VIDEO: 'Transformers' Opening Revenues Slip With $13.5M for No. 3
Second in the series brought in $16.6M on its first night two years ago
June 29, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The giant "Transformers" robots have shrunk a bit in the early going at the box office.Distributor Paramount Pictures says "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" launched with $13.5 million domestically in screenings Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
That's less than the $16.6 million that the second of the three "Transformers" flicks, "Revenge of the Fallen," took in from midnight screenings alone two years ago. "Revenge of the Fallen" went on to top $400 million domestically and $800 million worldwide.
"Dark of the Moon" pulled in $5.5 million from screenings that started at 9 p.m. or later Tuesday at about 2,700 theaters. The movie added $8 million at about 3,000 cinemas in post-midnight showings overnight.
Paramount has expanded the movie domestically to about 4,000 theaters.
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