“Transformers” didn’t disappoint at the box office. The action extravaganza, based on the ’80s animated series, crushed the competition by earning $67.6 million over the weekend to land at No. 1. The Michael Bay-directed movie has broken several records. It set the record for the highest gross for a non-sequel in its first seven day with $152.6 million since opening on Tuesday, surpassing 2002′s “Spider-Man.” “Transformers” also set records for best Tuesday opening with $27.5 million and best July 4th gross ever with $29.1 million.
In comparison, “Spider-Man 3″ earned $151.1 million in its first three days of release and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” took in $114.7 million in its opening weekend.
The week’s only other new release, “License to Wed,” starring Robin Williams and Mandy Moore, landed in fourth place with $10.4 million over the weekend and $17.8 million since opening on Tuesday.
| Rank | Title | Gross | Last Week |
| 1 | Transformers | $67,600,000 | - |
| 2 | Ratatouille | $29,029,000 | 1 |
| 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | $17,400,000 | 2 |
| 4 | License to Wed | $10,400,000 | - |
| 5 | Evan Almighty | $8,114,000 | 3 |
| 6 | 1408 | $7,140,000 | 4 |
| 7 | Knocked Up | $5,159,000 | 6 |
| 8 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | $4,150,000 | 5 |
| 9 | Sicko | $3,650,000 | 9 |
| 10 | Ocean’s Thirteen | $3,525,000 | 7 |
Wow, amazing results for a comic to movie port, or any movie, for that matter. I myself found it really good, despite not knowing the Transformers much before this movie.
At first, I was not interested to see it when I heard about it, until I saw the trailer, which is when I changed my mind and had to see it. Lots of action, but also humour!
Do they have a date for the sequel yet?
transformers movie rocks….the movie is full of action..i really liked it n wish to see more on it..
Just what I expected from a Transformers movie. I hope the sequel has some of the other Transformers that we wanted to see, e.g. Soundwave, Hotshot, and a little more from Starscream! And just to get things straight Transformers was a toyline then a cartoon, then a comic. It was definitely not a comic to movie port.
I was very much annoyed at the cinematography in Transformers. Apparently as a cost cutting move they chose to blur the action shots to reduce the amount of detail. Cheap shot, and not what I expected after paying $$$ to see the movie.
Transformers ruled! I was a little worried that Bay might not be able to pull it off but he really knocked this one out of the park. I plan on seeing it several times on the big screen.
Expected results, I saw it last Tuesday and the theater was packed. This is a great movie, if you haven’t seen it yet leave your computer alone and head for your nearest theater now. ;-)
Transformers got lucky that it was raining many places on July 4. In fact, they couldn’t get much luckier.
Well.. I spent my 4th of July watching Ratatouille and I give it two paws up =]
Hey, Lim, I saw Ratatouille on July 4th, too, as well as 1408.