Isn’t Piracy Supposed to Hurt Films?
Let me get this straight. X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the public more than a month prior to theatrical opening, and the flick has been widely panned. Yet it still had a $9.1 million bigger opening weekend than Star Trek, which got universally positive reviews and even advance Thursday night screenings. And with a $235 million total box office so far, including international receipts, ICv2 anticipates that Wolverine will continue to outgross Star Trek.
There's a lesson in this for John Ledford and Chairman Kadokawa, but they hold their own customers in such contempt that I don't expect them to learn it.
Since we're on topic, I decided that I won't go anywhere near this Star Trek thing after the reports of hard friskings and filming the audience. The movie industry can stuff their flick where sun does not shine.