Yep, they report separately.

Variety finally caught on:

Oh my.......The 2-Day gross alone has surpassed the opening weekends of movies like Da Vinci Code ($4.75m), ROTS ($3m). With another 3-Days to go....it think it should have no problems grossing another $2.8m to surpass SM3's $7.85m.....though it'll still need another $7.3m to surpass Curse Of The Golden Flower's ($12.3m).

I don't think it'll be able to outopen Curse of the Golden Flower....it'll probably fall around the $10-11.5m mark for the total 5-Days....still a huge cume..

Well it's done well in all the Chinese influenced markets so far.........this one will be the same.......expect some pretty huge takes here....

Hey thanks so much for your Hong Kong reports....very detailed and extremely helpful....hope you can keep us all posted on HP's and Transformers performance there....

DOMESTIC - Day 10 (Estimates)

Transformers exist the Top 10 on Day 10 as other movies finish their weekends.....though expect Transformers to rise up again with the weekend over the next 3 days...

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $258,364,766 (Sun - $18,954,137)
2) Spiderman 3 - $240,236,828 (Sun - $15,825,695)
3) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $236,940,421 (Sat - $20,918,340)
4) Spiderman 2 - $225,116,345 (Fri - $13,858,762)
5) Spiderman - $223,040,031 (Sun - $21,005,024)
6) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $217,545,728 (Sun - $13,514,578)
7) Shrek 3 - $203,378,450 (Sun - $18,199,829)
8) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $201,010,207 (Sun - $11,751,498)
9) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $190,822,800 (Fri - $19,152,196)
10) The Matrix: Reloaded - $188,645,514 (Sat - $14,447,596)

11) Transformers - $186,990,000 (Thu - $6,400,000)
12) Harry Potter 1: SS - $186,978,513 (Sun - $13,413,000)
13) Shrek 2 - $184,890,392 (Fri - $20,155,038)
14) X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $175,348,409 (Sun - $9,378,974)
15) The Passion Of The Christ - $174,307,053 (Fri - $13,665,114)
16) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $172,654,396 (Sat - $18,560,664)
17) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $168,056,221 (Fri - $16,873,539)
18) Harry Potter 3: POA - $157,975,042 (Sun - $10,028,089)
19) Star Wars 1: PM - $153,728,197 (Fri - $13,531,561)
20) Harry Potter 2: COS - $148,358,831 (Sun - $12,513,680)

X-Men 2: X-Men United - $147,677,021 (Sun - $10,551,383)
War Of The Worlds - $144,222,891 (Fri - $9,713,727)
Finding Nemo - $144,043,789 (Sun - $14,781,256)
The Incredibles - $143,255,844 (Sun - $13,949,731)
Austin Powers 3: Goldmember - $141,678,328 (Sun - $9,243,848)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $141,544,334 (Sun - $9,862,410)
Bruce Almighty - $137,396,070 (Sun - $10,406,160)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas - $137,095,800 (Sun - $12,551,670)
The Da Vinci Code - $136,512,707 (Sun - $11,221,883)
Independence Day - $135,372,640 (Fri - $10,302,633)
Rush Hour 2 - $133,525,381 (Sun - $10,016,000)
Meet The Fockers - $132,859,765 (Fri - $12,140,180)*
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $129,734,559 (Fri - $12,567,729)
300 - $129,165,656 (Sun - $10,247,556)
The Day After Tomorrow - $128,478,844 (Sun - $8,044,792)
Superman Returns - $126,785,796 (Fri - $6,958,372)

AUSTRALIA (US$) - Week 2

Brilliant hold for Transformers in its 2nd full week....it's now elevated to uber-blockbuster territory....passing Spiderman 3 in the process.


Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $22,419,550 ($8,305,031, -42%)
Shrek 2 - $20,404,112 ($8,726,293, -24%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $18,887,051 ($6,920,734, -42%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $18,670,514 ($6,510,890, -47%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $18,300,280 ($6,041,560, -51%)
Shrek 3 - $17,737,897 ($5,296,650, -57%)
Happy Feet - $17,235,465 ($5,198,381, -38%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $17,202,690 ($5,409,022, -54%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $16,204,277 ($5,209,709, -54%)
Transformers - $15,800,790 ($6,077,549, -38%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $14,908,617 ($3,526,044, -68%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $14,562,292 ($8,156,528, +27%)*New Years
The Matrix: Reloaded - $14,465,367 ($4,887,531, -49%)
Spiderman 3 - $14,095,485 ($4,258,219, -57%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $14,041,036 ($4,656,211, -37%)

War Of The Worlds - $11,443,588 ($3,634,829, -47%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $9,554,142 ($2,594,479, -63%)
King Kong - $9,409,733 ($3,005,079, -45%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $9,315,816 ($3,234,754, -45%)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $9,185,128 ($2,874,149, -54%)
300 - $8,787,530 ($2,555,510, -60%)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $8,610,547 ($2,630,180, -57%)
Superman Returns - $7,462,214 ($2,170,615, -59%)

Here are the opening records in CHINA currently......if it doesn't beat Curse of the Golden Flower, it's going ot be very close

Transformers 2-Day cume has already reached $5m.

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1) Curse Of The Golden Flower - $12,268,804 (Y96m - 826)
2) The Promise - $9m (RMB74m 4-Days - 600)
3) Spiderman 3 - $7,849,559 (1605)
4) Kung Fu Hustle - $7,766,623 (Y64.3m or $6,524,497 3-Day - 492)
5) House Of Flying Daggers - $6.6m (Y63.9m 3-Day - 360)

The Banquet - $6.8m (Y53.3m - 755)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $6.8m (979) or $8.6m (9-Days)
Hero - $6.7m (Y52.4m)
James Bond: Casino Roayle - $5.5m (6-Day - 468)
The Da Vinci Code - $4,746,107 (Y40m - 393)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $4.1m (349)
Superman Returns - $4m (6-Days - 360)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $3,381,689 (or $4,588,361 6-Days week - 350)

From variety

35.9 mln. weekend overseas - 146.4 million total

12.6 million in China - "a foreign launch record"

That'd be an all-timer. And will pass 100m RMB on Monday, its 6th day, another record. Who knows, maybe Titanic will have to sweat a little.

EDIT: Actually, according to sina, it probably already passed 100m by Sunday.

Pretty good hold for Transformers against Harry Potter....if we take out China (which is a record opening by the way, just a tiny bit above Curse of the GOlden Flower).....it's average drop is just under 50%.

http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=

DreamWorks/Paramount's Transformers had to make do with second place in the overseas arena, but still gave executives much to be happy with as it approached $150m. The action romp added $35.9m from 3,793 locations in 33 territories and currently stands at $146.4m, powered by an industry record opening in China of $12.6m from 300 venues.
It also opened in Israel on $249,000 from 30 sites, which was in line with the release last year of Mission: Impossible III. Playing strongly in its third weekend, Transformers added $5.7m from 440 screens and dropped 47% in South Korea for $38m, and added $3.2m from 460 sites in Russia after tumbling 56% in the second weekend for $12.1m.

The film overtook Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End in Malaysia to become the second biggest film ever as it added $550,000 from 61 screens and fell 50% for $4.2m.

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Transformers Worldwide total has now reached $369.4m est.

This is slighjtly toungue and cheek from the folks at Dreamworks...........

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796 ... id=13&cs=1

Many had predicted that “Transformers” would drop by more than 50% in its second frame. But the pic, directed by Michael Bay and based on the Hasbro toy line, more than held its own.

“It looks like we’re doing a little bit of our own wizardry,” DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy said.

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DOMESTIC - Day 11 (Estimates)

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $266,277,457 (Mon - $7,912,691)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $255,648,711 (Sun - $18,708,290)
3) Spiderman 3 - $243,829,653 (Mon - $3,592,825)
4) Spiderman 2 - $243,032,969 (Sat - $17,916,624)
5) Spiderman - $228,251,280 (Mon - $5,211,249)
6) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $221,696,526 (Mon - $4,150,798)
7) Shrek 3 - $217,348,470 (Mon - $13,970,020)*Memorial
8) Shrek 2 - $212,125,502 (Sat - $27,235,110)
9) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $208,072,067 (Sat - $17,249,267)
10) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $203,451,580 (Mon - $2,441,373)

11) The Matrix: Reloaded - $200,773,759 (Sun - $12,128,245)
12) Transformers - $197,805,000 (Fri - $10,815,000)
13) The Passion Of The Christ - $196,236,096 (Sat - $21,929,043)
14) Harry Potter 1: SS - $189,505,000 (Mon - $2,526,000)
15) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $189,186,299 (Sun - $16,531,903)
16) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $185,283,282 (Sat - $17,227,061)
17) X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $178,281,306 (Mon - $2,932,897)
18) Star Wars: PM - $173,058,977 (Sat - $19,330,780)
19) Harry Potter 3: POA - $161,963,462 (Mon - $3,988,420)
20) War Of The Worlds - $156,514,700 (Sat - $12,291,809)


DOMESTIC - Day 12 (Estimates)

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $273,767,461 (Tue - $7,490,004)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $270,489,794 (Mon - $14,841,083)*Memorial
3) Spiderman 2 - $256,438,326 (Sun - $13,405,357)
4) Spiderman 3 - $247,287,180 (Tue - $3,457,527)
5) Shrek 2 - $236,905,717 (Sun - $24,780,215)
6) Spiderman - $232,788,846 (Tue - $4,527,566)
7) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $225,491,113 (Tue - $3,794,587)
8) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $222,268,708 (Sun - $14,196,641)
9) Shrek 3 - $220,983,194 (Tue - $3,634,724)
10) The Passion Of The Christ - $213,888,740 (Sun - $17,652,644)

11) Transformers - $212,305,000 (Sat - $14,500,000)
12) The Matrix: Reloaded - $209,481,877 (Mon - $8,708,118)
13) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $205,596,807 (Tue - $2,145,227)
14) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $201,309,716 (Mon - $12,123,417)*Memorial
15) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $200,058,231 (Sun - $14,774,949)
16) Harry Potter 1: SS - $191,888,000 (Tue - $2,383,000)
17) Star Wars 1: PM - $191,596,499 (Sun - $18,537,522)
18) X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $181,307,083 (Tue - $3,025,777)
19) War Of The Worlds - $164,978,282 (Sun - $8,463,582)
20) Harry Potter 3: POA - $165,705,930 (Tue - $3,742,468)


DOMESTIC - Day 12 (Estimates)

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $280,215,929 (Tue - $6,448,468)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $274,896,433 (Tue - $4,406,639)
3) Spiderman 2 - $262,205,594 (Mon - $5,767,268)
4) Shrek 2 - $260,313,719 (Mon - $23,408,002)*Memorial Monday
5) Spiderman 3 - $250,433,791 (Wed - $3,146,611)
6) Spiderman - $237,021,890 (Wed - $4,243,044)
7) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $232,321,296 (Mon - $10,052,588)
8) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $228,969,881 (Wed - $3,478,768)
9) Shrek 3 - $224,426,248 (Wed - $3,443,054)
10) Transformers - $222,990,000 (Sun - $10,685,000)

11) The Passion Of The Christ - $218,892,679 (Mon - $5,003,939)
12) The Matrix: Reloaded - $212,271,109 (Tue - $2,789,232)
13) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $210,153,082 (Mon - $10,094,851)
14) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $207,544,120 (Wed - $1,947,313)
15) Star Wars 1: PM - $207,099,058 (Mon - $15,504,435)
16) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $204,854,000 (Tue - $3,544,000)
17) Harry Potter 1: SS - $193,954,000 (Wed - $2,066,000)
18) The Da Vinci Code - $183,778,985 (Wed - $2,471,902)
19) Harry Potter 3: POA - $169,329,428 (Wed - $3,623,498)
20) War Of The Worlds - $168,256,749 (Mon - $3,278,467)

Yep, I would say right now this is heading for a similar WW total as The Da Vinci Code, only that it'll have more domestically, but less overseas than that one. Nothing can beat The Da Vinci Code in Europe...

In the end, it will really come down to Japan. Right now, I'd say a $740-770 million WW total is in sight. Japan can bring it to $800+ million, though or have it drop to $720 million. All depends on it.

I'm still not exactly sure hwo this is tracking in the Domestic market.....on one hand people are saying just over $300m then some say it could beat Spiderman 3. For me, I think it's going to be towards the lower end of that spectrum....it might just edge out Pirates 3, but not Shrek 3.

International, it's already at $150m....meaning it would be at around $200m without those big markets yet to open.....$350m looks to be the minimum....with $400m more likely.

I'm going for $710-$740m.

No one can beat Da Vinci Code in Europe.....LOL, Pirates 3 comes to mind, and so will HP5, all the previous Potters and LOTRs....

What I meant were original, non-franchise/sequel films (basically anything non-Star Wars/Pirates/LOTR/HP). None can beat The Da Vinci code in that respect. For a non-sequel, its gross was humongous.

Uh, Finding Nemo comes to mind.... , Jurassic Park, Titanic and perhaps Independence Day adjusted....

We're not talking adjusted figures here, though

Finding Nemo, hmm...it was a bit smaller overseas overall, I think and that despite a $100+ million gross in Japan which Da Vinci did not achieve, so I assume Europe helped it quite a bit. Nemo was bigger in Germany, France, UK, but Da Vinci prevailed in Russia, Poland, Italy, Spain...they were similar, yeah.

Well in local dollars, Nemo would be above Da Vinci Code....you can't get more consistent than Finding Nemo for a non-franchise non-sequel release.....

TAIPEI (TWD$) - Weekend 3

Impressive drop against the opening of Harry Potter......remember, it only drop 19% last weekend.....so this is brilliant. Some other movies drop more than 60% against Potter's opening.....so considering this, Transformers is holding very well.

It's already surpassed Spiderman 3 to become the 2nd largest movie of the year in Taipei. It will probably past AWE which has just crossed TWD150m. Transformers with these sorts of legs is looking at around 155-160m TWD....though it faces stiff compettiion next week in the form of Die Hard 4.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 152,215,480 (11,407,570, -55.6%) - 21
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 142,135,595 (17,639,945, -32.4%) - 22
Transformers - 137,563,904 (11,836,028, -54.9%) - 19
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - 134,750,965 (9,659,739, -55.8%) - 20
Kung Fu Hustle - 132,710,430 (8,225,405, -62.8%) - 19
Harry Potter 2: COS - 132,450,135 (16,565,160, -45.5%) - 19
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - 129,836,215 (10,984,550, -58.8%) - 18
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - 129,396,746 (9,209,984, -53.5%) - 20
The Day After Tomorrow - 128,720,825 (16,333,090, -14%) - 18
The Da Vinci Code - 124,818,355 (8,380,237, -50.1%) - 20
Spiderman 2 - 121,022,130 (7,638,240, -58.6%) - 21
Spiderman 3 - 115,714,720 (9,409,935, -34.3%) - 19

When is this movie releasing in India??

No idea....though it still has a lot of markets still to open in....it's only at around 33 territories so far...not even 1/3 of all available terriotires....

It should have been out by now in India since most big movies do release within a 2-3 weeks. But since Transformers is huge in asia it should have released last weekend or atleast this week.

But even BOM has no signs of Transformers India release date.

You know there are already almost DVD quality bootleg copies for the movie available in India hence it could really kill its boxoffice there.