‘Transformers 2′ Tops $200 Million in 5 Days

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen continued to dominate the market over the weekend after a stellar Wednesday and Thursday. The sci-fi blockbuster attacked 4,234 theaters collecting $109 million domestically from Friday-to-Sunday, which was down a bit from Paramount’s $112 million estimate on Sunday. Still, that was just enough to become the second film ever to top $200 million [...]

‘Transformers 2′ $28 Million Thursday

UPDATE: Variety is reporting an official Thursday gross of $28.6 million and $89.3 million including Wednesday. $115 million is looking more likely over the weekend.
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Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting an early estimate of $28 million for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on Thursday. Excluding opening days, that figure stands as the biggest Thursday on record. Even more [...]

‘Transformers 2′ Smashes Wednesday Record

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is no longer the record holder for the largest Wednesday opening of all time. That’s because Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen racked up a smashing $60.6 million opening day (including $16 million from Tuesday midnights). That’s a full 37% above Order of the Phoenix’s opening Wednesday.
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Did Michael Bay Almost Direct ‘The Dark Knight’?

Spill.com posted an amusing article on what it could have been like if Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor, Transformers) had scripted and directed The Dark Knight.

There’s no way anyone could have done a better job than Christopher Nolan did, but it would have been interested to see Bay’s version played out, if at least for the [...]