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News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:36 pm

We've received reports from across the globe on how box office openings for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen were breaking barriers in the earnings department. Now we see how it did in the US.

In a report posted at ReelMovieNews.com it is estimated that Revenge of the Fallen earned of $16 million in revenue at the box offices across the nation early this morning, coming in second to The Dark Knight's $18 million earnings. The difference between the two is that The Dark Knight opened on a Friday, making Transformers Revenge of the Fallen the largest grossing film ever on a Wednesday midnight release.

Showtimes are selling out quickly for Revenge of the Fallen all this week, get your tickets before you miss out.

News Credits: 1 · by **FanBoiTonio** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:44 pm

Guilty as charged, I got out at 3:15 this morning.... Work is AWESOME RIGHT NOW 8-}

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:49 pm

FanBoiTonio wrote:Guilty as charged, I got out at 3:15 this morning.... Work is AWESOME RIGHT NOW

lol, me too. I slept about an hour and 15 minutes maybe.

Like Evolution Prime on Facebook · by **Evolution Prime** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:56 pm

Wow, I thought my three hours was short.

I went to an opening in a town in Nebraska about 7500 people. Normally that place has plenty of room for a midnight showing. Last night, the place was packed. I, unfortunately, was one of the only in any Transormer apparel. My fincance was another.

Like Optimus_Prime007 on Facebook · by **Optimus_Prime007** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:46 pm

I will be seeing tonight after work then im seeing friday in IMAX!!! :grin:

I will be in my Optimus Prime T, I picked up from Hot Topic last weekend.

I think ROTF will Gross 200 Million this weekend.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:04 pm

Unlike you folks I waltzed into the theater at 9:30 this morning and was rather irritated that they didn't have any coffee ready.
Was sporting my Autobot shirt and Autobot hat so there was no mistaking what I was there to see. I had a feeling that it would outdo the Dark Knight (when you adjust for the timing) and I don't think any other movie this year will touch this one as far as records go. It's also going to have more people seeing it multiple times than probably any other movie out there. I want to see it at least once in IMAX, once at the Drive-In and once more in a regular theater... Minimum!

by **Versa** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:23 pm

... quickly selling out.... phuh.... Many theaters have multiple screens. Nothing to panic over. The first initial day or two are always packed. You'll all get to see it.

Unfortunately the big bucks it will make won't parallel how great the movie truly is.

The third film needs to repair a lot of the damage that was done with this one.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:27 pm

Evolution Prime wrote:Wow, I thought my three hours was short.

Wow, I actually got about 4 hours of sleep..
Got up at 7:30 and went to the gym for 2 hours..

I am dead tired right now..

Like Evolution Prime on Facebook · by **Evolution Prime** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:34 pm

Yeah good thing I get off in about 10 min. Then off to home to sleep. Maybe go and see it again if it is the theater in town since tickets are only $5 there. Old single screen theater which would be the cheap cheap theater in most towns.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:43 pm

There were no midnight screenings near me, the earliest was 9:30am, so I opted for the 5:30pm.

Which of course meant 6 hours at work, an hour for band duties, plus an hour drive to the cinema, then 2 and a half hours for the movie before another hour drive home.

Think I passed out between 11 and 11:30, before getting up at 6:30. Now it's off to work for me!

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:26 pm

Im sad to say i help with this. Well i think i did. I used the movie pass i got from gamestop. only one theater was sold out around here. And they had it on 4 screens. All the others only had 1 or two screens. The one i was at neither screen sold out. This just makes things worse. As long as its making this kind of cash the crapfest will continue.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:20 pm

So I went in hoping that the film would be better than the toys in the line. Sadly NO. By the end of the 2 and half hours of pain and torment I was pleased that I had an empty bag of popcorn to upchuck into. 2 years of anticipation and build up for this. Man. Bay should be hanged, drawn, quartered and then shot for good measure for this travesty.

If they do a 3rd they owe us dinobots as recompense.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:41 pm

Zeds wrote:So I went in hoping that the film would be better than the toys in the line. Sadly NO. By the end of the 2 and half hours of pain and torment I was pleased that I had an empty bag of popcorn to upchuck into. 2 years of anticipation and build up for this. Man. Bay should be hanged, drawn, quartered and then shot for good measure for this travesty.

If they do a 3rd they owe us dinobots as recompense.

Seriously, I cannot stress enough how I believe this is NOT Michael Bays fault. He did the best he could with the crap script he was told to make into a film. He delivered on action, but everything else, like plot points, a cohesive story that melds with the first film, are things he just couldn't do anything about.

The fault is with the writers and I honestly believe I could have written a much better film in the same time they were given.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:01 pm

First Gen wrote:Seriously, I cannot stress enough how I believe this is NOT Michael Bays fault. He did the best he could with the crap script he was told to make into a film. He delivered on action, but everything else, like plot points, a cohesive story that melds with the first film, are things he just couldn't do anything about.

The fault is with the writers and I honestly believe I could have written a much better film in the same time they were given.

Bay is the director and one of the executive producers and he has the final say over the final cut of the film. I agree that the 'writers' are also to blame for the bad plot but Bay can and should have stepped in to put a stop to the bleeding. He may not have the brains to know any better and he cannot be faulted for that in the end. More and more films are counting on special effects to make up for a lack lustre plot. ROTF proves this point in spades.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:22 pm

Wow, help me understand this here. Who is at fault for whose expectations here? Are folks really pissed because someone couldn't reach the level of idealistic thought inside ones head. I'm sorry but if you went into a theater with your expectations set THAT high, you screwed YOURSELF over. If you pay $80.00 for a massage and you get a massage don't bitch because it wasn't the "rub & tug" you had hoped it would be. This was only ever supposed to be as movie, not some life altering destiny fulfilling event that so many of you make it out to be. Those of you who got your hopes up that far, I laugh at you all for your foolishness and shortsightedness. 3 hours of escapism is all I asked for and this movie delivered that perfectly. The rest was just icing on the cake. I think some folks need to walk away from this hobby for awhile like I did and regain some perspective.

Speaking of folks that need to walk away, can we fire up a thread to deal with the idiots out there claiming "racism" over the behavior of the Twins? I just read about it on the Comcast.net news feed.
It's not like such rubbish is going to have any affect on the record breaking ability of this film. I'm still going to enjoy watching Harry Potter scramble futilely to catch up to these box office figures.

by **Mechastrike** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:52 pm

I ACTUALLY SKIPPED A CLASS JUST TO WATCH THIS DAMN MOVIE!

IT WAS A BLAST.
ANYBODY WANT A TF3?

by **Ballistic90** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:48 am

T-Macksimus wrote:Wow, help me understand this here. Who is at fault for whose expectations here? Are folks really pissed because someone couldn't reach the level of idealistic thought inside ones head. I'm sorry but if you went into a theater with your expectations set THAT high, you screwed YOURSELF over. If you pay $80.00 for a massage and you get a massage don't bitch because it wasn't the "rub & tug" you had hoped it would be. This was only ever supposed to be as movie, not some life altering destiny fulfilling event that so many of you make it out to be. Those of you who got your hopes up that far, I laugh at you all for your foolishness and shortsightedness. 3 hours of escapism is all I asked for and this movie delivered that perfectly. The rest was just icing on the cake. I think some folks need to walk away from this hobby for awhile like I did and regain some perspective.

Speaking of folks that need to walk away, can we fire up a thread to deal with the idiots out there claiming "racism" over the behavior of the Twins? I just read about it on the Comcast.net news feed.
It's not like such rubbish is going to have any affect on the record breaking ability of this film. I'm still going to enjoy watching Harry Potter scramble futilely to catch up to these box office figures.

That was racism you moron. That is a 'Sambo' kind of stereotype and I was offended. They had big 'ears', huge buck teeth, and one even had a gold tooth, and they were illiterate, stupid, and spoke in incredibly stereotypical 'ghetto-speak'. They only, ONLY thing they could do at that point was use the 'N' word to make it MORE racist.

by **Joshua Vallse** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:49 am

Brain......Jello.

I just came back from watching the midnight screening at the Arclight in Hollywood. My experience was awesome because of one factor....cars!!!!! I got to see all the cars and take pictures....even Optimus Prime was there.

I will go on a limb and say I think the first film was much better then this one. Reasons being characters I would have liked to have seen more of and established better, Soundwave, Sideways, Jolt, any number of the constructicons, seemed to be treated as background props verses characters I could have done well without (Twins...those damn twins) got more lines then they should of....and more screen time for that matter.

As far as the script, yeah it was crap. And it shows....the film feels choppy like its a rough cut.

But I paid to see things go boom, and I got that. My biggest disappointment was Devastator and Soundwave though. Beyond that, this film is pure eye candy. Watch this film as eye candy and nothing else, and you'll do fine. Just for the love of God don't sit close to the screen, this is a film where I would say watching from a distance would be better for your eyes.

Josh

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:43 pm

Ballistic90 wrote:That was racism you moron. That is a 'Sambo' kind of stereotype and I was offended. They had big 'ears', huge buck teeth, and one even had a gold tooth, and they were illiterate, stupid, and spoke in incredibly stereotypical 'ghetto-speak'. They only, ONLY thing they could do at that point was use the 'N' word to make it MORE racist.

Whoa...MORON?? I've dealt with "thugs", "Gangstas" and folks on "the street". I'm not ignorant, I'm not sheltered and I'm not stupid. I'm one of the few white guys in my area who is not afraid to walk into the part of town that most folks steer clear of and who is street smart enough and respectful enough to walk out alive and intact. The only people that I've come across that behaved like the Twins or looked like the Twins are the dumb-ass little white poser wannabees punks. THAT is who I thought was being made fun of and THAT is one small demographic that desreves it. Hell, my ex-roomate was part of The IE, straight out of Cali. I've been there, I KNOW that isn't how the folks on the street are which is why the racist aspect never crossed my mind.
You care to back down and rethink how you just offended me and everything that I know and everything that I've experienced and how your reaction towards me just tainted everyone elses view of a situation that could have been handled a whole lot better, cause there aint a single one of my friends on the street that would have handled this the way you did! I'm pissed off on their behalf about your reaction cause I know my buddy didn't see the "stereotype" the same way you did.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:50 pm

First Gen wrote:
The fault is with the writers and I honestly believe I could have written a much better film in the same time they were given.

Unfortunately, they're talentless hacks from whom we won't get anything better. So i hope they won't even tuch TF3. Orci and Kurtzman are bums. I could have written a better script, I write enough fanfics.