Transformers Opens at Number 2 at the U.K. Box Office

the simpsons movie wasnt even that funny, it would have been funnier to sit & watch 2hours of the tv series. Ah well, better than nowt lol ^_^

not surprised. if its got the backing that it got in ireland then it got feck all coverage by the media which seems to be obsessed by the simpsons, which is crap by the way. ok the first 35 min or so are funny but it goes way downhill after that and doesnt justtify the overload thats been heaped on it in the cinema reviews sections. no one in the media seem to get transformers and as such have pretty much ignored it

i reckon transformers will be an exapmle of a movie taking the top slot AFTER its been released. once word of mouth about the simpsons gets around que the best film of the summer to take the top spot. mainly because everyone thats seen transformers comes out thinking "i cant belive if fucking saw that. how the hell did they do those things?"
seriously. what transformers has going for it is repeat viewing. your just not going to see something like it again this year whereas the simpsons can be seen every day on sky for hours on end.

Probably because the Simpsons has been a household name since it's first episode.

As much as I hate to admit it, Simpsons IS the more popular franchise, and has been for almost 20 years now.

Also the press have been bias towards the simpsons, while I doubt the Simpsons broke new ground with plot development deep story, it got good reviews. While Transformers in men magazines got good reviews but in general media, got poor reviews. It really annoyed me especially when everyone that I seen it really enjoyed the movie and the women who watched it liked it to.

Well $500 million is not a bad figure considering the cost of the movie. hopefully the film will make more through the summer holdiays im hoping fro transformers to break the $600 million (worldwide) mark doubt it will break the $700. Also Transformers seems to be one of the few films with no sequels heading into the top 20 worldwide receipting movies.

And all that with a lot of negative press, well done. I wanna say good job Michael Bay, you revived my childhood!!!!!

Wow that's good to hear. Around $500 mil now, hopefully that does more than just guaranty a sequel.

Havent seen the Simpsons movie yet, But its good that the TF movie is getting some UK popularity

Also, comparing the current box office gross, $17m (+ $6m from previews), we have already done better than Australia and are pretty much half way to South Korea's total. See Paramount and Hasbro, there is a fan base in the UK. Now stop delaying everything!