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'Star Trek' Auction Tops $7 Million
9 October 2006 (WENN)
Star Trek fans from around the world have spent more than $7 million snapping up memorabilia from the TV and movie franchise at a three-day New York City auction celebrating its 40th anniversary. The sci-fi sale concluded on Saturday with more than 1,000 lots, including costumes, models and props, going under the hammer at Christie's - with most items fetching far more than their estimated price. The highest value item was a model of the Starship Enterprise-D, which attracted a staggering winning bid of $576,000. It had been estimated to fetch just $25,000. A model of the Starship Enterprise-E sold for $132,000, and a Borg cube model from Star Trek: First Contact fetched $96,000. They were only expected to raise $8,000 and $1,000 respectively. Captain Jean-Luc Picard's chair sold for more than $62,000, while the auction's final lot, a model of the Starship Enterprise-A, fetched $284,000. John Wentworth, executive vice president of communication at CBS Paramount Television, says, "We were thrilled to be able to bring (fans) tangible, coveted pieces from our beloved Star Trek, and they now own Trek history and have made this auction a huge success."

'Maid' Has It Made
16 December 2002 (StudioBriefing)
Jennifer Lopez turned out to be the real nemesis of the Star Fleet crew over the weekend as her latest movie, Main in Manhattan earned $19 million, just $250,000 more than Star Trek: Nemesis, according to estimates released by the studios on Sunday. Surprisingly, however, Fox's Drumline, which targeted urban audiences, proved to be a powerful cross-over hit as it garnered $13 million and posted the highest per-screen average -- $7,119. The results for the Star Trek movie were down from those for the last three. Star Trek: Generations took in $23 million in 1994; First Contact, $30 million in 1996; and Insurrection, $22 million in 1998. Earlier Trek movies, however, recorded results mostly in the mid teens (when admission prices were considerably lower than they are today). Although several critics on Friday advised producers to pull the plug on the franchise, the weekend results alone would appear not to justify that move, given the film's reported budget of $60 million, a relatively modest amount for a sci-fi movie. Also among the newcomers, Rob Schneider's latest teen comedy The Hot Chick turned out to be a cold flick as it opened with just $7.5 million. In limited release, the critically praised About Schmidt, starring Jack Nicholson, opened on six screens with $283,000 -- a massive $47,200 per screen. (The film may have been helped by weekend news reports that it had won the Los Angeles Film Critics award for best picture.)

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Maid in Manhattan, $19 million; 2. Star Trek: Nemesis, $18.75 million; 3. Drumline, $13.05 million; 4 (tie). The Hot Chick, $7.5 million; 4 (tie). Die Another Day, $7.5 million; 6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, $6.15 million; 7. Analyze That, $5.3 million; 8. The Santa Clause 2, $4 million; 9. Treasure Planet, $3 million; 10. Empire, $2.8 million.

Going Where Many Have Gone Before
14 December 1998 (StudioBriefing)
Star Trek loyalists launched the ninth theatrical episode, Insurrection, to the top of the box-office winners list over the weekend, as they spent an estimated $22.4 million to see the film despite mostly mediocre reviews. That figure paled in comparison with the $31 million garnered by its predecessor, First Contact in 1996, but it was substantially higher than other forerunners. Paramount spokesman Rob Friedman told today's (Monday) Los Angeles Times that the feature should do well because of the lack of features aimed at the male audience being released over the holiday period. Robert Bucksbaum, president of Reel Source Inc., told Bloomberg News that the film will easily show a big profit for Paramount, "because the movie cost so little to make, particularly for a sci-fi film." The only other film to open wide over the weekend was Warner's Jack Frost (1998), which earned just $7 million. The poorly reviewed family film melted as it faced three others in the same category, Disney/Pixar's Bug's Life, A (1998), Paramount's Rugrats Movie, The (1998) and Universal's Babe: Pig in the City (1998). Compounding Universal's recent frustrations, its remake of Psycho (1998) took in only $3.8 million in its second weekend and now looks to take in domestically no more than the $20 million to $25 million that it reportedly cost to make.

The top ten films according to estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

1. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), $22.4 million; 2. Bug's Life, A (1998), $11 million; 3. Jack Frost (1998), $7 million; 4. Enemy of the State (1998), $6.6 million; 5. Rugrats Movie, The (1998), $4.5 million; 6. Waterboy, The (1998), $4.3 million (upping its total, after six weeks, to $136.5 million); 7. _Psycho (1998), $3.8 million; 8. Babe: Pig in the City (1998), $1.8 million; 9. Meet Joe Black (1998), $1.6 million; 10. Elizabeth (1998), $1.3 million.

Last Major DVD Holdout Throws In The Towel
11 August 1998 (StudioBriefing)
Twentieth Century Fox announced Monday that it is finally entering the DVD market through its Fox Home Entertainment division, launching 8 titles in November. The company issued a statement saying that it had delayed releasing films on DVD while it watched the progress of "various anti-piracy measures." Meanwhile, Paramount said that it will release an initial block of 10 films in the DVD format in October including Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Face/Off and Saint, The (1997).