Transformers ROTF debut earnings in Japan and the UK
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 6:48PM CDT
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As we reported earlier, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has been doing excellent box office receipts in the UK. Michael Bay's blog has now been updated with official numbers for not only the UK debut but the Japanese opening as well.
Transformers 2 opened spectacularly in their world debuts in the UK and Japan, grossing a total of $20 mil from 846 locations. The Michael Bay directed film was a clear #1 in both territories, with the UK’s opening total of $14.1 mil from 517 locations outperforming rival comic book sequel Spider-Man 2 by 18%, the original Transformers movie by 71% and coming within 3% of the Dark Knight weekend total. In Japan, the film’s gross of $5.8mn from 329 locations was 64% ahead of The Dark Knight, and only 13% behind Transformers which had the advantage of opening in summer school holidays.
The franchise’s eagerly awaited second instalment opens across most of the rest of the world next week on Wednesday June 24th.
To view the original story, CLICK HERE!
Amazingly, we are only about 2 days away from the US opening of ROTF!
For ALL your Transformers news, be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron.com!
Transformers 2 opened spectacularly in their world debuts in the UK and Japan, grossing a total of $20 mil from 846 locations. The Michael Bay directed film was a clear #1 in both territories, with the UK’s opening total of $14.1 mil from 517 locations outperforming rival comic book sequel Spider-Man 2 by 18%, the original Transformers movie by 71% and coming within 3% of the Dark Knight weekend total. In Japan, the film’s gross of $5.8mn from 329 locations was 64% ahead of The Dark Knight, and only 13% behind Transformers which had the advantage of opening in summer school holidays.
The franchise’s eagerly awaited second instalment opens across most of the rest of the world next week on Wednesday June 24th.
To view the original story, CLICK HERE!
Amazingly, we are only about 2 days away from the US opening of ROTF!
For ALL your Transformers news, be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron.com!
Credit(s): MichaelBay.com
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Re: Transformers ROTF debut earnings in Japan and the UK (940141)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:58pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:58pm CDT
RotF trashing the Dark Knight in Japan isn't really surprising, I hope it does the same here. Just to shut all the idiots up. And I wish Michael bay would come back with some F-U to McG.
Re: Transformers ROTF debut earnings in Japan and the UK (940144)
Posted by Delicon on June 21st, 2009 @ 7:05pm CDT
Posted by Delicon on June 21st, 2009 @ 7:05pm CDT
Obviously Transformers are always going to be huge in Japan but I would think a movie like the Dark Knight would have played well there, also just based on some of the "programming" that comes out of Japan.
Either way, a good start for ROTF in both markets.
Either way, a good start for ROTF in both markets.
Re: Transformers ROTF debut earnings in Japan and the UK (940152)
Posted by dragons on June 21st, 2009 @ 7:39pm CDT
Posted by dragons on June 21st, 2009 @ 7:39pm CDT
show me the energon!!!!!!! i checked boxofficemojo they gave the transformers 2 b+ but no Foreign Total just yet.
im excited to how it does in the us
im excited to how it does in the us
Re: Transformers ROTF debut earnings in Japan and the UK (940159)
Posted by First-Aid on June 21st, 2009 @ 8:09pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on June 21st, 2009 @ 8:09pm CDT
I suspect ROTF is heading for the billion dollar US mark. If they manage to keep pace or outpace The Dark Knight I will be stunned, simply because they had the added advertising for TDK of Heath Ledger's final performance, which was ENDLESSLY hyped by the media (TONS and TONS of free advertising for the movie). At the time I'm writing this I am 52 hours from seeing the movie for the first time and 70 hours from seeing it the second time..
I can't belive it's almost here finally...
I can't belive it's almost here finally...
