Robert Orci takes over Star Trek 3

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Count Alex's Losses

The original cast movies made plenty of money.

The only film to gross more than $100 million was Star Trek 4.

I wouldn't say that they made "plenty" of money. Paramount was only concerned with jumping into the Sci Fi game after seeing the success of "Star Wars", which of course, Star Trek never even got close to seeing.

The latest Star Trek movie was saved by foreign income. The domestic income barely covered production costs and the marketing was more than $50 million.

Paramount need to be very cautious moving forward or they'll end up with a big loser on their hands, which is something that studio really can't afford.