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'Transformers' on top with $201.2 mil - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
'Transformers' on top with $201.2 mil - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
Pic scores best five-day haul after 'Dark Knight' Aside from its whopping five-day domestic tally -- the second highest of all time -- Paramount's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" broke records in several countries overseas, leading to a massive $387.3 million worldwide through Sunday, one ...
Box Office: 'Transformers 2' earns $201 million its first five days
Box Office: 'Transformers 2' earns $201 million its first five days
hollywoodinsider.ew.com — Michael Jackson's death may have overshadowed Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the top entertainment story of the weekend but it didn't hamper its box-office performance. After opening to an astounding $60.6 million on Wednesday, the PG-13 rated ... Box Office: 'Transformers 2' earns $201 million its ...
Can Michael Bay Be Convinced To Fast Track a Transformers 3?
Can Michael Bay Be Convinced To Fast Track a Transformers 3?
slashfilm.com — After Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ’s monstrous 5-day domestic box office take of $201.2 million, Dreamworks/Paramount is going to want to fast track a third film into production and strike while the iron is hot. But will Bay hold ... Can Michael Bay Be Convinced To Fast Track a Transformers 3?
'Transformers' on top with $201.2 mil
variety.com — Front Page: Pic scores best five-day haul after 'Dark Knight' -- Paramount's sequel "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" grossed an estimated $201.2 million from 4,234 theaters at the domestic box office to score the best five-day haul ever after ... 'Transformers' on top with $201.2 mil
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Transformers 2 First Five Days: $387.3 Worldwide
Transformers Live Action Movie Blog — The weekend isn't over but the number crunchers of box office statistics have released the total for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen worldwide haul as $387.3 million dollars. In the US alone the movie took in $201.2 million just a few million short of The Dark Knights $203.8 million which is the current record holder for most successful five-day and three-day opening. Internationally the movie raked in a five day total of $186.1 million. IMAX's sales for the five days were $14.4 million. All these values are still estimates with final numbers expected tomorrow. ...

Extra, Extra
Gothamist — ... across several of the Manhattan-bound lanes of the bridge Friday night" and "T-boned the 2004 Dodge pickup truck at 7:50 p.m." Some of the city's valedictorians are optimistic about the future; one told the NY Times, "It’s not like we’ll be in recession for the rest of our lives, until we die." Heads up: The taxi driving into the river from the South Street Seaport is just driving into the river for a movie. Transformers 2 has earned over $200 million in five days, proving that moviegoers love cars that turn into robots ...

Weekend Box Office: Big Robots, Big Explosions, Big Money
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — Despite a long running time, Transformers still squeezed in enough showings to make buckets of money.  The question this week is not who, but how much. So the numbers. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $112,000,000 Proposal, The $18,466,000 Hangover, The $17,215,000 Up $13,046,000 My Sister’s Keeper $12,030,000 The $112 million is just for the traditional three day weekend; in the five days since its Wednesday opening, “Transformers: ROTF” has earned $201.1 million. That puts the sequel into second place for the best five day opening, trailing ...

BOX OFFICE REPORT: ‘Transformers’ on top with $387.3 Million Worldwide
3XGP.COM is all about MUSIC-FASHION-SPORTS-GOSSIP - Updated Daily — Pic scores best five-day haul after ‘Dark Knight’ Aside from its whopping five-day domestic tally — the second highest of all time — Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” broke records in several countries overseas, leading to a massive $387.3 million worldwide through Sunday, one of the best global launches ever. The five-day opening gross of $201.2 million from 4,234 theaters domestically easily eclipsed the $152.4 million earned by “Spider-Man 2,” which previously held the five-day record for a ...

Monday Box Office - "Transformers 2"
Showbizcafe — ... the entire Par family is "proud to be behind him, and we look forward to our collaboration with him in the future." "Transformers 3" is tentatively slotted to open July 1, 2011. In the meantime, "Revenge of the Fallen" is expected to remain a sizable B.O. force in the coming days, looming over such new fare as 20th Century Fox's 3-D toon "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," which opens Wednesday. Also opening Wednesday is Universal's Johnny Depp gangster pic "Public Enemies." Source: Variety.com

Transformers Comes So Close To Taking Record... [Transformers]
io9 — ...But not close enough. Surprising many - and frustrating Paramount executives, no doubt - Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is now expected to fall just short of the five-day box office record set by last year's The Dark Knight. Box office estimates late Sunday gave Transformers $201.2 million for the five day opening weekend, which isn't enough to beat The Dark Knight's $203.8 million, but enough to make it the second highest 5-day opening in US box office history, and the second film ever to break the $200 million mark in such a short amount of time. Already the third most successful film ...

Transformers Has a Massive Opening Weekend
BuzzSugar — Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earned a five-day opening gross of $201.2 million, easily taking the top spot at the weekend's box office. The sequel nearly beat the best five-day opening of all time, The Dark Knight, which earned $203.8 million. Second place went to The ...

Who's Laughing Last? 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' Has Already Grossed $387 Million Worldwide
:: The Playlist :: — Apparently dumb and dumber does pay off. Umm, laugh all you want at Michael Bay and take apart the incomprehensible mess that is "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen," the film has already grossed $387 million worldwide making it the second highest grossing film around the world in 2009 ("Angels & Demons" is still #1 for now) and number three in the U.S., behind "Up" and "Star Trek," (these numbers soon to be bested in a few short weeks no doubt). "Transformers 2"scored $201.2 million in five days domestically and almost matched the best five-day ...

Is Michael Bay Going to Skip Out on Transformers 3?
Vulture — ... Despite being savaged by nearly every writer on the face of the Earth, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed $201.2 million domestically and $387.3 globally in its first five days of release, thus proving that the combination of Michael Bay, enormous robots, and Megan Fox's cleavage are entirely criticproof. Another sequel has been announced for June of 2011, but at the moment it is unclear whether or not Bay and his screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will be available to make the third picture in the series. Surely to the dismay of Trekkies everywhere, ...

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