Agreed. I was just curious as to whether it was one of the older ones, in which case, you’d really have to account for inflationary effects.
I checked
The Motion Picture and
Wrath of Khan and adjusted for inflation, and the 2009 one was still the one with the biggest box office.
The 2009 made $450,415,047.40
ST:tMP made $283,877,783.98
ST:tWoK made $204,884,219.98
ST:tVH made $250,804,620.16
All adjusted for inflation.
In contrast,
Solo is sitting at $179,993,024 after a single week. And
Deadpool 2 is $502,989,378 after two weeks.
Star Trek has never been a huge cinematic moneymaker.
Star Trek, from 2009, the first in the "Kelvin timeline".
We should note, however, that Trek's not really intended as a movie franchise. It is designed first and foremost as a TV property. And if we want to compare incomes, we should probably talk about how much money the 550+ hours of TV Trek has pulled in over the years.
I imagine that would be tied to advertising and syndication costs. But movies also get a fair amount from being aired on TV as well as media sales.
No idea what the numbers are.
But Star Wars is an exceptional phenomena. There's no shame in Star Trek being slightly less popular in terms of ticket sales, merchandise, and money.