I am not sure how Into Darkness is supposed to be the Trek movie for those who hate JJ Abrams, but interesting to see the round up of the genre films. We can look forward to genres being mined for more and more summer entertainment as we go forward. @yay.
I have to ask though -- The Lone Ranger doesn't count as a geeky property? 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Now that the last SF movie for the summer, > *The World's End*, has arrived and sadly didn't top the box office, let's > take a look and see how summer went. > 2 > *Iron Man 3* > > [image: iron-man-3-box-office] > > Despite > mixed<http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/05/10-reasons-to-hate-the-terrible-iron-man-3/> > > reviews<http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/05/iron-man-3-your-sarcastic-guide-to-the-bad-reviews/>, > > *Iron Man 3* was a bulldozer, racking up $1.2 billion at the box office. > It also likely will be the last one: The cast is just too expensive at this > point. > 3 > *Star Trek Into Darkness* > > [image: tumblr_mn2hhnhoHB1qg0cqeo1_500] > > The *Star Trek* movie for people who hate J.J. > Abrams<http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/05/star-trek-into-darkness-is-great-until/>, > > aside from a crappy opening and finale, was a solid base hit, doing > slightly better overseas than it did in the US, making $458 million. > Against a $190 million budget, that's pretty good, but Paramount may think > twice before throwing another $200 million at the franchise. > 4 > *After Earth* > > [image: NGV1gzG] > > Hey, remember when Will Smith was a movie star? Neither does anybody else: > This made $243 million on a $130 million budget. They should have just > made it Scientologist > propaganda<http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/05/after-earth-why-i-wish-it-were-scientologist-propaganda/>, > > then at least it would have been funny. > 5 > *The Purge* > > [image: photo] > > Meanwhile, this somewhat campy, if well-meaning, futuristic thriller > racked up $83 million on a $3 million budget. Yes, they are working on a > sequel. > 6 > *This Is The End* > > [image: tumblr_mokj1kBS5L1rdij0po1_500] > > An insane comedy about the end times and how celebrities utterly fail to > deal with them, this movie was surprisingly hilarious and had a much > broader scope than the trailers hinted at. 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It helps considerably that it was a solid, zippy action film, even > if there were some problems with the > plot<http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/06/world-war-z-is-actually-a-pretty-good-action-movie/>. > > It made $526 million worldwide, surprising pretty much everybody (us > included) and meaning we'll probably see at least one more big-budget, > epic-scale zombie flick. > 9 > *Pacific Rim* > > [image: pacrim4] > > In America, this was disgracefully beaten by *Grown-Ups 2* at the box > office and came just shy of $100 million. Fortunately, the rest of the > world has picked up our cultural slack: This has made more than $300 > million outside the US. 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