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Star Trek movies made over $2.27 billion at the worldwide box office — but that number doesn’t mean what most people think it does.

In this video, I break down every Star Trek theatrical release, from The Motion Picture in 1979 to Star Trek Beyond in 2016, take a look at budgets, box office receipts and the so-called "corridor" the film was released in.

Chapters


00:00 – Intro:


Original Series Era

00:55 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture
02:20 – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
03:54 – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
05:19 – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
06:59 – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
08:44 – Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country


The Next Generation Era

10:30 – Star Trek Generations
12:00 – Star Trek: First Contact
13:36 – Star Trek: Insurrection
15:08 – Star Trek: Nemesis


Kelvin Timeline / Reboot Era

17:02 – Star Trek (2009)
18:33 – Star Trek Into Darkness
19:41 – Star Trek Beyond



20:58 – All Star Trek Movies - Budget-to-Gross Performance


Sources & Notes

Box office data sourced from The Numbers (nominal worldwide grosses).
Inflation discussion is illustrative and clearly labeled as approximate where used.

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