Since we’re talking older blockbuster franchises, it’s funny to imagine that there were times were both a Harry Potter-film and a Transformers-film went against each other in a summer, box office wise…three times as a pattern.
First there was 2007 with TF1 & Harry Potter: Order of the Phonix:
TF1 = $319M
OoTP = $292M
Then 2009 with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen & Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince:
TF2 = $402M
HBP = $302M
And lastly with Transformers: Dark of the Moon & Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2:
TF3 = $352M
DH2 = $381M
Two times did Transformers beat HP, and one time did HP beat Transformers.
Kinda surprised that out of all the biggest summer movies of 2007, Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix was the only one not to hit $300M+ DOM, considering it only had Transformers as competition to go against in July 2007. 🤷🏻♀️
An extra honorable mention for TGM’s box office. It has eventually outgrossed Guy Ritchie’s “Aladdin” $1.050B worldwide, to become the highest grossing film released on the Memorial Day Weekend.
With the way Top Gun: Maverick is doing at the WW box office, will it have a chance at outgrossing Transformers 3’s $1.123B to be the second highest grossing Paramount film worldwide only behind Titanic?
So TGM has done it. It outgrossed Transformers 2 for the second highest grossing film distributed by Paramount, DOM-wise of all time. Highest grossing Paramount movie DOM, currently still being Titanic. 💁🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️
With 3 (or 4 if you count the spinoff ”Zathura: A Space Adventure”) movies, yes.
The first one of them starring Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst & Bonnie Hunt, and two of it’s sequels starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan & Jack Black.
Yup. And beating FB3’s WW-gross as well. 👩🏻💼🙆🏻♀️
Can the fastest hedgehog go over a Wizarding World spinoff-threequel? I mean who saw that coming before this year?
If neither DS2 or JWD hits $1B WW, they sadly might be on the group of ”Had shots at $1B+ but did not get there”. Along with the Hobbit sequels, The Jungle Book, Jumanji 2, Pirates 3, etc.
Why is $1B WW for a film getting a bit harder for certain films? 👩🏻💼🙍🏻♀️
So Top Gun: Maverick is currently at $357M DOM today. Overtaking Aladdin’s $355M, as the highest grossing film released on Memorial Day Weekend.
What next box office goal is there for TGM?
Fair enough. That seems understandable. 👩🏻💼
Though what if Universal did ever thought of wanting Vanessa Lee Chester (the actress who played Kelly) to return as that character in anything Jurassic-related in their franchise? Whether it be in another movie or a tv-show (if they might) or something. Just saying. 🤷🏻♀️
Though another question to those who m really like/are a fan & defender of Lost World: Did you really like that character?
Surely. Though that third one was and still is the lowest grossing film of the entire Jurassic franchise and the only one in the film series, not to hit $200M DOM.