Box Office figures

[The Doctor]

For which we turn to the ever-reliable Box Office Mojo:

US Opening report:

www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3199&p=.htm

International numbers:

www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3200&p=.htm

Overall BO numbers:

www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers3.htm

Long story short: lower US opening than ROTF, but the reverse outside the US. In any analysis, an extremely strong opening overall. We'll see whether it has staying power in the next few weeks but even if it nose-dived from here it's still the definition of a blockbuster in financial terms already.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Still pulling in a great deal of money, and not that far behind what ROTF was doing this far into release:

boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3203&p=.htm

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Now at: $762,318,797

boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers3.htm

The Potter Effect will no doubt now impede any larger gains in the US and Europe but DOTAMAN has yet to open in China or Japan so will probably still slide over the $800m mark.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

It's now at a mindboggling : $982,892,000.

boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers3.htm

The first film grossed $709,709,780 . ROTF's take was $836,297,228. Bear in mind DOTM benefits from 3D premiums that the other two movies did not have.

Yet half the internet is convinced the movie series is over. Not with these numbers!

-Ralph

[duffism1981]

As long as the series is bringing in cash, they will milk it for every penny possible.

[The Doctor]

It has now passed the billion dollar mark:

www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3234&p=.htm

-Ralph

[legios]

That is a lot of money.

Karl

[The Doctor]

And yet still the internet proclaims the movieverse is over...

-Ralph

[legios]

Of course, when The Internet says that something is so, it is often a good indication that it is in fact not so....

Karl

[Andy Turnbull]

A fourth will be made - too big a cash cow not to. Especially with the ongoing dickery surrounded Star Trek paramount need a fourth.

Andy

[blueshift]

Aug 5, 2011 16:07:04 GMT Andy Turnbull said:

A fourth will be made - too big a cash cow not to. Especially with the ongoing dickery surrounded Star Trek paramount need a fourth.

Andy

What's happened to Star Trek?

[The Doctor]

The director is being a prima donna and appears incapable of deciding if he wants to do it and Paramount are convinced only JJ Abrams can make it. Hence why it has not entered production 2 years after release of the last film in May 2009. And bear in mind the last Star Trek sat on a shelf for a while: principal photography was late 2007/early 2008!

If Star Trek 12 is ever made, Chris Pine will end up playing a 'young Kirk' at an older age that the Shatner did in the 60's!

-Ralph