Despite starring in and co-writing the last Star Trek film, Simon Pegg fully admits that they’ll never come close to being as popular as the Marvel movies.
Star Trek came to theaters in 2009 with a new cast and new perspective and became the most successful entry in the franchise’s history. A domestic haul of nearly $257 million is impressive. But a closer look at the numbers reveal that the reboot made just $127 million internationally. Still, it was enough to warrant a sequel and four years later came Star Trek Into Darkness, which currently stands as the highest-grossing Trek movie at $467 million worldwide. But those numbers still pale in comparison to Marvel. For context, Thor: The Dark World, considered one of the worst Marvel pics ever, made $644 million globally.
Pegg is well aware of this fact, too, which is why a Star Trek 4 has yet to come to fruition.
Star Trek came to theaters in 2009 with a new cast and new perspective and became the most successful entry in the franchise’s history. A domestic haul of nearly $257 million is impressive. But a closer look at the numbers reveal that the reboot made just $127 million internationally. Still, it was enough to warrant a sequel and four years later came Star Trek Into Darkness, which currently stands as the highest-grossing Trek movie at $467 million worldwide. But those numbers still pale in comparison to Marvel. For context, Thor: The Dark World, considered one of the worst Marvel pics ever, made $644 million globally.
Pegg is well aware of this fact, too, which is why a Star Trek 4 has yet to come to fruition.
- 5/21/2020
- by Ryan Beltram
- We Got This Covered
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