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$60.6 million for Transformers 2.

Posted by David (aka David) Jun 25 '09, 09:21

'Transformers' bows to $60.6 million
Sequel breaks Wednesday opening day record
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
'Transformers 2'

The pic, co-starring Megan Fox, did well in midnight showings.
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Grossing $60.6 million, Paramount�s sequel �Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen� easily scored the best opening day ever for a Wednesday release at the domestic box office, according to preliminary estimates.

Previous record-holder was �Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,� which grossed $44.2 million when opening on a Wednesday in July 2007.

�Transformer 2�s� opening day haul also is the second best of all time after �The Dark Knight,� which grossed $67.2 million on its first day in release (a Friday).

�Transformers 2,� playing in more than 4,200 runs, has a strong shot at eclipsing the $152.4 million earned by �Spider-Man 2� in its first five days. That film opened on the same Wednesday in 2004.

�Transformers 2�s� opening day gross included $16 million in midnight runs, the best run ever for a film released on a Wednesday. And it�s the third-best of all time after �The Dark Knight� ($18.5 million) and �Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith� ($16.9 million).

Directed by Michael Bay, �Transformers 2�s� total theater count includes 169 Imax runs. Imax midnight shows earned a record $1 million.

�Transformers 2� also is cleaning up overseas, where it�s now playing in virtually every major territory, save for Italy and India.

On Wednesday, film saw boffo opening numbers in both Australia and Korea, two key markets for the franchise. Grosses in each territory exceeded the performance of the original �Transformers.�

�Revenge of the Fallen� got off to a sizzling start in the U.K. and Japan, where it opened early over the weekend. Pic grossed $19.6 million from 833 runs to top the international B.O. chart for the weekend.

In Blighty, pic grossed north of $14 million from 517 locations to come within 3% of the opening of �The Dark Knight� last summer. Sequel outperformed the original �Transformers� by 71% and �Spider-Man 2� by 18%.

Action remains a gigantic draw overseas, evidenced by the turnout for the first �Transformers.� That film earned $51 million in South Korea alone, followed by $47.5 million in the U.K.

Like the domestic box office, the international B.O. is primed for a big-budget action tentpole.

Overseas, the highest-grossing summer actioner to date is �Terminator Salvation� ($196.5 million).

Last summer a number of Hollywood event pics logged boffo biz. This summer has been sluggish in comparison. Four films last year jumped the $300 million mark, led by �Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull� ($401.3 million), �Dark Knight� ($375.1 million) and �Hancock� ($326.2 million).

Domestically, estimates have �Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen� grossing $150 million-$170 million over its five-day debut.

Responses:

*gets a bit nervous* -- nm - JaxSean's Portfolio Holding TFORM2 Short Jun 25, 09:46 6
- I did not waiver, despite a massive urge to do so. - groiny Jun 25, 09:49 4
  - I went short only cuz I expect it to have no legs at all. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 09:53 3
    - I went short...It will be a great short once it adjusts - amoxy Jun 25, 09:55 2
      - Me too, I figure they're going to over-estimate too. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 09:59
      - Who knows exactly. Every dollar yesterday only counts as 1 in HSX terms. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 09:57
- Look on the birght side: even if it's a massive long, your port is likely gone forever so you'll never take the hit! - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:47
I think the fun will be watching how quickly the legs collapse. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 09:42 2
- Yeah, collapse INTO A FREAKING CAR!! NM - Dignan Jun 25, 09:44 1
  - hee! -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:46
"In Blighty, pic grossed north" - what, does Lewis Carrol right for them? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:33 2
- I'm assuming it's from variety, which means they have to include a few asinine name changes and substitutions. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 09:38 1
  - Oh, I knew, I just constantly make fun of Variety jargon. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:39
I'm still confused how the UK box office of $14m is 71% higher than $17.6m -- (link) - LMS Jun 25, 09:32 2
- My expectation would be that they're talking about day vs. day since the "weekend total" can get a bit fuzzy in the UK. -- nm - David Jun 25, 09:35 1
  - "The 37-day weekend total is $35 million." -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 09:36
Wow-ee. I still think it gets a big drop, but maybe the sellouts will help push some of the business to today and the weekend. - Jelly Jun 25, 09:25 3
- fwiw (which isn't much) I was near two theatres earlier in the day (it's thursday night here), and the evening shows were all sold out. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 09:29
- Unless you've shorted it :) -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:27 1
  - Heh, true. :) I thought about it, too. -- nm - Jelly Jun 25, 09:29
"Those aren't ideas, those are special effects!!" -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:23

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