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First Contact was the highest-grossing film on its opening weekend, making $ 30. 7 million.

The film made $ 92 million in the United States and an additional $ 57. 4 million in other territories, for a theatrical run of about $ 146 million worldwide.

Critical reception was mostly positive ; critics including Roger Ebert considered it one of the best Star Trek films.

The Borg and the special effects were lauded, while characterization was less evenly received.

First Contact was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup and won three Saturn Awards.

The film has been released on videotape, LaserDisc, DVD, and Blu-ray home video formats.

Scholarly analysis of the film has focused on Captain Jean Luc Picard's parallels to Herman Melville's Ahab and the nature of the Borg.