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OK and what about the high scores on IMDB and Cinemascore? Guess you shouldn't use those either, since most people are idiots according to Tinordi. Although the same idiots are the ones buying tickets, which was the argument I was trying to make. I wasn't arguing the quality of the movie, but the fact that the movie did not do well despite the fact both critics and moviegoers seemed to enjoy it. That's two Star Trek movies that everyone seemed to like, and yet neither of them were massive successes. It just goes to show that the Star Trek universe just isn't popular at the same level as top movie franchises.

As for it making money, it definitely made some money, but not nearly what they expected. With franchises such as Star Trek studios expect huge winfalls, especially with sequel money on the line. Sequels typically make more than first movies in the series, but Star Trek ID barely made more than the first. If they made a third based on the trend it could even make less than the second. It's just not worth the risk throwing 200 million at a movie that doesn't guarantee a massive return (and now they know it won't). Although Star Trek isn't necessarily a series that needs a massive budget, so it should be fine if they find a different director and change things up and make a smaller movie.