Posts Tagged ‘Star Trek’

Mutants Beat Trekkies

Written by Cari on . Posted in buzz, Conversations, social media, Word of Mouth

The numbers are in. We’ve followed all the buzz, read all the reviews and now the moment of truth.

The opening weekend numbers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine …. $87 million

The opening weekend numbers for Star Trek ….. $76 million

After hearing all the great reviews and positive buzz about Star Trek, it would make sense for it to make more money at the box office. Despite the claim that the movie wasn’t just for Trekkies, Star Trek still couldn’t overcome the stigma associated with their niche market.

Wolverine still didn’t reach the $100 million expectation opening weekend, but $87 million isn’t too shabby considering all the negative buzz and bad reviews.

Now it’s official; Mutants beat Trekkies.

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Wolverine vs. Star Trek

Written by Cari on . Posted in buzz, Conversations, Viral Marketing, Word of Mouth

Wolverine
Image by ℑ Monja · con · patines ℑ via Flickr

I’ve been meaning to talk about the Wolverine leak but for some reason, I haven’t. So this is the lucky day because I found something interesting about it.

So we all know it leaked. Whether it was on accident or not is still to be decided, despite the fact that they say the FBI is hot on the case. But call me crazy, there’s going to be way more buzz about the much awaited X-Men movie if the leak was on “accident.”

Star Trek
Image via Wikipedia

Anyway, Ad Age is predicting that Wolverine will make $100 million opening weekend, which is twice as much what they are predicting for the new Star Trek movie. Both movies have had a lot of buzz but with the leak, Wolverine has had a lot more. So the prediction makes sense when only considering the amount of buzz.

The Original Series Trekkies at BayCon 2003
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The predictions don’t make as much sense when you consider the reviews for the movies. Star Trek fans have been going crazy for the new movie and the reviews from trekkies who got a sneak peak have been crazy good. On the other hand, online reviews for Wolverine have been really crappy.

So I guess we’ll find out in a few weeks who wins: buzz or quality?

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