Transformers Movie Makes 38 Million in First 2 Days!

we find out how much it
makes come this monday me i love
it like ice cream

Great numbers there! The sequels are a lock.

I just hope the sequels are as much fun as this one, with one major change.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Well, beyond "This is so and so."

I agree with Autobot032, while the whole movie experience was stellar, the sequel could do with a bit more character development and overall more depth now that the introductory story is out of the way.

I wish the movie all the best though! It deserves to be a major success.

i have a feelin people are overreacting the first time, the sequal probarly wont have any better records

The DVD sales will be even more over whelming!

Not too shabby.

I am going in a few hours!

11AM matinee, here I come!

Autobots, transform, and roll the f*** out!!!

Is that in real money or dollars?

& the funny part about those numbers is that Transformers cost about half as much to make as those movies that had bigger openings than it did.

Autobot032 wrote:I just hope the sequels are as much fun as this one, with one major change.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Well, beyond "This is so and so."

I agree but for there to be sequels there are still alot of people out there that dont know that much about transformers

Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:& the funny part about those numbers is that Transformers cost about half as much to make as those movies that had bigger openings than it did.

So true... And I think that Transformers will easily overtake Spidey 1 and Pirates 1 in biggest weekend. Which will result (IMO) in even bigger records for the sequels.

Of course the sequels will get more expensive as well...

Some interesting links regarding productioncosts and box office records:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/

The lack of screen time for the decepticons was a critical flaw IMO. I find it forgivable thanks to the tie-in stuff that have this covered somewhat but I consider it to be something that must be an essential in a potential sequel.

Why bother having a great character like Starscream if he's only going to get like one line and shoot some guys down? Better off just to make him Skywarp

for the sequel to be good, get the robots more in it. yes, you can still have sam and mikaela as they are the main humans, but stick to the robots for the main part. that's what we are all there to see.

as for that money thing. well, that seems pretty damn good for just its second day.

This movie really deserves to make a sh*t load of cash...

it would be a dream come true to have it beat Titanic... I know it won't (mainly because the over 50 crowd won't go see Transformers), but I can dream...

Awesome movie but by the end the camera was shaking so much I couldn't make out the robots at all.

Whoah.

I find it so hard to beleive they couldn't have Starscream mocking the humans as he was shooting them out of the sky, or talking trash to Ironhide and Ratchet. Just one," IF Megatron Falls I shall lead," line would have made my smile that much bigger. Plus I really think the Bonecrusher fight should have been longer and Blackout shouldn't have been punked out like that. And one last bitching, Prime and Megs, as F'n unbeleivable as their fight was, it got much less screen time then it should have, but that might also be just a fanboy wanting to see an entire fifteen minute segment of them throwing down. All in all though, the critics can suck it because it was the best movie of the summer!

Algus wrote:The lack of screen time for the decepticons was a critical flaw IMO. I find it forgivable thanks to the tie-in stuff that have this covered somewhat but I consider it to be something that must be an essential in a potential sequel.

Why bother having a great character like Starscream if he's only going to get like one line and shoot some guys down? Better off just to make him Skywarp

I agree completely. How to get the kiddies hooked on a wickedly awsome character like Starscream if they can't get a full idea of who Starscream is? There just wasn't enough time for the major 'cons, having them plunked into the action at the end like that.

That said--nice to hear the film is getting great in-theater support! Much as I hate paying eight bucks to see movies, I admit this was absolutely worth it.

Damn thats a good amiunt. I knew it would make alot. The thing is.... I got in for free and i get to see it again for free. I love movie passes. I may have to see it a 3rd time just so they can get some money from me. Because we all know a good amount of whats made will go towards TF2. And the're gonna need a shitload of cashy money for that.

wow great news cant wait to get my hand on it

yes. .according to the program i have at my theater that tracks how much is made from where and when and all of that for all movies in the U.S.. tuesday it made..30,728 and on monday the 8.1

it is at it is on 4,011 screens..

not bad at all... for the first 2 days.. esp since not many knew about monday night,

yes. .according to the program i have at my theater that tracks how much is made from where and when and all of that for all movies in the U.S.. tuesday it made..30,728 and on monday the 8.1

it is at it is on 4,011 screens..

not bad at all... for the first 2 days.. esp since not many knew about monday night,

And that number is just gonna keep rising!

However, with a Monday opening, would all this be counted as opening weekend gross? I know they can get away by opening a day or two early, but this is nearly a full weak.

I'd like to see how it turns out, plus I know I have alot of groups of friends that each want to see it again with me as a walk through, and believe me when I tell you before this film they couldn't care less about TFs, but this film has alot of people from all walks excited, and thats a great thing!

usualy, like with id4 that opend tueday night before july 4th, it counts toward the holiday weekend gross.. i can break it all up for everyone on sunday as to each day and how much was made and such... even if u take the 8 million on monday away, it stil ldid a little over 30, 000 on tuesday

Liege Evilmus wrote:And that number is just gonna keep rising!

However, with a Monday opening, would all this be counted as opening weekend gross? I know they can get away by opening a day or two early, but this is nearly a full weak.

I'd like to see how it turns out, plus I know I have alot of groups of friends that each want to see it again with me as a walk through, and believe me when I tell you before this film they couldn't care less about TFs, but this film has alot of people from all walks excited, and thats a great thing!

Weekend gross only includes what was earned on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The days before will become part of it's cumulative gross for the opening week.

I am stupid and very sorry..a poster pointed out that the numbers i had could not be right.. well i checked it again and looked at the program and found out he is right, i didn't realize you devided the number by location so the number was totaly off, thats my fault for not knowing the program well enough.. i am sorry.. as of right now through 9pm it is at 17,142,608 through the 9pm shows, but some of the ones havn't come in yet from the west coast.. so it will probubly hit 18,000,000...

i am sorry again for the wrong numbers will post the accurate ones from now on.

trunks6728 wrote:as of right now 1:55 est... it has made 5,400,000 so far today for the 10 and 11 oclock shows.. thats pretty good... i will update tonight if anyone wants to know the full report on how much.... that was 2,300,00 at the 10 oclcok am movie and 3,000,000 at the 11 am..

nice

I would definitely like to know.

C'mon TransFormers, knock Spider-Man 3 out of #1, the movie was horrible to even be in the Top 5 Box Office Records.

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trunks6728 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:

trunks6728 wrote:as of right now 1:55 est... it has made 5,400,000 so far today for the 10 and 11 oclock shows.. thats pretty good... i will update tonight if anyone wants to know the full report on how much.... that was 2,300,00 at the 10 oclcok am movie and 3,000,000 at the 11 am..

nice

I would definitely like to know.

Thats fine.. i will update it again around 3pm and then around 5 and 8 and then one for the final around 1030pm est as i am on the east coast..

i will also like i said be able to give the first week and opening weekend for you.........

Most excellent. Nice having someone with a direct link to the figures instead of having to wait for Yahoo to give their rounded numbers.

i am a dumb ass

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[quote="TheMuffinMost excellent. Nice having someone with a direct link to the figures instead of having to wait for Yahoo to give their rounded numbers.[/quote]

speaking of which: http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/2007 ... 75900.html

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38 mil? Not bad for a Monday and Tuesday....or is that Tuesday/Wednesday? Can't be. Wednesday isn't over... ?

I'm confused.

Either way, 38 mil for 1 and a half days isn't bad, still, I'd hoped this movie would be tops for the year. It's certainly ambitious enough, and IMO good enough.

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trunks6728 wrote:Alright, here is the breakdown by hour of how much transformers has done so far today....

10am - shows - 2,418,112

11am shows - 3,541,817

12pm shows - 4,882,392

1pm shows - 6,659,688

2pm shows - 7,800,173

3pm shows - 8,994,755

so far 34,296,937


add that to the 38 million it did yesterday and monday

so far it has made - 72, 296,937 give or take a hundred

Holy Hell! It's gonna break 100 million by the end of today!

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HELL YEAH! So much for it tanking, right

primes sword is cool huh and yeah, give it time, the main thing about spiderman and pirateswas a month later, no one really cared.. transformers in think will be different as people want to watch it again and just wait.. i see it overtaking one of the big two as to staying power and numbers..

we shall see

My feeling on this is that is a typical fan reaction. Our fan base has a long hystery at getting all excited with knee jerk reaction the instant something new comes out or is announced. This is no different, and with as large of a fan base that Transformers has, I expected the totals to do well the first several days.

But once the exitment and the new "smell" (for lack of a better metaphor) wears off and people settle down, I'm willing to predict one of the biggest drop off's we've ever seen at the theatre. Especially with Harry Potter being so popular and comming out Wednesday.

The bottom line is once the newness wears off, so will the excitment and people will start to reflect more clearly on what it is.

maybe so , maybe not, we will see, it will make it's money back and then some by the end of the weekend and that will be enough to defintly show the staying power of transformers, but i don't see harry potter taking that much buisness away, maybe some next weekend but not alot then the next week, transformers will pick up.. harry potter was good but it wasn't that good..

Hot_Rod wrote:My feeling on this is that is a typical fan reaction. Our fan base has a long hystery at getting all excited with knee jerk reaction the instant something new comes out or is announced. This is no different, and with as large of a fan base that Transformers has, I expected the totals to do well the first several days.

But once the exitment and the new "smell" (for lack of a better metaphor) wears off and people settle down, I'm willing to predict one of the biggest drop off's we've ever seen at the theatre. Especially with Harry Potter being so popular and comming out Wednesday.

The bottom line is once the newness wears off, so will the excitment and people will start to reflect more clearly on what it is.

Geezz!!! Arent we just a big ol' party pooper. Give us all a moment to enjoy this before the predictions of crash and burn.

Happy faces today, no sour pusses.

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i read a review in the boston herald that gave it a c+. WELL C+ THAT HERALD. 38 MILLION. VICTORY UP THE ASS BABY.

Do I expect it to make more than Spider-Man? No.

Do I expect it to make more than it was originally thought? Oh yes.

This is a classic example of a summer, fun blockbuster.

This is why it works and will make back what it cost and then some.

I watched one Harry Potter movie, deepness and whatnot, and it friggin' bored me 'til I fell asleep. I tried another one and couldn't even make it past the first 30 minutes, I fell asleep.

Deep's great and all, but sometimes it just isn't necessary. Can't people just have fun for once? Damn.

Calenatarion wrote:I'm curious how good the movie will be sold here in the Netherlands.. Today's the first day at the cinema's and I'm going. But at Breda the tickets weren't sold our yet last Sunday.

Not true i saw the movie on 30th of june special viewing in Groningen Netherlands. Movie started at midnight so offical i saw it 1e of july.

Great to see the movie is doing well!!

i am a huge lord of the rings fan - and loved id4.. and i really like harry potter and think they are good movies, but they are kinda boring and once u seen them a time or two, unless someone you are dating or friends with has not seen it, they usualy dont' watch them again. i love long movies, king arthur, kingdom of heaven, etc.. but most of those were action and good to watch over and over again.. though it is only 2 hours and 20 minutes and i thought it was good for the fifth movie.

Transformers will have staying power... There is nothign wrong with not having to think deep to watch a movie and just sit back and enjoy the show.. thats what movies are for... i still think it is going to come close to spiderman or pirates if not beating one of them.. maybe i am a optimist.. ohh welll.....

trunks6728 wrote:Updated- all times are in through 4pm in the entire U.S

10am - shows - 2,418,112

11am shows - 3,548562

12pm shows - 4,4893,920

1pm shows - 6,715,808

2pm shows - 8,042,452

3pm shows - 9,439,219

4pm show - 10,919,523 (this number might go up a little as it is only 4:26 on the west coast


and add that to the 38 million for monday and tuesday

Holy.... $10 million at 4pm alone? Wow and we still have 5 hours left to go!

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