Transformers: Dark of the Moon struck theaters over the holiday, pulling in $372 million worldwide. It’s the third best worldwide debut of all time---behind Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 mil) and Spider-Man 3 ($382 mil). In the domestic race, the third Transformers installment found $162.1 million over its first 5 days of release (including the Tuesday night shows) on 4,013 theaters across the nation. With it expected to earn another $18 million on the holiday, the six-day tally has it coming in between its two predecessors in the box office record books. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen pulled in $200 million over the same period of time while the original grabbed $155.4 million over its 2007 summer launch.
Cars 2 dropping a heavy 62% over its sophomore frame, the steepest in its studio history. It’s well ahead of the 48% drop that Wall-E experienced back in 2008. The sequel found only $25.1 million over the 3-day weekend, with only 35 percent it coming from the 3D audience.
Sony Pictures follows in 3rd place with their returning comedy Bad Teacher laughing up another $14.1 million in coin. Unlike its heavy competition, the studio and director Jake Kasdan managed to produce the Cameron Diaz-Jason Segel effort at a cost of only $20 million. The $59.5 million it has found over its first 10 days of release means another successful venture for the studio. It also has another $28.6 million from early foreign sales.
Rank | Movie | Weekend | Theaters | Average | Total | Budget |
1 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $97.4 mil | 4,013 | $24,271 | $162.1 mil | $195 |
2 | Cars 2 | $25.1 mil | 4,115 | $6,103 | $116.0 mil | $200 |
3 | Bad Teacher | $14.1 mil | 3,049 | $4,624 | $59.5 mil | $20 |
4 | Larry Crowne | $13.0 mil | 2,973 | $4,375 | $13.0 mil | $30 |
5 | Monte Carlo | $7.6 mil | 2,473 | $3,073 | $7.6 mil | $20 |
6 | Super 8 | $7.5 mil | 3,088 | $2,429 | $108.0 mil | $50 |
7 | Green Lantern | $6.2 mil | 3,280 | $1,912 | $101.9 mil | $200 |
8 | Mr. Popper’s Penguins | $5.1 mil | 2,861 | $1,783 | $50.1 mil | $55 |
9 | Bridesmaids | $3.5 mil | 1,389 | $2,535 | $152.8 mil | $32.5 |
10 | Midnight in Paris | $3.4 mil | 858 | $4,007 | $33.6 mil | $30 |
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