Weekend Thread | Transformers $25.6M FRI

[M37]

35 minutes ago, TMP said:

TF going so high makes me think The Meg 2 could actually do pretty well...

It’s been my sleeper August hit pick for a while now. Monster movies, if they’re at least decent, can almost always grab a solid OW. After Flash, the film slate skews a little older and/or whiter, not even a big horror/thriller, so I also expect some pent up demand by then 

[Eric the IF]

39 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

I didn't realize TLK opened to only 44.6m.

 

5 day opening IIRC

[Starphanluke]

5 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

There is a lot of nostalgia from younger people over the transformers movies.

 

Optimus Prime at the end of the movie looking into the Sunset, Giving some random inspiring speech and Linkin Park singing "What I've donnnnneeeee"

Good times, good times 😅

 

I rewatched the first movie and it still holds up as a great summer blockbuster film. 

The "if it was made on 2007" meme did more marketing for this movie than Paramount ever did. 

 

(Yes, I'm obviously exaggerating. But still).

[Legion Again]

Feeling like 6x Th for RotB and Spidey

[excel1]

14 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

There is a lot of nostalgia from younger people over the transformers movies.

 

Optimus Prime at the end of the movie looking into the Sunset, Giving some random inspiring speech and Linkin Park singing "What I've donnnnneeeee"

Good times, good times 😅

 

I rewatched the first movie and it still holds up as a great summer blockbuster film. 

Transformers 1 is a classic, all-time great popcorn actioner. It was 5x as popular as iron Man - just compare the opening weekends of their sequels!

[Torontofan]

1 minute ago, excel1 said:

Transformers 1 is a classic, all-time great popcorn actioner. It was 5x as popular as iron Man - just compare the opening weekends of their sequels!

 

I mean iron man is a classic on its own as its the starting point of the MCU

 

Transfromers was the suprise hit of 2007 that had 3 massive franchises that sort of dissapointed. Shrek 3, SPiderman 3 and Pirates 3.

TF was sort of different at that time and won the summer and year handily. 

[Kon]

57 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

Three movies in a row with black and/or latino leads that underperform OS.

 

Coincidence?

In Transformers case, I don't think the race of the leads has so much impact, since the machines are the main attraction.

Edited June 9, 2023 by Kon

[DAR]

54 minutes ago, CJohn said:

68M 5 day OW. What a disaster that was.

It wasn’t a complete loss

 

[AJG]

58 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

I didn't realize TLK opened to only 44.6m.

 

 

Bring back cinema with 8 different constantly changing aspect ratios!!!

 

[Bob Train]

1 hour ago, grey ghost said:

Three movies in a row with black and/or latino leads that underperform OS.

 

Coincidence?

The most diverse Hollywood franchise bombed domestically a few weeks ago.

Edited June 9, 2023 by Bob Train

[vafrow]

2 hours ago, AJG said:

 

Stuff like this is why I we should really stop worrying when a movie flops. We don't know if the films we call successes even made a profit.

 

Transformers was clearly profitable for the studio, otherwise they wouldn't make sequels. The twitter poster is one of the original writers who likely has a net profit participation, and, studios excel at playing accounting games to show that any movie is a money loser if it helps them get away with compensating people.

[THUNDER BIRD]

Overseas has been muted for some time now for many movies.

[Brainbug]

1 hour ago, TMP said:

TF going so high makes me think The Meg 2 could actually do pretty well...

 

The Meg 2 will be the biggest movie of the summer.

 

31 minutes ago, M37 said:

It’s been my sleeper August hit pick for a while now. Monster movies, if they’re at least decent, can almost always grab a solid OW. After Flash, the film slate skews a little older and/or whiter, not even a big horror/thriller, so I also expect some pent up demand by then 

 

 

To be serious about this movie for a short moment, i could see it opening in the same range as the first one (40M ish). The concept of Jason Statham vs big sharks but with a 100M budget is not a bad pitch at all and the trailer did make it look like a really fun (or funny) ride. Late summer also lacks a really big movie which would suck up the oxygen so theres room for a smaller breakout.

 

[Shawn Robbins]

$8.8M Transformers: ROTB official previews

($7.6M Thursday only)

[kayumanggi]

 

[Legion Again]

1 minute ago, Shawn said:

$8.8M Transformers: ROTB official previews

Solid for RotB, spectacular for tracking thread 🥳

[Marathon]

The human characters cast are complete unknowns overseas. If they wanted better overseas performance, they would have cast actors who are popular overseas. But I guess they penny-pinched with that due to the movie being otherwise so expensive.

[WorkingonaName]

9 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

Overseas has been muted for some time now for many movies.

 

Nothing really appealing out in the market place.

 

TLM is yet another Disney remake, with no really draw factors that made the other one so big

 

Spider-verse is a sequel to a movie that wasn't that big outside of America. 

 

Transformers is another entry in a dead franchise 

Edited June 9, 2023 by WorkingonaName

[Shawn Robbins]

7 minutes ago, Shawn said:

$8.8M Transformers: ROTB official previews

($7.6M Thursday only)

FYI, added Thursday's portion

[Legion Again]

34 minutes ago, Into the Legion-Verse said:

Feeling like 6x Th for RotB and Spidey

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