No it's not Xiayun, this opening is below both Pirates 3 and Spiderman 3. Shrek 3 was hardly a big grosser here...

TAIWAN (100%) - Opening Weekend

Nowhere near record breaking levels unfortunately. Transformers opening to similar numbers as King Kong. It's launched in a very crowded market place which already has seen the openings of Ocean's 13, Shrek 3 and Fantastic Four 2.

The good news is that there's no big name competition this coming weekend.....Harry Potter 5 lands on July 11, Wednesday.

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $4.6m (5-Day or $3m 3-Day - 50)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $4.5m or $4.8m by Mon
Spiderman 3 - $4.2m
The Da Vinci Code - $4.1m (161)
War Of The Worlds - $4.1m (5-Day - 66)
Kung Fu Hustle - $4m
Spiderman 2 - $4m
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $3.6m (184)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $3.6m (5-Day - 178) or $3,846,578 by Mon
Constantine - $3.4m (NT$107.3m 5-Day)*CNY
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $3,366,899 (4-Day - 218) - $3.5m (Variety)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $3.2m (100)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3.1m (New Taiwanese Dollar 104.4m excl. p/v - 157)
Mission Impossible 3 - $3,055,568 (68)
The Day After Tomorrow - $3,021,643 (248)
Hero - $3m
King Kong - $3m (65) or $3,737,338 week
Transformers - $3m
Troy - $2.6m (New Taiwanese Dollar 87.4m - 240)
The Mummy Returns - $2.4m (incl. p/v - 52)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $2.3m ($1.1m in Taipei on 16 - 58)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $2.228m
Cast Away - $2.1m (5-Days - 47)
Jurassic Park 3 - $2m (or $2.4m 5-Days - 52)
The Perfect Storm - $2m (58)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $1.9m (18)
Spiderman 2 - $1,807,667 (or $1,034,942 without p/v - 21)
Batman & Robin - $1.8m (or $2.2m 5-Days - 41)
The Matrix - $1.8m (58)
I, Robot - $1.8m (255) or $2,000,828 by Mon
Lethal Weapon 4 - $1.7m (49)
Mission Impossible 2 - $1.7m (or $2.7m week - 55)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $1.7m (incl. p/v - 310)
Poseidon - $1.67m (224,000 adms. incl. p/v - 145)
Superman Returns - $1.58m (214,531 adms. - 151)

I just knew that Transformers has been showing at the theater near me since couple days ago..

My b/f was like crazy when he found out that he missed the first show..

I'm confused. BOM now shows $1.5m total for its opening week. And I was using BOM for comparison with that $3m figure, which shows Pirates opened to $1.2m for the weekend and $2.2m total, and SM3 $981,930 and $2.1m.

Could the 3 million be in Taiwan currency? That would be my only guess.

I thought about that too, but Taiwan currency is cheaper than China RMB, which is 7.6 to US $1.

No clue then, maybe it was a misprint, I mean for Pirates and spiderman's grosses, have to wait for Omega to answer.

BOM reports only figures for Taipei.....the $3m is nationwide....

Looks like marketing there was real crap then...

Have you guys not being paying attention in the Pirates thread... ,

Okay, here we go

TAIPEI - Opening Weekend

Ok i must admit, kinda dissapointed with this gross in Taipei and Taiwan in general. Was expecting War of the Worlds types numbers....

....hmm, at least it defeated Mission Impossible 3 and King Kong.

Taiwanese Dollar

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - 73,383,760 (41,485,220 2-Day) - 20
Spiderman 3 - 69,745,870 (6-Day or 32,741,360 2-Day) - 19
War Of The Worlds - 66,620,455 (5-Day or 33,046,880 2-Day) - 21
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - 61,858,467 (35,624,147 2-Day) - 20
The Da Vinci Code - 61,801,848 (37,854,329 2-Day) - 20
Spiderman 2 - 60,628,635 (34,707,130 2-Day) - 21
Kung Fu Hustle - 60,605,530 (45,000,910 2-Day)*Christmas - 20
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 56,290,115 (36,265,930 2-Day) - 21
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 54,904,315 (42,680,345 2-Day) - 22
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 53,521,040 (5-Day or 30,920,450 2-Day) - 17
Transformers - 50,062,813 (32,198,426 2-Day) - 19
Mission Impossible 3 - 50,025,246 (30,184,529 2-Day) - 20
King Kong - 49,368,195 (5-Day or 30,125,590 2-Day) - 21
Harry Potter 2: COS - 49,051,240 (40,536,985 2-Day) - 19
Constantine - 48,747,655 (5-Day or 17,775,725 2-Day)*CNY - 21
The Day After Tomorrow - 46,937,210 (36,823,860 2-Day) - 18
Harry Potter 3: POA - 45,139,165 (36,014,570 2-Day) - 21
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - 40,880,595 (32,936,510 2-Day) - 20
Troy - 39,678,450 (31,600,090 2-Day) - 21
Men In Black 2 - 39,135,295 (30,029,310 2-Day) - 18
Spiderman 1 - 37,314,930 (29,685,730 2-Day) - 18
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - 35,284,035 (28,584,370 2-Day) - 18
The Matrix: Revolutions - 34,290,895 (20,550,275 2-Day) - 20
National Treasure - 32,463,500 (25,470,530 2-Day) - 20
Hero - 30,020,535 (22,910,860 2-Day) - 18
I, Robot - 29,957,195 (23,180,605 2-Day) - 18
Minority Report - 28,762,830 (21,374,280 2-Day) - 18
Van Helsing - 27,658,770 (18,478,490 2-Day) - 20
The Matrix: Reloaded - 26,469,945 (16,241,510 2-Day) - 19
Poseidon - 25,531,359 (19,788,524 2-Day) - 19
Superman Returns - 25,013,256 (15,551,843 2-Day) - 18
Madagascar - 23,815,370 (17,558,785 2-Day) - 22
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - 23,611,900 (15,251,800 2-Day) - 17
Ghost Rider - 23,574,595 (8,228,303 2-Day) - 18
300 - 23,146,199 (18,029,880 2-Day) - 17


US Dollar

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $2,199,859 (4-Day or $1,243,621 2-Day - 20)
War Of The Worlds - $2,105,577 (5-Day or $1,044,465 without p/v - 21)
Spiderman 3 - $2,091,713 (6-Day or $981,930 2-Day) - 19
The Da Vinci Code - $1,933,937 (or $1,184,558 without p/v - 20)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $1,908,158 (or $1,098,904 without p/v - 20)
Spiderman 2 - $1,892,279 (or $1,083,243 without p/v - 21)
Kung Fu Hustle - $1,835,496 (or $1,351,632 without p/v - 20)*Christmas
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $1,756,870 (or $1,131,895 without p/v - 21)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $1,708,573 (5-Day or $987,085 without p/v - 17)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $1,632,405 (or $1,268,964 without p/v - 22)
Mission Impossible 3 - $1,583,579 (or $955,509 without p/v - 20)
Constantine - $1,533,910 (5-Day or $559,337 without p/v - 21)*CNY
Transformers - $1,524,446 (or $980,464 without p/v - 19)
King Kong - $1,486,873 (5-Day or $907,324 without p/v - 21)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,464,956 (or $1,149,309 without p/v - 18)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1,432,676 (or $1,178,127 without p/v - 19)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $1,408,837 (or $1,124,050 without p/v - 21)
Troy - $1,238,403 (or $986,270 without p/v - 21)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $1,233,312 (or $993,650 without p/v - 20)
Men In Black 2 - $1,148,823 (or $881,515 without p/v - 21)
Spiderman - $1,095,386 (or $868,835 without p/v - 18)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1,036,194 (or $851,885 without p/v)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $1,027,401 (or $790,859 without p/v - 18)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1,010,879 (or $818,780 without p/v - 18)
National Treasure - $1,003,043 (or $786,978 without p/v - 20)
I, Robot - $934,993 (or $723,489 without p/v - 18)
Minority Report - $907,385 (or $686,943 without p/v - 18)
Hero - $868,810 (or $662,902 without p/v - 16)
Van Helsing - $863,257 (or $576,731 without p/v - 20)
Poseidon - $796,958 (or $617,696 without p/v - 19)
Superman Returns - $771,160 (or $479,464 without p/v - 18)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $761,220 (or $467,204 without p/v - 19)
Madagascar - $747,618 (or $551,210 without p/v - 22)
Shrek 2 - $716,575 (or $445,862 without p/v - 21)
Ghost Rider - $714,772 (or $249,479 without p/v - 18)
300 - $700,485 (or $545,647 without p/v - 17)
Fearless - $695,372 (or $384,559 without p/v - 18)
Final Destination 3 - $686,839 (or $504,803 without p/v - 14)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $683,951 (4-Days or $679,229 3-Days - 17)

I agree it's not bad, but it surely is well below expectations. It grossed 2.1M euros on OW, which is similar to what FF2 picked up 2 weeks ago...not exactly something to be proud of. It should end up at about 7M (again, in euros), which is 40/45% of what AWE and SM3 have grossed so far. It doesn't seem the kind of movie that destroys records, especially considering how nowadays OS easily beats DOM when it comes to big blockbusters. It's still early, but 250/275 DOM and about 350M OS is what I see.

Well Italy is a bit of a hit and miss, it doesn't seem to be as warming to sci-fi movies as say, the adventure or epic type movies such as Spiderman, Pirates or The Last Samurai.

Star Wars 3 didn't do well here, though it did hit $10m which is an OK gross.

AUSTRALIA (AUD$) - Opening Weekend

Although this is just the 4th largest opening of the year, it's is pretty impressive considering we had it pegged at the $6m-7m to start with. I was really hoping for $8m and this one did it.

It's a much stronger start than WOTWs and Transformers beat it's 5-Day with one less day of play. Transformers is the talk of town at the momment, every single person talking about movie cannot not talk about Transformers. I just had dinner in a cafe tonight and the waiter was asking, are you guys going to see Transformers....LOL...

1) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $14,115,394 (US$7,918,875 - 424 SC)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $13,359,734 (incl. $1.2m midnights - US$10,446,272 - 535 SC) or US$11,210,696 by Mon
3) Shrek 2 - $13,159,869 (US$9,720,795 or $13,646,848 incl. Tas p/v - 437 SC) or US$10,344,499 by Mon
4) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $12,731,703 (US$9,464,748 3-Day - 453 SC)
5) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $12,355,237 (US$9,217,025 - 552 SC)
6) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $12,074,242 (606 SC)
7) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $11,967,380 (US$6.5m - 457 SC)
8) Harry Potter 3: POA - $11,935,745 (US$8.6m or $12,274,543 incl. Tas p/v - 452 SC) or $14,799,004/ $15,137,801 by Mon*
9) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $11,215,765 (489 SC)
10) The Matrix Reloaded - $11,092,773 (US$7,224,680 3-Day - 480 SC)

11) Harry Potter 2: COS - $10,640,941 (US$5.9m - 488 SC)
12) Spiderman - $10,563,980 (US$5.8m - 470 SC) or $13m (5-Day)*Queens Birthday
13) Shrek 3 - $10,338,331 (or $10,344,442 incl. p/v - 477 SC)
14) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $9,749,937 (4-Day or $13,872,707/ US$5m 5-Day - 406 SC)
15) Spiderman 3 - $9,512,596 (500 SC)
16) Harry Potter 1: PS - $9,249,505 (US$4.8m - 476 SC)
17) Star Wars 1: PM - $9,139,628 (US$6,024,000 - 372 SC)
18) The Da Vinci Code - $8,618,350 (US$6.4m - 561 SC)
19) Transformers - $8,067,738 (369 SC)
20) Finding Nemo - $8,038,861 (US$5.2m or $8,183,563/ US$5.3m incl. p/v - 399 SC)

The Matrix: Revolutions - $7,996,289 (US$5.598m - 455 SC)
Independence Day - $7,710,385 (US$6m - 351 SC) or $9,817,129 week
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $7,309,417 (US$4.9m - 377 SC)
Spiderman 2 - $7,136,602 (US$4,922,209 4-Day or $8,735,015/ US$6,028,034 5-Day - 441 SC)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $6,990,165 (US$5.1m/ 680,000 adms. - 463 SC)
James Bond: Casino Royale - $6,701,890 (or $6,857,197 incl. p/v - 401 SC)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $6,689,428 (408 SC)
The Day After Tomorrow - $6,664,837 (US$4.7m - 402 SC)
War Of The Worlds - $6,647,477 (US$4,993,598 4-Day or $7,847,424/ US$5,895,000 5-Day - 399 SC)

Oh, some news from moviemarhsla.com.au

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Thankfully Transformers gets prime holiday weekdays - more so than Potter. I'd expect it to drop no more than 40% next weekend too. Knocked Up should be able to manage a $2.5m opening atleast.

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$10.5+ throught Tuesday, assuming this isn't heavily front end loaded lock in the fourth blockbuster of the year. It should make it if only based on a 2.5 multiplier from opening weekend.

KU may impact with the date movie set driving it, hence taking the 20s male set away from TF.

Getting real interesting between SHREK and AWE now, $28 and $32 respectively (figures rounded). For the amount of people apparently hating SHREK the movie is motoring.

28 WEEKS 12k away from $2.5, pitty we don't have the same levels of manipulation the U.S Distributors have ($1 theatres etc, witness last year's insane work to get Supes to stagger over $200 million. Which no doubt indicates the need to market the DVD releases).

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AUD$10.5m means it made about $2.5m Mon to Tuesday....not mind blowing but still solid numbers.

If it drops better than 45% this weekend, i'll be ecstatic....it's tracking really well and should be at around $15-17m by the end of Sunday......this will so blow past $20m.....currently tracking around $25-27m.

http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/

Guess the relative budgets came into play or something.

TF now $11+

Not sure if this is an updated Tuesday cumulative gross .....it would've been well over $11m by Wednesday...

SOUTH KOREA (100%) - Opening Weekend

Birlliant start by Transformers in Korea, the 4th largest opening of all-time. It did particuarlly well in Korea and this one looks to cross 4m with ease.

Admissions

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - 2,713,300 adms. (5-Day or 1,484,222 adms. 3-Day or 474,500 adms. 3-Day Seoul)* - 912
The Host - 2,637,000 adms. (572,100 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 620
Spiderman 3 - 2,559,902 adms. (6-Day or 460,179 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 816
Transformers - 1,894,917 adms. (4-Day or 1,580,128 3-Day or 488,000 3-Day Seoul) - 851
Typhoon - 1,801,000 adms. (540)
Taegukgi - 1,777,500 adms. (4-Day or 299,900 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - 400
The Matrix: Reloaded - 1,770,000 adms. (315,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 1,676,000 adms. (241,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
My Boss, My Teacher - 1,667,000 adms. (327,000 4-Day Seoul) - 450
Mission Impossible 3 - 1,642,000 adms. (414,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 460
Hanbando - 1,636,000 adms. (272,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 520
Shrek 3 - 1,616,000 adms. (5-Day or 291,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 450
Silmido - 1,590,000 adms. (192,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - 1,513,000 adms. (386,600 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 420
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - 1,480,000 adms. (230,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
War Of The Worlds - 1,430,000 adms.
The Da Vinci Code - 1,410,000 adms. (306,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 480

300 - 1,031,500 adms. (262,800 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 353
The Island - 940,000 adms.
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - 909,100 adms. (230,500 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 428
King Kong - 850,000 adms. (354)


US$

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $18.4m (5-Days - 623) or $19.4m by Mon or $20.7m week
2) Spiderman 3 - $17,322,853 (16.6bn Won - 6-Day - 683) or $19.4m week
3) The Host - $16,385,577 (5bn Won or $12,629,494 without p/v - 620)
4) Transformers - $13,114,149 (4-Day - 549 TC)
5) Shrek 3 - $11.27m (5-Days - 536 TC)
6) Mission Impossible 3 - $10,557,901 (402) or $13.m week
7) Hanbando - $9,849,047 (or $6,140,604 without p/v - 520)
8) My Boss, My Teacher - $9,308,688 ($7,594,371 3-Day - 450)
9) Welcome To Dongmakgol - $9,118,241 ($6,563,047 3-Day - 464)
10) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $9m (350)

The Da Vinci Code - $8,821,168 (386)
War Of The Worlds - $8,647,836 (4-Day or $6,912,221 3-Day - 370)
300 - $6.4m (231)

we will have like.. a lot more 10m opener in South Korea for this year

WOW

today i found out that both TRANSFORMERS and THE SIMPSONS MOVIE are releasing same day and date in UK aka July 27th.

Seriously, I love The simpsons but it will definitely get killed by Transformers. Something tells me it will flop horribly there.

I mean shrek 3 got a 31 million OW and DH4 released yesterday in UK and will have a damn solid OW. Transformers is something new and fresh and is getting amazing WOM so naturally audiences in UK will be inclined to watch that movie more than The simpsons.

I predict Transformers to take #1 spot
Shrek 3 takes the 2nd spot
The simpsons or LFODH 3rd spot
LFODH or The simpsons 4th spot

Simpsons are very big in the UK. I think moreso now than the US since it averages around 3 million viewers in the UK

In US its 8 million a week.

Stupid! I hope one of the two moves...

well I don't think that will happen now.

But what i love is that PARAMOUNT is supporting HD-DVD meaning Transformers will be coming on HD DVD.

Awesome i support HD DVD so I am happy that Transformers will come out on it.

But i will only buy the regular DVD especially 2 disc special edition hopefully with more action footage or scenes to make it a bit more fleshed out.

Nah, personally i see the opposite, atleast at the theaters in a close proximity if me - simpsons is getting plenty of exposure so to speak, plus on buses, phones boxes etc. Not so much for transformers.

damn it.

I feel pretty

I love simpsons but I am a new fan of Transformers. Mind you only the movie of course.

Transformers was just insanely awesome that I would like it to do big business in UK.

But i want simpsons movie to do well too in UK.