The Energon Pub

[Hotrod]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may have knocked the Transformers Movie out of the number one slot at the box office this weekend, but it is not all bad for the Transformers Movie. ComingSoon.net has reported that the film has already made $146.4 million overseas and $320.2 million worldwide. Not bad for a film that has yet to open in France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

[steve2275]

booo potter

[Autobot032]

Whozawhatsitz?! O_o...

That's a bigger total than I imagined it would be. Wow.

Go TransFormers! WHEE!

[Megatron Wolf]

Wow. All i have to say is wow. I knew it was going to do good but god damn man. $320.2 mill! That alot of cashy money. I wounder how much hasbro gets out of that?

[Hotrod]

I wonder how much the movie has made on merchandise sales since the toys are flying off the shelves.

[Pangilinan66]

According to boxofficemojo.com transformers is the the number cyborg/robot movie of all time, the cartoon version is 25th in the list.

[Quaternion]

Bring on the sequels.

[NuclearConvoy]

And I still want to see it again!

[Duo Prime]

I'm still going to watch it 3 or 4 more times in the theatre, maybe more. We should all keep going to see it every weekend. Make it the new longest lasting movie at theatres.

[opjet]

well let me put my veiw on it harry potter made 77.4 million but the transformers made 36 million, transformers nearly made half of harry potters box office take in the 1st week
but we still hold the crowd of having the highest 1st week openinbg

[Autobot032]

well let me put my veiw on it harry potter made 77.4 million but the transformers made 36 million, transformers nearly made half of harry potters box office take in the 1st week
but we still hold the crowd of having the highest 1st week openinbg

Not to mention, it beat the records of several of the biggest films of all time.

Spider-Man*
Spider-Man 2
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone*

Even Spider-Man broke more records than Harry Potter.
So for TF to do that, that's saying something.

Not to mention, Boxofficemojo says it's the biggest robot movie ever, even beating out Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

And it even beat out Passion Of The Christ.* (Let's not get into that discussion, please? That's for another forum.)

That's a hell of a list to top, and it did it.

It broke records for the biggest Monday, Tuesday, and Fourth Of July, ever.

Biggest demographics going to see the film:
African-Americans
Latinos
And Paramount/Dreamworks themselves said...mothers. (They're the second biggest audience behind the fanbase.)

Harry Potter may very well dominate the box office this period, but it certainly won't be able to outshine all of the records smashed by TransFormers, if at all. Especially when you add in the countries that haven't even gotten it yet.

Now that...is a feat beyond our wildest expectations.

*= biggest 7 day take for a non sequel film.

[Kalon]

Actually these numbers have been fudged.

The movie opened early.

It was playing 24/7 in some locations.

So realistically... they fudged the numbers. Any titles they wish to claim that have no right to. Its called cheating.

[D-340]

Actually these numbers have been fudged.

The movie opened early.

It was playing 24/7 in some locations.

So realistically... they fudged the numbers. Any titles they wish to claim that have no right to. Its called cheating.

How? How have they been fudged?

It broke records for the biggest Monday, Tuesday, and Fourth Of July, ever.

Each day the records were broken on were listed. It's not that difficult to understand. And it's worldwide take is total, not for specific days. There is no number fudging, no cheating. You're just all pissed of cuz it didn't tank like you and the Bayhaters said it would. Get over yourself.

[Burn]

Actually these numbers have been fudged.

The movie opened early.

It was playing 24/7 in some locations.

So realistically... they fudged the numbers. Any titles they wish to claim that have no right to. Its called cheating.

You know, I was wondering when the resident haters would show up and sprout some bullshit in a lame effort to discredit this movie.

I expected something a bit more than "fudged figures".

But I guess at this stage they don't have much left to hold onto.

[D-340]

But I guess at this stage they don't have much left to hold onto.

No, no they do not.

[BigBot]

France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

These territories will add $200-250 more to the total.

[Saya]

Actually these numbers have been fudged.

The movie opened early.

It was playing 24/7 in some locations.

So realistically... they fudged the numbers. Any titles they wish to claim that have no right to. Its called cheating.

Huh? Does this somehow mean less people saw the movie?

[opjet]

back again ive ust got my little brothers harry potter action figure of harry himself now picture this
harry potter to le left and movie optimus prime (leader class) to the right
what should i do
A) let optimus fire the the one missile he came with
B) transform him into his truck mode and run him over
C) get my beast wars inferno and pour harry potter with voka
and light a match and watch the son of a bitch burn to ground and saying at the same time in a an inferno type voice "burn" while holding beast wars inferno
please comment back on what should i do because i dont

[GeidiPrime]

I hate to say it, but the Potter movie was better than Transformers, and I thought TF's was awesome.

[Burn]

back again ive ust got my little brothers harry potter action figure of harry himself now picture this
harry potter to le left and movie optimus prime (leader class) to the right
what should i do
A) let optimus fire the the one missile he came with
B) transform him into his truck mode and run him over
C) get my beast wars inferno and pour harry potter with voka
and light a match and watch the son of a bitch burn to ground and saying at the same time in a an inferno type voice "burn" while holding beast wars inferno
please comment back on what should i do because i dont

I suggest psychiatric help.

[Saya]

back again ive ust got my little brothers harry potter action figure of harry himself now picture this
harry potter to le left and movie optimus prime (leader class) to the right
what should i do
A) let optimus fire the the one missile he came with
B) transform him into his truck mode and run him over
C) get my beast wars inferno and pour harry potter with voka
and light a match and watch the son of a bitch burn to ground and saying at the same time in a an inferno type voice "burn" while holding beast wars inferno
please comment back on what should i do because i dont

I suggest psychiatric help.

Truly. I find the fact that he has access to vodka quite alarming.

[KoH4711]

Actually these numbers have been fudged.

The movie opened early.

It was playing 24/7 in some locations.

So realistically... they fudged the numbers. Any titles they wish to claim that have no right to. Its called cheating.

Yes, the numbers were fudged. When box office totals came out after the six day opening, Paramount's numbers were off.

They UNDERREPORTED earnings by over a million dollars.

As for the 24 hour showings... let's look at that.

Those showing took place at the top ten multiplexes in the United States. Let's assume a window of three hours. Most theaters had 5 showings per screen, so this gives Transformers an additional three showings a day. Let's go nuts and say each showing sold out, each theater held 500 people, and the average ticket price was $10, even though all of these figures are likely much lower.

So, that's $5000 per showing. That puts them at $15,000 for each theatre with 24/7 showing. $150,000 per day. That's... just $1,050,000 for the week, even with the high figures(actual per-screen averages ran from $3000-6500 for the opening week of the film). So, basically... Transformers can legitimately claim its records.

And the studio doesn't claim the records, either. The information comes from Media By Numbers, which is an independent tracker. They have no incentive to "fudge" the numbers in one direction or another.

You have the right to dislike the film. But if you're going to make claims like this, it helps to have the facts to back it up.

[Nemesis_Apoc]

holy crap! it's not even open in all those countries yet? wow!