Weekend Box Office Report: America Loves ‘Transformers’*

Monday, July 4 by Joseph Gibson

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Independence Day Weekend is a great time for barbecue, fireworks, and going to the movies. And this year, enough people worldwide went to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon to make it the third-best worldwide opening of all time, grossing a transformative (sorry) $372 million.

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Now, for the bad news: Here in the US of A, Transformers: Dark of the Moon actually grossed less than its predecessor, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – it fell short of the earlier film’s $108 million gross by more than $10 million. Still, don’t feel too bad for Michael Bay and company – the third Transformers is still expected to break the Independence Day weekend record held by Spider-Man 2 by the time all the numbers for today roll in, recycled footage be damned. God bless America.

Uh, apparently there was another movie that opened this weekend too. It’s called Larry Crowne, a romantic comedy directed by up-and-comer Tom Hanks, who’s probably going to have a little trouble getting work after its paltry $14 million-dollar opening weekend. Maybe next time, kid. (The Playlist)

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July 4, 2011 9:28 am

whatafy

Everybody loves Transformers 3. Michael Bay did a great job.

Technologically, “Dark Of The Moon” is Bay’s best work so far – and action fans looking to be awed by scenes of massive mayhem and destruction in 3D should be satisfied. Story-wise, this one is better than “Revenge Of The Fallen”, but not as fun and emotionally-connecting as the first.
July 4, 2011 9:28 am

Myballsitch

I’m looking forward to this movie..all of them have been well worth paying the $$.
Larry Crowne = Fail!…lol…cant stand those two idiots anyhow.