Bay's Giant Robot Sequel Blows Up the Box Office!

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Bay's Giant Robot Sequel Blows Up the Box Office!

Source:Box Office Mojo, Edward Douglas

June 28, 2009

Going into the weekend, there was no doubt Michael Bay's anticipated sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, would be huge, though few thought it could open as big as last summer's biggest blockbuster, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, at least not based on the awful reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

After grossing just over $60 million on Wednesday (a record for the weekday opening) and another $29 million on Thursday, the sequel brought in an estimated $112 million over the weekend for a total of $201.2 million in its first five days.

Besides setting a record for a June opening, surpassing 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bay's latest grossed the second-largest amount over a five-day period after The Dark Knight's $203.8 million. The IMAX Corporation reports that the movie had the best five-day gross, grossing $14.4 million in its first five days on 169 IMAX screens, nearly double what the 5th "Harry Potter" movie did two years ago.

"Revenge of the Fallen" became the third-largest worldwide opening weekend grosser, earning $274 million and beating out last summer's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The film has become Paramount's biggest international opener of all time, again besting "Indy 4" for the top honor, and ranking as the industry's fourth-biggest opening of all time abroad. The sequel has taken in $387 million worldwide to date.

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Posted by: The Atomic Punk on June 28, 2009 at 22:29:28

The new weekend...Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wish that was a weekend when I was a kid.

Posted by: madds2099 on June 28, 2009 at 22:30:34

it was a good movie so thats great will be seeing it again

Posted by: SexyGeek on June 28, 2009 at 22:32:33

Not bad for a two hour toy commercial.

I'm awfully tired of every summer movie that comes out breaking records. Every big movie so far has broken a record of some kind.

"Transmorphing Monkeybots Has Biggest Opening For The Second Tuesday After Last Thursday Ever!"

Give it a rest.

Posted by: Mack on June 28, 2009 at 22:34:18

Very cool bring on part 3!

Posted by: Mr. Boy on June 28, 2009 at 22:38:13

The movie is just OKAY! Great action, but of course, weak story. I'm surprised that it got that close to TDK. I say sales will drop drastically by next weekend.

Posted by: Robert on June 28, 2009 at 22:39:48

Heh, so true, SexyGeek, so true. I don't know about it having any *real* qualities in terms of a "good movie" by technical definition, but it was undoubtedly entertaining.

Posted by: Justin on June 28, 2009 at 22:40:15

Its gonna fall greatly next week. This movie was horrible. couldnt even finish it.

Posted by: Nightcrawlerfan 207 on June 28, 2009 at 22:40:38

This movie was awesome!!! Sideswipe was badass i wished they showed more of jolt though then just two scenes and wished they did not kill jetfire off

Posted by: ONSLAUGHT666 on June 28, 2009 at 22:44:08

This was a bad A's full blown action film, and still u persuade to keep bashing TDK w/ROTF comparisons

Posted by: LuNaTiC20svn on June 28, 2009 at 22:50:17

Hmmm. Interesting, I liked the movie, but typing on Forums are stronger than expressions. I on the other hand thought that Bay gave too much to the people that whined about not enough action and so he gave it to them. Then he also tried the story line which is pretty much told at the beginning that they are fighting Decepticons since last movie. Please if you post make sure you are not posting the movie sucks...after all it was a toyline! Oh, for the people and the "Racist Professor" or the professional who said this movie was racist....get over it watch movie's like "Crash" not everybody is racist! In other words stop pointing out stupid **** to become someone! I am not a Racist I did take my 5 yr old daughter who is half Mexican and Indian...(oh I am not Black!) to see this movie...and we had fun! Enjoy your last days on this planet and have fun! Everyone has a time.

Posted by: GreenNinjaN on June 28, 2009 at 22:50:38

Go Transformers, destroy The Dark Knight and all its retarded fanboys!

Posted by: Mr. Robot1984 on June 28, 2009 at 22:52:24

Who cares what it makes. Still crap, and the fact that it is makes people want to go see just how crappy it is, so of course it's making money now, but by the time GI Joe or Harry Potter comes out it'll be a distant memory.

Posted by: great box office on June 28, 2009 at 22:53:06

wow, it came in just 2.6 million short of the dark knight without anybody from the cast even dying to give it free publicity? Not bad. It may pass the dark knight in the overall BO too.

Posted by: Ironfan72 on June 28, 2009 at 22:54:18

Worth every penny a great film, very enjoyable, had a great time watching this film, I plan on seeing again soon.

Posted by: m00man25 on June 28, 2009 at 22:58:40

It was an awesome Summer Blockbuster.
Go See forget about all the hate everyone wants to be a critic. It's fun it's entertaining and it is worth the money. All The bad press is just HATE, for the sake of hating. With Ice Age and the Jonny Depp movie coming out I'm sure it will drop off but still a good entertaining sequel.

Posted by: Mr. Robot1984 on June 28, 2009 at 23:00:55

I paid for advanced tickets and stood in line at the midnight show, hoping and praying that this would be good, by the time I got out I was cringing with sickening rage, I tried to get my money back but the ticket tellers went home, so congrats Bay you got my $14 and I got racists robots and disgusting toilet humor. Plus my kids hate me because I wont let them go see it, so thanks again Bay!

Posted by: berto on June 28, 2009 at 23:04:54

wow, thats a lot of money....

imagine if it was actually good...

6.8/10

get the Berg to direct the next

Posted by: ericthered687 on June 28, 2009 at 23:10:47

Dark Knight and Transformers. When nerds ruled the world! mwhahahahahaha. I see these numbers for Iron Man 2, and depending how Thor and Captain America movies turn out to be, i can see the Avengers movie making some hardcore bank also. Whether they are great, good, and sort of bad, i'm just glad i'm alive for these movies

Posted by: SlashFox14 on June 28, 2009 at 23:12:42

Yahoo! Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is gonna be the #1 this year. :D

Posted by: senorashish on June 28, 2009 at 23:18:42

To all of you "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" fans bashing "The Dark Knight" -- How does it feel to come in second?

Posted by: Where is unicron when you need him ? on June 28, 2009 at 23:22:30

Awesome movie, give it props people. Applauding...

Posted by: Master Ugly on June 28, 2009 at 23:30:00

okay, lets be real: the only reason the movie made this much movie is because everyone wants to see Megan Fox and her cleave. Its no big secret....secret to success = megan fox

Posted by: Master Ugly on June 28, 2009 at 23:31:38

"the movie made this much" money. Sorry.....

Posted by: ico on June 28, 2009 at 23:39:40

I thought the movie was pretty good. Mindless entertainment. Sometimes you need that. The first half could have been better though.

Posted by: wyngarde on June 28, 2009 at 23:39:52

Can't believe the retards that defend this movie. Have movie audiences really sunk that low? For all you idiots who think this was a great movie, I'd really love to see what you think a bad movie is. And why.

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