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

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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.

Credit(s): Box Office Mojo, The Hollywood Reporter

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Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1252869)
Posted by Solrac333 on July 5th, 2011 @ 1:22am CDT

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 (1252872)
Posted by st.ranger on July 5th, 2011 @ 1:36am CDT

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 (1252878)
Posted by all_the_primes on July 5th, 2011 @ 1:44am CDT

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 (1252893)
Posted by NigelTheFist on July 5th, 2011 @ 2:09am CDT

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 (1252906)
Posted by PeterJones on July 5th, 2011 @ 3:03am CDT

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:

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1252993)
Posted by tattood-transformer on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:06am CDT

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 (1253007)
Posted by Rated X on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:38am CDT

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 (1253010)
Posted by prowl123 on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:47am CDT

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 (1253012)
Posted by zko on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:53am CDT

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 (1253015)
Posted by prowl123 on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:56am CDT

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 (1253016)
Posted by El Duque on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:59am CDT

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 (1253017)
Posted by fairplaythings on July 5th, 2011 @ 10:03am CDT

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 (1253025)
Posted by CrimsonPrime on July 5th, 2011 @ 10:21am CDT

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 (1253038)
Posted by SlyTF1 on July 5th, 2011 @ 10:33am CDT

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 (1253109)
Posted by all_the_primes on July 5th, 2011 @ 12:44pm CDT

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 (1253111)
Posted by Treetop Maximus on July 5th, 2011 @ 12:47pm CDT

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 (1253183)
Posted by griftimus prime on July 5th, 2011 @ 3:45pm CDT

worst of the 3 movies

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1253247)
Posted by NigelTheFist on July 5th, 2011 @ 6:03pm CDT

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 (1253451)
Posted by El Duque on July 6th, 2011 @ 12:21am CDT

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 (1253483)
Posted by Treetop Maximus on July 6th, 2011 @ 2:54am CDT

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.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1253545)
Posted by starscreamreturns on July 6th, 2011 @ 7:18am CDT

I thought this movie was Amazing it had some minor things like....
Megatron didn't do much,sam owns mikealas dog?,i saw skids and mudflaps vehicles and they over killed starscream.
This is good news because this movie was awesome

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1253568)
Posted by FullMetalGeth on July 6th, 2011 @ 8:04am CDT

Overall I thought that the movie was AWSOME.

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!

Ditto.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1253615)
Posted by Cyberion on July 6th, 2011 @ 10:16am CDT

Megan Fox is indeed Foxy, but once I saw who had replaced her, I didn't miss her. Rosey handled herself very well, I think. I like DOTM better than ROTF, but all three movies were good, to me. It's great to see this movie rule the box office, but it really didn't have any real competition

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1254704)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on July 7th, 2011 @ 10:45pm CDT

Transformers: Dark of the Moon continues to break records and drain wallets. Financial analysis site The Motley Fool is reporting that Michael Bay's third live action movie, and the first filmed specifically for IMAX 3D has made a massive impact in that niche.

The Motley Fool wrote:IMAX showings generated $23.1 million in global ticket sales over the holiday weekend, ringing up $14 million domestically through 146 screens and an additional $9.1 million on 105 international locations.

This comes just over a week after the film's record breaking holiday launch and impressive global earnings.

Seibertron.com is your ultimate Dark of the Moon resource!

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261366)
Posted by El Duque on July 18th, 2011 @ 11:15am CDT

It was bound to happen, but Transformers Dark of the Moon was usurped as king of the box office by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2. If nothing else our beloved Transformers were taken down by a worthy adversary, considering the latest and final installment in the Potter franchise earned $168.55 million and smashed several box office records including highest-grossing opening weekend ever.

But enough about the wizard, we've got our own impressive numbers to talk about! Transformers Dark of the Moon raked in another $21.5 million over the weekend, and became the first film of 2011 to cross the $300 million mark. After only 19 days Transformers Dark of the Moon has earned $302.8 million domestically and $460 million in foreign markets for a total of $762.8 million.

Domestic: $302,800,000 39.7%
+ Foreign: $460,000,000 60.3%
= Worldwide: $762,800,000

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261375)
Posted by Cyberion on July 18th, 2011 @ 11:23am CDT

Wow. It's bound to crack a billion. The studio must be bonkers over the revenue. By the way, wasn't it supposed to be the last Hairy Potter movie a couple of movies back?

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261378)
Posted by El Duque on July 18th, 2011 @ 11:27am CDT

Cyber_Tek wrote:Wow. It's bound to crack a billion. The studio must be bonkers over the revenue. By the way, wasn't it supposed to be the last Hairy Potter movie a couple of movies back?

No, I'm fairly certain they had always intended on turning all the books into movies, and the Deathly Hallows was the last book, though they did divide it into two films.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261384)
Posted by Cyberion on July 18th, 2011 @ 11:38am CDT

Oh. Well that explains it. I haven't gone to see any of the Hairy Potter movies past the first. SHRUG.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261398)
Posted by El Duque on July 18th, 2011 @ 11:50am CDT

Cyber_Tek wrote:Oh. Well that explains it. I haven't gone to see any of the Hairy Potter movies past the first. SHRUG.

They're good films, and I would have probably went to watch this weekend along with everyone else had I not missed a couple of the previous Potter films. I borrowed all of them on blu-ray from my in-laws to watch over the week so I can see it this weekend.

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Posted by prowl123 on July 18th, 2011 @ 4:10pm CDT

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.

THERE WAS A MARATHON?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Shit.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261642)
Posted by outerglow on July 18th, 2011 @ 5:15pm CDT

cmon folks!! almost 200ML more and we've got the Billion Dollar record!!!

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1261666)
Posted by SlyTF1 on July 18th, 2011 @ 5:43pm CDT

Just as I suspected. There is no justice in the world. I said that if Harry Potter makes anywhere near as close as much money that DOTM made; there's no justice in the world. I was right. We roam the earth like it's ours and never pay for our crimes, not in the least.

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Posted by Cyberion on July 18th, 2011 @ 5:44pm CDT

The only G1 problem I have is my used G1 Prime's hands being so loose that they fall out of the sockets. Other than that, I'm happy with the cartoons, movies, comics, whatever. It isn't a "versus" thing for me. The movie is going to crack a billion. I'm with all of it.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1266408)
Posted by El Duque on July 25th, 2011 @ 9:26pm CDT

Transformers Dark of the Moon continues it's record setting run! Take a look at the latest press release issued by Paramount Pictures regarding the film's launch in China.

Current stats courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

Domestic: $325,841,185 36.9%
+ Foreign: $556,600,000 63.1%
= Worldwide: $882,441,185

Paramount Pictures' Transformers: Dark of the Moon Posts IMAX Launch Record in China for a U.S. Movie

July 25, 2011 8:16 PM ET

LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX), and Paramount Pictures announced today that Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the highly anticipated third film in the blockbuster Transformers franchise, surged to an IMAX opening launch record for a U.S. movie in The People's Republic of China, garnering approximately $3.7 million on 31 screens over the four-day opening, for a per-screen average of $120,000. This represents IMAX's widest release in China to date, and surpasses the previous IMAX opening weekend record of $97,400 per screen for Avatar.

Since its launch on June 29, Transformers: Dark of the Moon has grossed $45.5 million globally in IMAX® theatres, surpassing the $44 million of gross box office generated by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:The IMAX Experience. The film will open in Japan this coming weekend. Globally, the film has generated total box office of $882 million to date.

"We're extremely pleased with such record results for an IMAX DMR film in China," said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. "Chinese audiences are clearly seeking out The IMAX Experience® through U.S. blockbusters and numbers like these illustrate why China presents an exciting – and growing – opportunity for IMAX. By year-end, we anticipate having 85 theatres operating in Greater China, more than double the 40 theatres we had open at the end of 2010."

"These fantastic box office results are a testament to all of our great partners in China," said Greg Foster, IMAX Chairman and President of Filmed Entertainment. "In addition, Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures have delivered a fan favorite and moviegoers around the world continue to come out in force to see this latest installment of the Transformers franchise in IMAX."

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology for presentation in IMAX 3D. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique immersive environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.

About Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. When a mysterious event from Earth's past erupts into the present day it threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transformers alone will not be able to save us.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the third film in the Transformers franchise and the first shot in 3D. It is directed by Michael Bay, written by Ehren Kruger and produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. The executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. The film has been rated PG-13.

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Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1266429)
Posted by Starscream GaGa on July 25th, 2011 @ 10:14pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:Just as I suspected. There is no justice in the world. I said that if Harry Potter makes anywhere near as close as much money that DOTM made; there's no justice in the world. I was right. We roam the earth like it's ours and never pay for our crimes, not in the least.

What are you talking about? You didn't honestly believe the finale of an eight-movie-long genre defining epic that mostly everyone around the age of 20 have grown up with would ever lose to a Michael Bay action flick? Did you?

I can never tell if you're joking or not...

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1266434)
Posted by Cyberion on July 25th, 2011 @ 10:19pm CDT

He's probably joking. After the first Potter movie, I bailed. Haven't seen any others since and am not going to see this one. Just not interested. SHRUG.

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1266458)
Posted by SlyTF1 on July 25th, 2011 @ 11:22pm CDT

Starscream GaGa wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:Just as I suspected. There is no justice in the world. I said that if Harry Potter makes anywhere near as close as much money that DOTM made; there's no justice in the world. I was right. We roam the earth like it's ours and never pay for our crimes, not in the least.

What are you talking about? You didn't honestly believe the finale of an eight-movie-long genre defining epic that mostly everyone around the age of 20 have grown up with would ever lose to a Michael Bay action flick? Did you?

I can never tell if you're joking or not...

No, I wasn't joking. But look at DOTM now! HAHA!!!

Re: Transformers DOTM Weekend Box Office Totals: New Independence Day Weekend Gross Record, Also Setting Records in Hong Kong (1266656)
Posted by Overloaded on July 26th, 2011 @ 11:16am CDT

prowl123 wrote: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.

They may not reboot just carry on with Megatron`s remains or dust drifting off into the air then space and becoming Galvatron he then he creates the sweeps. Soundblaster and maybe the Stunticons and Combaticons