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Star Trek: The Motion PictureFollow

1979 • PG • 2h 12m • Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

The human adventure is just beginning.

🍅 51% 43% MC 50 LB 3.22 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$82.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$139.00M
$56.70M international
Domestic legs6.9x
Budget$35M
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Cast & crew

Full Wise filmography
Robert Wise Robert Wise Director William Shatner William Shatner Starring Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy Starring DeForest Kelley DeForest Kelley Starring James Doohan James Doohan Starring George Takei George Takei Starring
ScreenplayHarold Livingston Produced byGene Roddenberry, Jon Povill CinematographyRichard H. Kline MusicJerry Goldsmith Prod. DesignHarold Michelson StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 7-9 1 $11.9M — 857 $13,916 $11.9M
2 Dec 14-16 1 $7.2M −39.5% 857 $8,420 $24.3M
3 Dec 21-23 1 $12.1M +67.3% 1,002 $12,051 $39.7M
Weekend grossWk 3 · $12.1M
$11.9M
$7.2M
$12.1M
W1W2W3
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · +67.3%
−39.5%
W1→2
+67.3%
W2→3
Steepest −39.5%Biggest gain +67.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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