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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts bumps Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse out of first

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Brett

It was a new movie at the top of the box office as Transformers: Rise of the Beasts opened with $60.5 million domestically. Internationally, the movie opened with just $18.9 million delivering an opening weekend of $79.4 million.

The first live action film, Transformers, opened with $70.5 million domestically in 2007 and grossed $709.7 million worldwide. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opened with just under $109 million in 2009 and grossed $836.3 million worldwide. Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011 opened with $97.9 million and grossed $1.124 billion worldwide. In 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction opened with $100 million and grossed $1.104 billion worldwide. Transformers: The Last Knight saw a pretty big drop opening with $44.7 million domestically and grossed $605.4 million worldwide in 2017. Bumblebee kicked off a new take and opened with $21.7 million in 2018 and went on to gross just under $468 million worldwide.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse added $55.4 million to its domestic total which is now $225.4 million. The International total still hasn’t been updated and stands at $87.9 million for a worldwide total of $313.3 million.

The Little Mermaid slipped to third place with $22.8 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $228.8 million. Over the week, the film added $44.9 million internationally to bring that total to $185.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $414.2 million.

In fourth place was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 with a little over $7 million. It has now grossed $335.4 million domestically. Over the week, it grossed $13.1 million internationally where it has now earned $470.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $805.9 million.

Rounding out the top five was The Boogeyman which added $6.9 million to its domestic total. It has grossed $24.7 million since opening. Over the week, it added $7.2 million to its international total to increase that to $14.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $39.6 million.

In comic film news…

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $12,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $214.5 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just under $476.1 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 54 films earning $165,337,184 from 27,960 theaters. That’s a decrease from last weekend’s $205,179,351 from 30,903 theaters and 52 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $5,913.35 this past weekend, a drop from the previous weekend’s $6,639.46.

Transformers Reigns at the 2014 Box Office, Snowpiercer Shows Strength

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Brett

Transformers: Age of Extinction ruled the 2014 box office, bringing in $1.087 billion at the box office. It was the top earning film worldwide of the year earning hundreds of millions more than the next film. It was also the most profitable. Taking away its estimated budget, the film made $877.4 million what was 4.18 times its budget, the best of the bunch for both stats.

Domestically, Guardians of the Galaxy was the top earner, bringing in $333 million. Globally that film earned $772.6 million.

But, when it comes to films with the best legs, Snowpiercer blows all the competition out of the water. The film opened to limited release, and earned $171,187 its first weekend domestically. The film went on to earn $4.6 million. That’s an earning of 26.66 times what it opened with. Fellow small film We Are the Best!, which was based on a graphic novel, earned 10.22 times what it opened with.

All together films based on comics, or had a comic tie-in, brought in $7.7 billion. Films based on Marvel properties earned $2.94 billion of that.

Transformers: Age of Extinction Update Adds New Levels, A New Boss, Live Events and more

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Brett

DeNA has launched the first major update for Transfomers: Age of Extinction – The Official Mobile Game. To date, players have won more than 4.7 million boss battles, cleared over 100 million objectives, and defeated more than 1.8 billion enemies. The free game update features new iconic levels from the film including Hong Kong and Lockdown’s Ship, a new challenging boss, Stinger, the epic assault feature, the Chain Attack, and the introduction of Special Events Series to the game.

The Hunted Survival Missions is the first in the series of Special Events in theTransformers: Age of Extinction game and promises big in-game rewards for high scoring players. Tied to a unique series of stories, each Special Event will be available for a limited time and will have players testing their skills as they take on waves of enemies in an attempt to survive as long as possible and score the highest on the leaderboards. The Hunted Survival Missions run through Wednesday, September 17^th.

It’s been five years since the Battle of Chicago. The Autobots are in hiding and being tracked down by the bounty hunter Lockdown and his minions. The chase is on, survive as long as possible in this endless runner and be victorious against Lockdown and his cronies!

Apes Rule the Box Office Again. Transformers Rule Globally.

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Brett

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes remained in the top spot at the box office. The film earned an additional $36 million, only a 50 percent drop from the previous week’s debut, which isn’t bad since other sequels this summer have seen a much sharper decline.

In other geek movie news… Transformers: Age of Extinction was fifth this past weekend, and to date, the film has earned $227.2 million. The film has a chance to challenge for the top spot as far as domestic grosses.

Domestically, the top comic related films of the summer are Captain America: The Winter Soldier, still holding strong with $258.4 million, X-Men: Days of Future Past is in third at $230.5 million. Transformers is fourth. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is at $201.6 million for sixth. 300: Rise of An Empire is at 17 with $106.6 million, and Edge of Tomorrow has earned $96.6 million. Snowpiercer is at $3.5 million.

Globally, thinks are a bit different. Transformers: Age of Extinction tops things globally with $886.3 million earned. X-Men is second at $736.3 million. Cap is third at $712.7 million. Edge of Tomorrow has earned $357.9 million. 300: Rise of An Empire has earned $331.1 million. Snowpiercer has earned $83.7 million.

Apes Top Robots at the Box Office

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Brett

It’s not much of a surprise, but Dawn of the Planet of the Apes topped the weekend box office earning an estimated $73 million. That debut is about a 33% improvement from 2011’s Planet of the Apes which debuted with $54.8 million.

The film’s audience was 58% male and 55% over the age of 25. Diversity was also present with the crowd roughly 48% Caucasian, 23% African-American, 16% Hispanic, and 14% Asian. The film received an A- CinemaScore and is currently at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

When it comes to other comic related movies, Transformers: Age of Extinction dropped to second, earning $16.5 million. Domestically the film has earned $209 million and internationally $543.5 million.

The Edge of Tomorrow earned an additional $1.865 million the past weekend to bring it’s domestic gross to $94.55 million in it’s sixth week at the box office. Internationally the film has earned $256 million.

X-Men: Days of Future Past was in 16th place adding a little over $1 million to bring the domestic total to $229.2 million. Internationally the film has earned $731.4 million.

Snowpiercer added $677,000 to it’s total and brings the domestic amount to $2.7 million. Internationally the film has earned $80.2 million. Interestingly in this third week of release the film was released on video on demand, so the amount earned that way isn’t reflected in the total.

As far as worldwide grosses for 2014 of comic related movies, Transformers is now on top with $752.5 million, X-Men is second at $731.4 million, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is third at $712.4 million, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is fourth at $705 million, the Edge of Tomorrow is in tenth place at $350.6 million, 300: Rise of an Empire is twelfth with $331.1 million, Snowpiercer is 33rd with $82.9 million, and We Are the Best! has earned $157,000 to be at spot 150. At the end of the month Guardians of the Galaxy opens, which is likely to vault into one of the top earning spots of the year.

Transformers 4 Remains On Top of the Box Office

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Brett

According to reports, the Fourth of July weekend was weak at the box office. Without any blockbuster competition,Transformers: Age of Extinction remained at the top of the box office with an estimated $36.4 million. That has the film dropping 64% from the previous weekend and in two weeks it has racked up a domestic total of $714.7 million. Overseas the film has topped $400 million already.

As far as other “comic book” movies Edge of Tomorrow, which is based on the Japanese light novel/manga series All You Need Is Kill, fell to #10 in its fifth weekend. The film added $3.6 million which brings its domestic total to $90.9 million. The film has earned $248.6 million overseas.

Snowpiercer is one of the summer’s best-reviewed action films, around 93% positive on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, based on a French graphic novel, expanded from 8 to 250 theaters. The film earned just under $1 million.

X-Men: Days of Future Past was in 13th and earned $1.84 million which brings its domestic total to $227.1 million. Captain America: The Winter Soldier earned $338,000 and brought its domestic total to $257.8 million. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 finally fell off the charts.

When it comes to 2014, domestically, Cap remains in 1st place, Days of Future Past in third, and Spidey is fifth. Globally Days of Future Past is in first with $724.7 million, The Winter Soldier is second at $711.8 million, and Spider-Man 2 is third at $704.2 million.

Facebook Fandom Spotlight: Snowpiercer and Transformers: Age of Extinction Part 2

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Brett

Today is the release of part two of my study, using Facebook likes, to see what the impact pre and post opening of a movie is.This past weekend saw the opening of two films of interest to comic fans. Snowpiercer is based on the graphic novel of the same name, and was in limited release, while Transformers dominated the box office with Transformers: Age of Extinction.

The study looks at the various terms in Facebook in the United States. Compared to last week Snowpiercer saw growth mostly in the United States, and particularly among women who increased four points.

Transformers: Age of Extinction opened number one at the box office and according to reports with 64% of the audience as men. The term for the movie is 61.29% male, the same as last week, and Transformers is around 58%. Pretty close to what came out opening weekend, and keeping up the record of the two statistics being pretty close for what we’ve looked at. The biggest change for the stats in general is a gain of about 1 million people for Age of Extinction, most of which were outside the United States.

Below is the statistics from the previous week, and this week’s statistics as well.

Transformers: Age of Extinction Tops the Box Office

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Brett

Transformers-Age-of-Extinction-Poster-Optimus-and-Grimlock As expected, Transformers: Age of Extinction topped the box office, bringing in an estimated $100 million in North America, with a $41.6 million opening day. What’s amazing is, the film has also done amazing overseas bringing in around $90 million in China over its first three days. That’s a record for that market, and the film’s final act was set in the country with a high profile Chinese actress in it as well. The film also earned $111.3 million from other foreign markets. That puts it at $301.3 million for the opening weekend. Transformers: Age of Extinction cost an estimated $325 million.

The movie received an A- CinemaScore, and %17 on Rotten Tomatoes, showing off the polarizing reviews.

Not shockingly the film was mostly male, 64%, and older with 57% over 35. Only 27% of the crowd was under the age of 18.

On the other comic book movie front, Edge of Tomorrow has now earned $84.1 million in North America.

X-Men: Days of Future Past wound up in ninth place after its sixth weekend. The film has earned $233.4 million domestically.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 crossed the $200 million mark domestically, with a global total of $703 million.

When it comes to the 2014 rank, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is sitting at the top domestically $257.2 million, Days of Future Past is in third with $223.4 million, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is in fifth at $200.2 million.

Globally, things are a bit different. Days of Future Past is sitting on top globally at $712.7 million, The Winter Soldier is second at $711.2 million, and Spider-Man 2 is third at $703.7 million.

Facebook Fandom Spotlight: Snowpiercer and Transformers: Age of Extinction

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Brett

This coming weekend sees the opening of two films of interest to comic fans. Snowpiercer is based on the graphic novel of the same name while Transformers gets a new movie entry with Transformers: Age of Extinction.

This week I thought it’d be interesting to see how the opening week impacts the Facebook page growth and stats for each. We’ll then return next week and see how these pages changed and how they compare to the opening weekend audience breakdown. In this case, I’ve included every major term for Transformers movies.

Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Official Mobile Game

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Brett

DeNA and Hasbro have launched Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Official Mobile Game for Transformers: Age of Extinction which hits theaters this week. The video game is available now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Based on Hasbro’s iconic brand and the Paramount Pictures film directed by Michael Bay appearing in theaters on June 27th, Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Official Mobile Game brings blockbuster action to mobile devices. Stunning graphics and intuitive gameplay immerse players in the Transformers universe as they help the heroic Autobots defeat their Decepticon enemies in this fast-paced combat runner game.

Whether charging down the street in robot mode or driving at high speed in vehicle mode, the player is always in the middle of the action as they change forms during frantic missions. By customizing his or her Transformers team with weapon and tech upgrades, the player is prepared to take on wave after wave of Decepticons.

Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Official Mobile Game is available for free now.

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