It has been awhile since reported the box office results in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen but with Labor Day in the United States marking unofficial end of the Summer movie season it seemed like a good time to revisit the topic.
At this point the movie has left most theatres worldwide, moving to the discount theatres before the movie is released on DVD and Blu-ray in October but that didn't stop it from crossing a new threshold after this weekend. In its 75th day of release, the movie is now only the 9th movie to pass the $400 movie mark in the United States with a $400.4 million total. With an international total of $428.6M this brings the movies worldwide take to $829.0 million, an impressive amount for any movie but exceptional for the first sequel of a franchise.
With these totals, the movie is officially a lock as the top movie of the year in the United States followed by Harry Potter 6 ($294.3M), Up ($289.6M), The Hangover ($270.2M), and Star Trek ($256.7M) to round out the top five. The order shuffles a bit once you include worldwide totals with Harry Potter 6 ($898.6M) taking the top spot followed by Transformers 2 ($829.0M), Ice Age 3 ($807.8M), Angels and Demons ($484.4M) and The Hangover ($421.1M). What this proves to me is that how a movie is received by international audiences is key to a movie's financial success, something that wasn't the case even a few years ago.
Box Office Totals (in millions)
Date US Intl Worldwide
6/19-6/23 $0.0 $24.1 $24.1
6/24-6/28 $200.2 $166.2 $366.4
6/29-7/02 $50.9 $52.7 $103.6
7/03-7/05 $42.3 $55.0 $97.3
7/06-7/09 $21.6 $35.1 $56.7
7/10-7/12 $24.2 $31.4 $55.6
7/13-7/16 $10.9 $18.6 $29.5
7/17-7/19 $13.7 $13.5 $27.2
7/20-7/23 $7.3 $7.7 $15.0
7/24-7/26 $8.1 $6.3 $14.4
7/27-7/30 $4.3 $5.6 $9.9
7/31-8/02 $4.7 $3.8 $8.5
8/03-8/06 $2.5 $1.5 $4.0
8/07-8/09 $3.0 $1.9 $4.9
8/10-8/13 $1.5 $1.3 $2.8
8/14-8/16 $1.5 $0.8 $2.3
8/17-8/20 $0.8 $0.5 $1.3
8/21-8/23 $0.9 $0.3 $1.2
8/24-8/27 $0.4 $0.3 $0.7
8/28-8/30 $0.6 $0.0 $0.6
8/31-9/03 $0.2 $0.2 $0.4
9/04-9/07 $0.8* $0.8
Totals $400.4 $428.6 $829.0
*estimate of sales
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