_ce/us_box_office

 

AP Entertainment Writer Jake Coyle, Ap Entertainment Writer – Sun May 17, 3:30 pm ET

NEW YORK – "Angels & Demons" took the box office from "Star Trek" by earning $48 million in its first weekend of release.

 

The haul was far less than the earlier Dan Brown adaptation "The Da Vinci Code" — which earned $77.1 million when in opened in 2006 — but still enough to topple the popular "Star Trek," according to studio estimates Sunday.

 

In its second weekend, Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek" took in $43 million, a strong number after its $75.2 million opening last weekend, excluding its Thursday midnight screenings. The cumulative total for J.J. Abram's reboot of the sci-fi franchise is $147.6 million.

 

Sony's "Angels & Demons" reunites Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard for the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code." It opened without the benefit of the buzz and controversy that propelled "The Da Vinci Code" to a $753 million worldwide total.

 

Overseas business was again strong for "Angels & Demons," which earned $104.3 million internationally. Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution for Sony, said the studio expects the film will eventually take in half a billion altogether in theatrical release.

 

"That chemistry (of Hanks and Howard) worked incredibly well with 'Da Vinci' and it looks like it's absolutely headed in that same vein, certainly on a lesser scale," said Bruer. "We never expected anything to the phenomenon of `Da Vinci.'"

 

Like "The Da Vinci Code," reviews were not illustrious for "Angels & Demons," but they were mostly better. Bruer called Brown's action-packed best-seller "a far more cinematic story" than "Da Vinci." In it, Hanks again plays Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon who's trying to prevent a series of murders at the Vatican.

 

"Sony positioned it well," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "They didn't try to say, `This is going to be "The Da Vinci Code."' It was actually quite the contrary. They tried to say this was not `Da Vinci Code,' that it was a different kind of movie."

 

"Angels & Demons" was the only new wide-release film of the weekend. Coming in third was "X-Men Originals: Wolverine," which earned $14.8 million in its third week, bringing its total to $151.1 million. The prequel to the "X-Men" franchise, starring Hugh Jackman as the mutant with metal claws, had a step drop-off in its second week.

 

On the whole, it was another robust weekend of business at movie theaters, which have been drawing large crowds throughout the recession. Dergarabedian pegs the year-to-date box office at a 16 percent increase over last year.

 

"We're headed toward a record breaking summer," said Dergarabedian. "If you've got a blockbuster in the pipeline, you're very happy about all the strength of the box office right now. Momentum is key in this business."

 

That's good news for the two blockbusters opening next weekend: "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Terminator Salvation."

 

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

 

1. "Angels & Demons," $48 million.

 

2. "Star Trek," $43 million.

 

3. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," $14.8 million.

 

4. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," $6.9 million.

 

5. "Obsessed," $4.6 million.

 

6. "17 Again," $3.4 million.

 

7. "Monsters vs. Aliens," $3 million.

 

8. "The Soloist," $2.4 million.

 

9. "Next Day Air," $2.2 million.

 

10. "Earth," $1.7 million.

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It was Victoria Day long weekend in Canada. My daughter and I went to see Star Trek Monday and it was a full theatre for a 3:00 p.m. showing. Bodes well for another strong week.

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It was Victoria Day long weekend in Canada.

 

And next weekend we have Memorial Day! I've been thinking about going to see the movie again on Monday just because I have the day off and I know a cheap theater.

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Some updated totals from Box Office Mojo... as of Monday, the US/Canada box office figure stands at $152,175,578 and the international box office is $67,746,148 for a total of $219,921,726.

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It looks like Star Trek is holding its own quite well. The Friday night box office numbers (estimates) for North America are posted at Box Office Mojo and ST was 5th. The Pixar movie Up ($21,400,000) was tops followed by Night at the Museum II ($7,550,000), Drag Me To Hell ($6,420,000), Terminator Salvation ($5,090,000) and then, as mentioned, ST ($3,650,000) followed by Angels & Demons ($3,400,000). I think it is quite impressive that the number of screens in North America that are still showing ST hasn't changed much. They lost the IMAX screens to Night at the Museum II but other than that it's been holding steady at over 3,500 screens since it was released.

 

Box office totals for ST are $200,350,000 (North American), $92,015,063 (International) for a total of $292,365,063.

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Looks like it's performed better already than the success some of you guys were willing to see in it. Only FIVE weeks in at $226,428,402 total domestic ($338,388,626 total worldwide) it's made more than any recent franchise reboot (The Incredible Hulk, Superman Returns, Casino Royale, and Batman Begins...some of these were in theaters for 19 weeks, mind you) and has already surpassed The Wrath of Khan as adjusted for inflation. This puts it, adjusted for inflation, in second place just behind The Motion Picture...which it's expected to soon overtake.

 

Among nationwide holdovers, Star Trek saw the smallest slide, down 34 percent to $8.3 million. Logging $222.7 million in 31 days ($21.2 million of which from IMAX runs), it flew past Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan to become the second-biggest movie of the Star Trek franchise adjusted for ticket price inflation, and it has set a course for the top spot currently held by the first movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2594&p=.htm

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Add two more tickets, gang! I, and a good friend/fellow trekkkie went yesterday-his for the fourth time-albeit he's had a few complaints, but no biggie-and myself, the second. Wish the DVD would come out sooner, than so late this year....got to see 1701 rise up at Titan again!YAY!

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