07.06.09 BOX OFFICE: TWO NUMBER 2′S TIE FOR NUMBER 1
The initial estimates for the weekend box office have Transformers 2 and Ice Age 3D tied with $42.5 million. Elsewhere, Public Enemies had a solid five-day gross of $41 million, and The Hangover became the fourth movie of the year to top $200 million domestically (the fastest to $200 mil ever for an R-rated comedy). And The Hurt Locker is still in limited release, but had the highest per-theater average ($14,000), as it should, because it’s easily the best movie out right now.
The “Transformers” sequel — produced by Paramount, DreamWorks and Hasbro — fell 61% in its second weekend for $293.5 million in cumulative boxoffice through 12 days of domestic release.
The “Transformers” sequel was filmed for a reported $200 million and carries costly backend commitments to director Michael Bay, not to mention hefty global marketing expenses. But with its worldwide boxoffice approaching $600 million, Paramount and its co-producer partners already might be treading into profitability, and a potentially leggy theatrical run and deep ancillary revenue should help the rich get richer. [THR]
Hold on, with a gross approaching $600 million it MIGHT be treading into a profitability? First of all, even with Bay’s bazookas and tigers budget there’s no way it cost $400 million to market, especially not when he’s getting paid by GM, Audi, LG cell phones, Green Day, et. al. The movie was essentially two hours of getting eyeball raped by Super Bowl commercials while Shia LaBeouf sped through the plot exposition like the Micro Machines guy reading the fine print on your Verizon contract (over gratuitous slo-mo shots of Megan Fox’s tits). Secondly, Michael Bay doesn’t tread into anything. He hires an army of assistants to do it and then fines them if they let him touch the water.
| 1 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $42,500,000 | $10,368 | $67,506,000 |
| 2 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $42,500,000 (-61.0%) | $10,038 | $293,459,000 |
| 3 | Public Enemies | $26,172,000 | $7,850 | $41,044,000 |
| 4 | The Proposal | $12,779,000 (-31.2%) | $4,124 | $94,233,000 |
| 5 | The Hangover | $10,415,000 (-38.8%) | $3,393 | $204,197,000 |
| 6 | Up | $6,579,000 (-49.6%) | $2,477 | $264,873,000 |
| 7 | My Sister’s Keeper | $5,255,000 (-57.8%) | $2,017 | $25,964,000 |
| 8 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | $2,500,000 (-54.1%) | $1,310 | $58,471,000 |
| 9 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $2,100,000 (-42.4%) | $1,480 | $167,763,000 |
| 10 | Year One | $2,100,000 (-65.1%) | $938 | $38,088,000 |
[Chart via CHUD]
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BOX OFFICE: TWO NUMBER 2′S TIE FOR NUMBER 1
Does this mean that Michael Bay wins COTW with “Boom!”?
Ironically enough, the Micro Machines was the voice for “Blur” in the original animated Transformers movie.
Fuck you.
Ice Age 4: Eskimo Pussy
I got dragged to ‘The Proposal’ this weekend. There’s a scene in which Ryan Reynolds takes off his shirt and I could feel the humidity in the theater rise by approximately 800%. I spent the rest of the weekend in the shower crying and working my skin over with tree bark.
I haven’t seen the movie, but just how can slo-mo shots of Megan Fox’s tits be gratuitous?
Sadly, My Sister’s Keeper is not about me.
I finally got off my ass this weekend and went to ‘The Hangover.’ Well worth it. I’m also glad to see that a comedy that isn’t a Will Ferrell/Vince Vaughn/Seth Rogaine vehicle is rockin the box office.
how can slo-mo shots of Megan Fox’s tits be gratuitous
Because Shia LaBeouf was there. Tits and a pussy? That’s not PG-13.
Ever before has referring to a film as a “Number 2″ been more apropos.
Never even.
Fockin’ oiPhone.
I did like the scene where the civilian breaks the news to Major Duhamel that Barack Obama has lost faith in the Autobots.
The Mighty Feklahr understands that the new Steve McNair biopic will be shot on his mistress’ couch!
*wipes cherry blood off the sheets of Steve McNair jokes*
Transformers 2 is probably the first overtly racist movie to top the box office since “Birth of Nation”.
Deleted Scene from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Optimus Prime pulls up to the White House and transforms in front of Barack Obama and his advisers.
Obama: That’s definitely some “change” I can believe in.
(Thank God Bay doesn’t read this site or that would probably really be in the movie)
Transformers 2 is probably the first overtly racist movie to top the box office since “Birth of Nation”.
Has Spike Lee really never had a movie that has topped the box office?
I don’t know if it’s because I heard about them before I saw it, but in all honesty those two robots may have been the least offensive thing about that movie. If you make a movie where it isn’t even entertaining to see giant robots beat the shit out of each other you’re doing something wrong.
@Token
I totally agree (white folks are allowed to have an opinion on what is and isn’t offensive now that Obama’s president, right?). They weren’t necessarily racist, just kind of lame (when you could tell what they were even doing) like everything else in the movie.
If you list the things that Michael Bay thought were funny or cool in this movie it reads like 12 year old boy’s wet dream. Slow motion tits, dogs humping each other, a robot humping a girl’s leg, a slutty robot, giant truck nuts, pot brownies (openly sold on campus no less)that get your mother high, a robot farting fire and a kitchen aid robot with a dick for a gun (trust me it’s in there. I didn’t think I saw it until it fired its cock-gun a second time). Ironically enough I haven’t hated a film like this since Bad Boys 2.
Hahahahaha, Tranformers still up at the top. I would’ve thought My Sister’s Keeper would’ve knocked it off by now. All you tree hugging, weepy eyed, bitch flick fans can kiss my ass!! What the world needs is more robots fighting each other (Michael Bay doesn’t need to direct though)
Logically, some people saw Transformers 2 on July 4th. Fuck those guys!
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