Wow. I thought Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen would do well at the box office, but I didn’t think it would do $201 million over five days, $112 million of that over the weekend. It’s well on it’s way to becoming the highest grossing movie of the year, as well as claiming the second-best opening day (it made $60 mil on Wednesday) right behind last year’s The Dark Knight, which opened with $67 mil.
Here’s the top five at the box office this weekend:
1. NEW! Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount/DreamWorks) – $112 mil; 4,234 theaters; $26,453 PT; $201.2 mil cume
2. The Proposal (Buena Vista) – $18.4 mil; 3,058 theaters; $6,039 PT; $69 mil cume
3. The Hangover (Warner Bros.) – $17.2 mil; 3,525 theaters; $4,884 PT; $183.2 mil cume
4. Up (Buena Vista) – $13 mil; 3,487 theaters; $3,741 PT; $250.2 mil cume
5. NEW! My Sister’s Keeper (Warner Bros.) – $12 mil; 2,606 theaters; $4,616 PT; $12 mil cume
Director Michael Bay is sticking his tongue out, going “Neener, neener, neener” to the critics right about now, who mostly slammed his sequel. Just goes to show you – even though critics can hate a movie (here’s what I had to say), audiences may still flock to it. Now while Transformers 2 probably won’t have a ton of repeat business, say like The Hangover or Star Trek, it doesn’t matter at this point. $201 million is a friggin’ ton of money. I just hope that if this spurs them on to making a THIRD Transformers – and it will – they’ll try to make the story a tad bit more compelling. Please.
As for this coming weekend, we’ve got Johnny Depp as a smooth criminal in Public Enemies and more fun with the Ice Age gang in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Tough choice on who will win, but I’d bet on Ice Age 3, simply by the way summer is going this year. Still, Depp is awfully dapper as John Dillinger, don’t you think?