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In its first week, The Voyage Home ended " Crocodile " Dundees 8-week reign of the American box office.

The Star Trek film made $ 39. 6 million in its first five days of release, exceeding The Search for Spocks opening by $ 14 million.

Ultimately the film grossed a global total of $ 133, 000, 000, against its $ 21 million cost ($ 1 million under budget ).

In six weeks, The Voyage Home sold $ 81. 3 million in tickets, more than the franchise's second or third film, and almost as much as Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

The film was a major commercial success for Paramount, which released five of the top ten films of the year, and garnered 22 percent of all money taken in at American theaters.

Much of the credit for Paramount's success was given to chairman Frank Mancuso, who moved The Voyage Homes release from Christmas to Thanksgiving after research showed that the film might draw filmgoers away from The Golden Child.