I take it you liked it

AWESOME!!!! Great review. That means its in your Top 6!! If you werent dissapointed with such high hopes then it bodes well for me and everyone else!!!!!

Can't wait!!!

What trailers did they show infront of it?

That's true.

Okay. I'm lowering my expectations right now then...

Your predictions were off, i thought it was better than the score you predicted earlier

Transformers so reminds me of those event pics of the 90s like Jurassic Park and ID4. Im thinking this can match ID4's gross domestically but probably not worldwide. What a shame there is way too much product out there and each film is hurting the other.

You know, initially i was about to put down alot more pluses but then decided against it since it would have blown the page width.

They didn't show anything new in front of Transformers

- Stardust
- Rush Hour 3 (probably the most noise, though it's not saying much since the majority of the cinema was filled with boys)
- Die Hard 4
- Harry Potter

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967822.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

"Live Free" opens in Germany, Japan, Russia and Scandinavia, with France, Mexico and the U.K. launching the following weekend. Expectations are fairly high, with the last film in the franchise, "Die Hard: With a Vengeance," taking in more than $260 million for BVI outside the U.S.

Par is launching Michael Bay's "Transformers" into Australia, Italy, New Zealand, South Korea and half a dozen other Asian markets.

Also going day-and-date in some territories is "Ratatouille," which BVI unspools in Chile, Colombia, Russia and the Ukraine. Pixar releases have performed well outside the U.S., and the pic's Paris setting may help it gain traction in foreign markets.

"Evan Almighty," which has opened in Russia and the Ukraine only, goes into Lithuania, while Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" opens in Hong Kong, its 11th market. Foreign grosses for the latter have totaled a modest $10 million, mostly from France and Italy.

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Just occured to me that Shrek 3 and Die Hard 4 will be opening on the same weekend in Japan, should be a strong week. Die hard 4 should do very well, though Shrek as bad as it is, will still be a solid grosser....

Yeah that crowd would eat up Rush Hour! Great!

And yes - If this is that one blockbuster standout of Summer 07 then Im happy.

I just saw it too. ExpectedLy..the visuaL FX just bLew me away, its the best I've seen since WotW. By the Looks of it and the pretty unsatisfying ending, there's absoLuteLy going to be a second, third and maybe a fourth fiLm. My grade: "A/A-" for now.

As for its OS gross, I was thinking it wiLL end up right around Armageddon, tDAT, and WotW's numbers with 350-360+m.

Okay fellas, things got better in Melbourne on Opening Day. It's currrently almost 11pm now....and Transformers actually racked up some sellouts in the Village/Roadshow chain of cinemas....always a good sign

Thursday:

Knox (13 sessions) - 7:30pm, 8:30pm
Sunshine (12 sessions) - 4:30pm
Southland (11 sessions) - 8:30pm
Crown Casino (10 sessions) - 7:30pm, 8:30pm
Jam Factory (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Fountain Gate (9 sessions) - 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 8:30pm
Century City (9 sessions) - 4:30pm, 7:30pm
Dandenong (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Airport West (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Karringal (8 sessions) - 6:30pm
Geelong (8 sessons) - no sellouts
Morwell (8 sessions) - no sellouts

Of course this is nowhere near Pirates 3 or Spiderman 3. Though it did have more sellouts than Shrek 3, but that movie had at least 50% more sessions per day in most cinemas.

This is promising, it at least shows that the afternoon and night sessions are getting good capacity. I think an opening day above $1m is likely. Ideally it would need an opening day above AUD$1.5m to be a good bet for $7m+ opening weekend

AUSTRALIA - Friday (Day 2)

Knox (13 sessions) - 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm
Sunshine (12 sessions) - no sellouts
Southland (12 sessions) - 4:30pm
Crown Casino (11 sessions) - 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Jam Factory (9 sessions) - 10pm
Fountain Gate (9 sessions)
Century City (9 sessions) - 9:30pm
Dandenong (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Airport West (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Karringal (8 sessions) - no sellouts
Geelong (8 sessons) - no sellouts
Morwell (8 sessions) - no sellouts

So yeah, on par with these cinemas....doing really well at Knox, one of the larger complexes in the outer suburbs of melbourne.

12 sellouts yesterday, 11 today...

AUSTRALIA - Friday (Day 2)

Knox (13 sessions) - 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm
Sunshine (12 sessions) - no sellouts
Southland (12 sessions) - 4:30pm
Crown Casino (11 sessions) - 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Jam Factory (9 sessions) - 10pm
Fountain Gate (9 sessions)
Century City (9 sessions) - 9:30pm
Dandenong (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Airport West (9 sessions) - no sellouts
Karringal (8 sessions) - no sellouts
Geelong (8 sessons) - no sellouts
Morwell (8 sessions) - no sellouts

So yeah, on par with these cinemas....doing really well at Knox, one of the larger complexes in the outer suburbs of melbourne.

Had a chance to see this a short while ago too. Completely blew me away.
There is so much to like/love about this movie that i dont know where to begin. The effects are some of the best ive ever seen, simply amazing.
Certainly left me wanting more thats for sure so hopefully a sequel will happen. Grade would be around A-. Cant wait to watch it again.

AUSTRALIA (AUD$) - Opening Day

Brilliant start to week. Transformers opening to approximately $2m in Australia, one of the largest opening days of all-time and the largest non-sequel/franchise opening day ever.

It was up at least 67% over WOTWs Wednesday opening and 9% ahead of Terminator 3's opening day. What's so great is that it's this year's 2nd largest opening day so far, beating Shrek 3 and Spiderman 3....falling just short of Pirates 3. If it follows the same weekend multiplier as Spiderman 3 (AUD$9.5m opening weekend), it's headed for an opening weekend close to $10.5m. I'm not sure if it'll be as ferocious as Spiderman over the week, since that movie caters for a more family friendly crowd (Transformers would've exhausted its core fanbase in the first couple of days).....though it should open to at least $8m opening weekend with $9-10m more likely. Stay tuned.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $5.268m (Fri)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $5,230,286
The Matrix: Reloaded - $4,173,881 (Fri)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $4,122,770 (US$2.09m - Wed)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $3,554,412 (incl. $1.2m midnights - 534p)
The Chronciles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $3,516,000 (Mon)*Boxing Day
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $3,209,000
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $3,065,296
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $2,713,766 (US$1.95m)
Star Wars 1: PM - $2,619,887 (US$1.5m)
Meet The Fockers - $2,617,013 (US$1.8m Boxing Day - 323 SC)*
The Matrix: Revolutions - $2.4m (~$0.75m = 1am sessions)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $2,391,358
Harry Potter 3: POA - $2.3m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $2,203,707 (600 prints)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $2,167,548
Transformers - $2m (350 prints)
The Incredibles - $1,918,418 (US$1.4m Boxing Day - 417 SC)*
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $1,836,208
Spiderman 3 - $1,805,133 (500)
The Da Vinci Code - $1,804,661 (US$1.3m - 561 SC)
8 Mile - $1,761,130
Shrek 2 - $1,730,695
Spiderman - $1,725,463
Independence Day - $1,713,470 (US$1.1m)
Spiderman 2 - $1,602,413 (US$1,105,341 - Wed)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $1,468,014
End Of Days - $1,425,184
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $1,379,741 (US$1.1m - 409)
The Day After Tomorrow: $1,325,000 (US$910,000)
Shrek 3 - $1,303,868
Superman Returns - $1,260,084 (US$919,000 - 407)
Meet The Parents - $1,236,144
Mission Impossible 2 - $1,236,144
War Of The Worlds - $1,199,947 (US$923,057)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $1,177,707
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $1,164,786 (Wed)
Troy - $1,150,134 (US$819,000)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $1,150,022
King Kong - $1,148,174 (Wed)