>

>

>

Translate Contact Sign in Join Convert

Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong

Posted by El Duque Jul 5, 2011 at 12:50am CDT 37,904 views

Movie News

View Discussion Sign in or Join to reply

Box Office Mojo is reporting that Transformers Dark of the Moon has earned an estimated $97.5 million over the Independence Day weekend, which easily edges out Spider-Man 2's previous record for the holiday weekend of $88.2 million. It also surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides for the top-grossing weekend earner of 2011 to date. Since the early preview screenings opened in theaters last Tuesday evening the film has earned an estimated $181.1 million, which ranks as the ninth highest-grossing six-day launch ever.

Transformers Darkside Moon is also doing quite well in Hong Kong according to The Hollywood Reporter:

The third Transformers opened last Wednesday and took in HK$6 million ($771,042), making it the film with biggest non-holiday opening in the territory. But the actioner gained momentum on Friday,, a public holiday to commemorate the 1997 Hong Kong handover from the U.K. to China, and raked in over HK$10 million in more than 800 showings, to become the biggest single day grossing film of all time. The film then went on to gross more than HK$40 million over its first five-day weekend to set the biggest opening weekend record. The last Transformers installment grossed HK$22 million over its first five days in 2009.

More Bots. More News. More Awesome.

Christmas in July- New Transformers Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments have been Released and Available

Christmas in July- New Transformers Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments have been Released and Available

Jul 17, 2025 2,937 views

Josh Cooley and Michael Bay in Talks with Paramount for More Live Action Transformers Films

Josh Cooley and Michael Bay in Talks with Paramount for More Live Action Transformers Films

Jun 27, 2025 31,429 views

Highlights of Today’s Transformers Studio Series Stream

Highlights of Today’s Transformers Studio Series Stream

Jun 24, 2025 56,010 views

Paramount has No Interest for a Sequel to Transformers One

Paramount has No Interest for a Sequel to Transformers One

Jun 14, 2025 82,051 views

Transformers One Director Moves on From the Franchise to Direct "I Eat Poop"

Transformers One Director Moves on From the Franchise to Direct "I Eat Poop"

Jun 13, 2025 84,429 views

Transformers' Tuesday- Pulse Live Stream 2025 Product Reveal

Transformers' Tuesday- Pulse Live Stream 2025 Product Reveal

Jun 10, 2025 137,161 views

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by Solrac333 Jul 5, 2011

It would have gotten 12 extra bucks if I went at night time.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by st.ranger Jul 5, 2011

3D is insurance for extra bad movie. And DotM is horrible movie. No one sleep in movie theatre?

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by all_the_primes Jul 5, 2011

If they did a 100% CG Transformers film, and had the G1 looks, with the same plot and story as '86's, WE MUST BEAT ONE OF THE TOP 5 $#!%'n RANKERS! ooh... got a little carried away there...

BTW, we need Unicron, Galvatron, Hot Rod (and his alter-ego), Kup--- wait, the Bay crew is coming, :-$

:-$

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by NigelTheFist Jul 5, 2011

I really liked DOTM! You have to give it to Michael Bay - he sure knows his way around an good action movie. To me it ticked every box - just about a perfect movie I hope it continues to dominate the box office.
I hope we don't have to wait too long for a 4th movie. I like the idea of Unicron resurecting Megs and Starcream etc. Could move towards 'master' tech too. I didn't like how Ironhide got the rough end of the pineapple, took me back to 86 and crying in the cinema is sooo less acceptable when you are a grown man!

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by PeterJones Jul 5, 2011

st.ranger wrote:3D is insurance for extra bad movie. And DotM is horrible movie. No one sleep in movie theatre?

I saw last weekend - part of the yawns, the other half does not close your eyes ... corn and crunches ... but the last 20 minutes - a masterpiece :grin:

:grin:

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by tattood-transformer Jul 5, 2011

With those types of numbers it would be hard to image that Paramount and Hasbro arent already looking for a writer and director to reboot the series.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by Rated X Jul 5, 2011

Saw it twice through my online sources. Great film. I will for sure be buying the original DVD to add to my collection when it comes out. But ROTF was just better because there was more robot characters with more screentime. Yeah they cut out the dry humor from ROTF (which Im glad) but they still had many pointless human scenes which would have made no difference to the story if they had been deleted.

A few unecessary scenes and concepts were:

1. Sam's Job interviews

2. The break up scene between Sam and Carly where she jumps in the Benz and hands Sam a wet towel. (or some unknown object)

3. The Russian underground mafia gun scene and conspiricy involving Sputnik photos before the crash.

4. Having Simmons in a wheelchair for the last 30 minutes of the film. I may have missed something, but exactly how and when did he get injured ???

5. When Laserbeak threw the chinese guy out the building. Who was he anyway ??? Was he connected to Carly's boss ???

6. The Bill O'Riley show. I personally hate the guy. Keep politics out of the movie.

7. And does anybody have any clue how Simmons got rich in the first place ??? Did he write a book or become a star after helping save the world in ROTF ???

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by prowl123 Jul 5, 2011

This should be the reboot:

Begin with the Autobots on Cybertron. They're under heavy fire from the Decepticons. They retreat to the Ark, and blast off from Cybertron. They originally planned to go to another part of the planet, but the Decepticons followed them, and blasted them. The Ark crashes on Earth. The Decepticons follow to make sure that the Autobots are dead, and are hit by an asteroid in the process. They crash as well.

When the Decepticons land on earth, a little kid (10 or 11)named Daniel Witwicky goes to see what happened. He discovers the Decepticon ship. As he is exploring, Starscream sneaks up behind him, and attempts to kill him. Before he can, Bumblebee tackles Starscream. He beats starscream down enough to be able to get out of the Nemesis with Daniel. Daniel then meets the Autobots.

Either something like that, or they should make a straight remake of the best episodes of G1.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by zko Jul 5, 2011

Rated X wrote:Saw it twice through my online sources. Great film. I will for sure be buying the original DVD to add to my collection when it comes out. But ROTF was just better because there was more robot characters with more screentime. Yeah they cut out the dry humor from ROTF (which Im glad) but they still had many pointless human scenes which would have made no difference to the story if they had been deleted.

A few unecessary scenes and concepts were:

1. Sam's Job interviews

2. The break up scene between Sam and Carly where she jumps in the Benz and hands Sam a wet towel. (or some unknown object)

3. The Russian underground mafia gun scene and conspiricy involving Sputnik photos before the crash.

4. Having Simmons in a wheelchair for the last 30 minutes of the film. I may have missed something, but exactly how and when did he get injured ???

5. When Laserbeak threw the chinese guy out the building. Who was he anyway ??? Was he connected to Carly's boss ???

6. The Bill O'Riley show. I personally hate the guy. Keep politics out of the movie.

7. And does anybody have any clue how Simmons got rich in the first place ??? Did he write a book or become a star after helping save the world in ROTF ???

The thing carly hands sam is the Rabbit's foot from the lucky bunny that she tore off, Simmon's was thrown out of his white convertable by hatchet or one of the other dreads in the highway chase, where he broke his leg. The chinese guy was working for the Decepticons but betrayed them to Sam. I don't know about the rest, but only seen it once so...

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by prowl123 Jul 5, 2011

Rated X wrote:2. The break up scene between Sam and Carly where she jumps in the Benz and hands Sam a wet towel. (or some unknown object)

4. Having Simmons in a wheelchair for the last 30 minutes of the film. I may have missed something, but exactly how and when did he get injured ???

5. When Laserbeak threw the chinese guy out the building. Who was he anyway ??? Was he connected to Carly's boss ???

7. And does anybody have any clue how Simmons got rich in the first place ??? Did he write a book or become a star after helping save the world in ROTF ???

It was a stuffed rabbit's foot.

He got thrown out of the back of his car by a Dread.

He was somebody connected to NASA that was forced into working with the Decepticons.

He wrote a book about saving the world in ROTF.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by El Duque Jul 5, 2011

Rated X wrote:Saw it twice through my online sources. Great film. I will for sure be buying the original DVD to add to my collection when it comes out. But ROTF was just better because there was more robot characters with more screentime. Yeah they cut out the dry humor from ROTF (which Im glad) but they still had many pointless human scenes which would have made no difference to the story if they had been deleted.

A few unecessary scenes and concepts were:

1. Sam's Job interviews

2. The break up scene between Sam and Carly where she jumps in the Benz and hands Sam a wet towel. (or some unknown object)

3. The Russian underground mafia gun scene and conspiricy involving Sputnik photos before the crash.

4. Having Simmons in a wheelchair for the last 30 minutes of the film. I may have missed something, but exactly how and when did he get injured ???

5. When Laserbeak threw the chinese guy out the building. Who was he anyway ??? Was he connected to Carly's boss ???

6. The Bill O'Riley show. I personally hate the guy. Keep politics out of the movie.

7. And does anybody have any clue how Simmons got rich in the first place ??? Did he write a book or become a star after helping save the world in ROTF ???

Are you sure you watched DOTM? All of your questions were answered in the movie.

1. Somewhat agree

2. That was a rabbit's foot, that she tore off of the stuffed rabbit she gave to Sam for good luck at the beginning of the movie.

3. That scene played a key role in them discovering the overall plot regarding Sentinel and the pillars.

4. He got injured in the freeway chase scene involving the Dreads.

5. He was one of the Decepticons' human conspirators Laserbeak was dispatched to assassinate. He wasn't directly involved with Dylan, but he knew about the Decepticons' plans.

6. Somewhat agree, it was mainly to fill us in on what Simmons had been up to since the last movie.

7. Yes, he wrote a book about the Transformers on earth.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by fairplaythings Jul 5, 2011

Given how sh*tty a movie it was, there really is no accounting for the willingness of people to take lemons and swear they are getting lemonade.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by CrimsonPrime Jul 5, 2011

DOTM is great. Okay what I wanted to say is actually...Why does people still dont realize this yet? G1 = Good to the fans BUT sucky to the teenagers. Let's face that shall we? Okay stop calling them stupid. With the current line of animes,cartoons,movies,dramas and TV shows it only makes sense that they hate G1. G1 was like 6-8 years before they were born for crying out f**k -.-...Look I know G1 started it all kay...I know if there were no G1 there will be no live-action I get it...BUT !! NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT OKAY!? So stop fcking dissing you dumbass geeks -_-...

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by SlyTF1 Jul 5, 2011

CrimsonPrime wrote:DOTM is great. Okay what I wanted to say is actually...Why does people still dont realize this yet? G1 = Good to the fans BUT sucky to the teenagers. Let's face that shall we? Okay stop calling them stupid. With the current line of animes,cartoons,movies,dramas and TV shows it only makes sense that they hate G1. G1 was like 6-8 years before they were born for crying out f**k -.-...Look I know G1 started it all kay...I know if there were no G1 there will be no live-action I get it...BUT !! NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT OKAY!? So stop fcking dissing you dumbass geeks -_-...

I'm a teenager and I love G1. I was pissed that I missed the marathon yesterday.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by all_the_primes Jul 5, 2011

SlyTF1 wrote:
CrimsonPrime wrote:DOTM is great. Okay what I wanted to say is actually...Why does people still dont realize this yet? G1 = Good to the fans BUT sucky to the teenagers. Let's face that shall we? Okay stop calling them stupid. With the current line of animes,cartoons,movies,dramas and TV shows it only makes sense that they hate G1. G1 was like 6-8 years before they were born for crying out f**k -.-...Look I know G1 started it all kay...I know if there were no G1 there will be no live-action I get it...BUT !! NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT OKAY!? So stop fcking dissing you dumbass geeks -_-...

I'm a teenager and I love G1. I was pissed that I missed the marathon yesterday.

Same here, I'm a teen and I love G1 since 3rd grade!

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by Treetop Maximus Jul 5, 2011

Probably fell short because of the terribad reaction to RotF. I've got a friend who refuses to see DotM simply because he thought RotF sucked.

all_the_primes wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
CrimsonPrime wrote:DOTM is great. Okay what I wanted to say is actually...Why does people still dont realize this yet? G1 = Good to the fans BUT sucky to the teenagers. Let's face that shall we? Okay stop calling them stupid. With the current line of animes,cartoons,movies,dramas and TV shows it only makes sense that they hate G1. G1 was like 6-8 years before they were born for crying out f**k -.-...Look I know G1 started it all kay...I know if there were no G1 there will be no live-action I get it...BUT !! NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT OKAY!? So stop fcking dissing you dumbass geeks -_-...

I'm a teenager and I love G1. I was pissed that I missed the marathon yesterday.

Same here, I'm a teen and I love G1 since 3rd grade!

I'm nineteen and G1 is my favorite continuity. The original cartoon kicked so much ass. I'm a pretty big fan of the live action movies, but the '86 movie is still my favorite. Never could memorize the names of everyone in those G1 combiner teams, though.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by griftimus prime Jul 5, 2011

worst of the 3 movies

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by NigelTheFist Jul 5, 2011

tattood-transformer wrote:With those types of numbers it would be hard to image that Paramount and Hasbro arent already looking for a writer and director to reboot the series.

The reports indicate that DOTM is doing records for its release weekend, but is behind ROTF. When was ROTF released? Is there a better time for release than they have picked?
Here in Australia, I would guess the time is about optimum as most states are now on school holidays.
I'm keen to see any future development of the brand, but I think there is still lots of story to tell in this 'original Bay-verse' story that could draw from the rich history already established. Dino- bots, Target/power/head masters, Unicron, Galvatron, Less goofy combiner teams. They could find a crashed ship stuck in a volcano!, Beast wars.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by El Duque Jul 6, 2011

In addition to becoming the top weekend earner of 2011 and setting a new Independence Day opening record, Transformers Dark of the Moon is doing extremely well internationally. According to The Hollywood Reporter the film raked in $217 million through Sunday, making it Paramount's best international launch ever. The film also set all time opening box office records in seven international markets: Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Peru. This also make Transformers Dark of the Moon the number three global opening of all time.

While Transformers Dark of the Moon is still slightly (6%) behind Transformers Revenge of the Fallen's domestic opening it has exceeded the second film's international opening by 55%.

Transformers Dark of the Moon has earned nearly $400 million in it's global six-day debut.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (view post)

Comment by Treetop Maximus Jul 6, 2011

all_the_primes wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Decectiscourge45 wrote:
all_the_primes wrote:The way I figured out that it's going to be lower is because people missed Megan Fox.
Perverts. TRANSFORMERS IS ABOUT THE ROBOTS, DIMWITS, NOT WOMEN!

THIS.

THIS x2. The acting in this movie was way better than the first 2. You see what happens when you exterminate the one blight? Everything becomes better.

THIS x3
I asked a lot of people at my school why they would not see it and its because of Fox. to me this movie had the perfect balance of humans and TFs. better than the first and ROTF combined.

People at school said "did you know Megan Fox is out, I'm not watching DOTM because of that crap". PPFFT. People at school even said, "the old transformers is gay, new one is better 'cause of it's live-action". BULLCRAP! I can't force them change their minds, but hey, it's personal preference.

Close-minded f***wits.

Click here to view additional comments about this topic ...

Charge Our Energon Reserves. Join the Seibertron Elite.

Support SEIBERTRON™