It was an uphill battle, but Optimus Prime and his robot friends finally managed to oust Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse at the domestic box office. Per meetingTransformers: Rise of the Beasts earned $60.5 million in its first installment, enough to surpass Spidey’s $50.5 million (-54%) in its second weekend.
It was an uphill battle, but Optimus Prime and his robot friends finally managed to oust Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse at the domestic box office. Per meetingTransformers: Rise of the Beasts earned $60.5 million in its first installment, enough to surpass Spidey’s $50.5 million (-54%) in its second weekend.
Both pictures end up abroad in large numbers. Transformers rose to a total value of US$170.5 million, of which US$40 million came from China. Spider-Man’s worldwide gross has grown to $225.5 million, and the anticipated sequel has already surpassed the original’s $190.2 million worldwide gross.
“Transformers” also grossed $6.4 million from 399 Imax screens.
Even if Rise of the Beasts doesn’t boast any records and pales in comparison to Michael Bay’s earlier images, its opening film at least marks a huge leap over Bumblebee’s $21.6 million and proves there’s still love for the action franchise exists. Can the series return to its former glory at the box office, especially given the film’s nifty twist that could potentially take Optimus and his friends into an entirely different realm?
Audiences gave “Transformers” an A-, which hopefully means many will return in the coming weeks and help the robotic sequel to box-office glory. However, The Flash and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny stand in the way, not to mention Mission Impossible, Barbie and Oppenheimer. It’s a busy summer folks!
Domestic box office results
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Par) 3,678 Theaters Fri $25.6M Sat $19.3M Sun $15.5M 3-Day $60.5M/Week 1
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (Sony) 4,332 (+19) theaters Fri $16.8M Sat $21.2M Sun $17.4M 3 days $55.4M (- 54%)/total $225.4M/week 2
- The Little Mermaid (DIS) 4,320 Theaters Fri $6.8M Sat $8.7M Sun $7.1M 3 Days $22.7M (-45%) Total $228.8M /week 3
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Dis), 3,175 (-405) Theaters, Fri $2M Sat $2.85M Sun $2.1M 3 Days $7M (-34%) Total 335 $.4M/week 6
- The Boogeyman (20th/Tuesday) 3,205 theaters Fri $2.1m Sat $2.79m Sun $1.9m 3 days 6.9m $(-44%)/total $24.7M/week 2
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- Super Mario Bros (varsity) 1,789 (-555) theaters Fri $640,000 Sat $870,000 Sun $610,000 3 days $2.12M (-37%) Total $570.1M/week 10
- About My Dad (LG) 960 Theaters (-1,504) Fri $248K Sat $333K Sun $263K 3 Days $845K (-59%) Total $10.7M/Week 3
- The Machine (Sony/Leg) 1,008 (-1,401) theaters, Fri $180,000 Sat $230,000 Sun $165,000 3 days $575,000 (-65%) Total $10.1M/week 3
- Past Lives (A24) 26 theaters (+22) Fri $202,000 Sat $178,000 Sun $140,000 3 days $520,700 (+124%) Total $867,000/week 2