Star Wreck has enjoyed a relatively large niche following among sci-fi fans, but it was only the 2005 movie that really pushed it into the limelight.
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning was downloaded over 700,000 times during the first week after its release and the current estimates by the hosting service, Magenta sites, are between 3.5 and 4 million downloads, including mirror sites. This has been claimed to make
In the Pirkinning the most popular Finnish film of all time, topping the movie theatre viewings for
The Unknown Soldier (approx. 2.8 million viewers); the comparison, however, may not be particularly meaningful. Numerous TV and magazine interviews of the film's authors have been published, both in Finland and abroad.
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning has also been shown on Finnish national television,
YLE TV2, on the Belgian national television channel Canvas, and Italian TV-channel Jimmy. A new Imperial Edition DVD has also been released by
Universal Pictures in Scandinavia. With the Imperial Edition release, all the space scenes with
Star Trek or
Babylon 5 ship models were removed and completely remade. In September 2007, a 1-DVD version of
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning – Imperial Edition was released also in Japan by AMG & Medallion Media. The version includes a professional dub for Japanese, as well as new sleeve design and a poster/cue card inside the DVD case. In 2012, a spin-off called
Star Wreck 2π: Full Twist, now! was released. It is made by Swiss film makers, but Samuli Torssonen and Timo Vuorensola have a guest appearance in their respective roles. There is also a spin-off animated
Star Wreck, created by a different author who has no relation to Torssonen's team, called
Star Wreck Asskicker which tells the story of the
C.P.P. Asskicker. ==Role-playing game==