Paramount hopes that strong word of mouth will deliver solid results as "Hugo" reaches more theaters.
London Paramount hopes to draw 15m thrill-seekers a year, but Mintel, another research outfit, reckons that all Britain's theme parks together will not get more than 17m.
Despite the cancellation, Paramount hoped to revive the series, and Berman began work on a possible new Star Trek film, which was ultimately rejected in favor of the J. J. Abrams-directed Star Trek. Abrams-directed Star Trek
Paramount hopes to harness these elements to build on the first movie instead of losing momentum for it, as some sequels can do, when it hits theaters Oct. 21.
Next up on the docket is Paranormal Activity, an $11,000 shocker that Paramount hopes will develop into a Blair Witch II, in a way that the real Blair Witch II obviously never did.
If it is all that Paramount executives hope, the movie, directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, will also mark the birth of the next phase at the aging studio.
PAGE E1 OSCAR HOPES FOR 'BENJAMIN BUTTON' If "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Hollywood's take on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is all that Paramount executives hope, the movie, which stars Brad Pitt, will be the birth of the next phase at the aging studio.
Paramount presumably hoped to muster the kind of repeat business they enjoyed with Anchorman 2 ($173.6m) – another reprisal of a slow-burning original.
She'd been given a budget of $3.5 million to turn her personal history into what Paramount Classics hopes is an inspirational respite from the usual dumb summer comedies and action films.
The four-day tally, as reported by Box Office Mojo, failed to snag the $100 million Paramount Pictures hoped to rack up.
