Box-Office Showdown (6/9 - 6/11) Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts


Mending the Line

[MazeRunner]

Why were there 4-5 random indie movies that got wide releases the weekend of Little Mermaid, but nothing opening against Transformers?

[BluBonnet]

Past Lives is going wider

[Joey9775]

Bombs away. End of the franchise.

[StarWarsIsAwesome123]

Spider-Verse: $56M
Transformers: $44M

[ImBlu_DaBaDee]

I’m gonna say that Transformers does about 48-50 million

[rubystone356]

I think Spider-man will be number 1 again.

Jacob

[BluBonnet]

Box Office: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Aims for $60 Million Debut, Battles ‘Spider-Verse’ for No. 1

“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” is readying to turbocharge the box office, targeting $50 million to $60 million in its opening weekend.

There’s a chance that inaugural ticket sales could climb higher as the Paramount Pictures film touches down on Friday in 3,700 North American theaters. But the latest Autobot adventure is expected to face headwinds from last weekend’s champion, Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” The animated comic book sequel launched to $120 million and looks to add $45 million to $55 million in its second weekend of release. That’s close to double what the original, 2019’s “Into the Spider-Verse,” earned in its debut. Yep, Spidey’s still got it.

Steven Caple Jr. (“Creed II”) directed the PG-13 rated “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” which cost $200 million. It’ll need to keep playing in domestic theaters and resonate at the international box office to justify that hefty price tag.

On a promising note, the film, which is the seventh installment in the “Transformers” franchise, is expected to improve upon the starts of the two entries, 2018’s “Bumblebee” ($21.6 million) and 2017’s “The Last Knight” ($44.68 million). Those films, which tapped out with $127 million and $130 million in North America respectively, each earned nearly 70% of their overall ticket sales from overseas markets.

At the height of the franchise’s popularity, “Transformers” installments were bypassing the $1 billion mark with ease, but that hasn’t happened since 2014’s “Age of Extinction” ($1.104 billion). “Bumblebee” (which was slightly less expensive at $135 million) fell short of $500 million while “The Last Knight” ended its run with $605 million. Analysts expect the newest entry to land in-between its most recent predecessors, as long as international interest in the series is sustained.

“Rise of the Beasts” features “In the Heights” star Anthony Ramos and “Swarm” actor Dominique Fishback in a story about Optimus Prime and the Autobots as they attempt to take out a threat that’s capable of destroying the entire planet. Reviews are skewing toward negative, with Variety’s Owen Gleiberman offering one of the more positive takes on the film.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Box Office: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Aims for $60 Million Debut, Battles ‘Spider-Verse’ for No. 1

One shall stand, one shall fall.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

One shall stand, one shall fall.

Two go in, only one comes out.

[Bugg]

I really haven't seen or heard much of anything about this Transformers movie. Seems like it's being stealth dumped into theaters, rather than blitz of promotion these sort of films normally get.

[Adam_ME]

Transformers: Sighs of the Beast

[j_sazin]

Will not be surprised if Spidey is #1 again.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

Why were there 4-5 random indie movies that got wide releases the weekend of Little Mermaid, but nothing opening against Transformers?

And then there's FOUR wide releasees next week.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

And then there's FOUR wide releasees next week.

[DanTheMan]

Originally Posted by Bugg

I really haven't seen or heard much of anything about this Transformers movie. Seems like it's being stealth dumped into theaters, rather than blitz of promotion these sort of films normally get.

It’s been ramped up in the last month or two. I can’t blame most studios for holding back on marketing until near release date. This summer is just insanely loaded and spending those extra millions on ads or a Super Bowl spot just seems like a waste when each big tentpole is destined to gobble up money from the previous week’s big release, and over and over again until the summer season dies down.

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Originally Posted by MazeRunner

Why were there 4-5 random indie movies that got wide releases the weekend of Little Mermaid, but nothing opening against Transformers?

I noticed showings for Mending the Line start tomorrow, so I added it to the original post.

[Doc Samson]

I'm guessing it opens to about $65-70 Million.

[Underworld54]

$9M previews for RotB, should hit $63M or so for the weekend. It's performing pretty bad overseas. I guess it must be the review bombing and all the foreign people who are racist against giant robots that is doing real damage to the movie overseas.

[BluBonnet]

Box Office: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Makes $8.8 Million in Previews

The Autobots are rolling out once again at the box office.

“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” picked up $8.8 million at the domestic box office in Thursday previews. It’s revving up to battle last week’s No. 1 movie, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” in its opening weekend.

Paramount’s “Rise of the Beasts” is looking to bring in $50 million to $60 million this weekend, but its box office wheels may get caught in the web of “Across the Spider-Verse,” which is aiming for $45 million to $55 million in its sophomore outing. Last week, Sony’s Spidey sequel opened with a massive $120 million.

The seventh entry in the long-running “Transformers” series, “Rise of the Beasts” is attempting to bounce back after the previous entry, the rebooted “Bumblebee” movie in 2018. The Hailee Steinfeld-led film earned $2.85 million in Thursday previews on its way to a franchise-low $21.6 million opening. Before that, 2017’s “Transformers: The Last Knight” had $8.1 million in previews and a $44.68 million opening weekend.

“Hamilton” and “In the Heights” star Anthony Ramos leads the cast of “Rise of the Beasts” along with Dominique Fishback, who starred in Prime Video’s TV series “Swarm” earlier this year. The new movie introduces the Maximals and Terrorcons, two ancient factions of Transformers that can turn into robotic animals. Fan-favorite Autobots Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and Bumblebee are joined by newcomers Mirage (Pete Davidson), Optimus Primal (Ron Perlman), Airazor (Michelle Yeoh), Arcee (Liza Koshy) and more to defeat the evil Terrorcons, led by Peter Dinklage’s Scourge.