With the home release just around the corner, Transformers: The Last Knight; the 5th movie of the Transformers Live Action Movie Franchise has concluded its Box Office run.
This latest Michael Bay movie has managed to earn US $604 Million (worldwide total) during the last 10 Weeks since the release. Breakdown is as follows:
- Domestic Total: $130 Million+
- International Total: $473 Million+
While the earning is a massive drop compared to previous movies, it nevertheless passed some of the low expectations predicted.
The next installment of the series is currently being filmed, to be released in December 2018.
Michael Payton
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Angry Camaro
I believe I saw three films this summer. The Mummy (I knew what I was getting into there), The Last Knight (four times), and most recently Logan Lucky. So I totally get where you are coming from as I feel the same way. If there were films that interested me (and if I lived in an area where prices were lower) I would go every week.
When I saw Logan Lucky, it was $14 and change for a non-3D, plain old ticket.
Ash from Carolina
I'm the sort of person that would go the movie theater every weekend if there was something worth watching. This summer though just didn't have the sort of films I wanted to go out and see. I'm just feeling burned out on spending good money for bad movies so I've gotten super picky about what I watch because it feels like the studios stopped caring if they were making movies people could enjoy.
simonatmac
I don´t know. I won´t buy this movie.
1st hour plain talking…Seems Mr.Bay is sick of it.
Anyway, I would have created the movies in a very different, more G1 way with simpler toys and less *boom* *bang* *everything explodes* thrash…
Great news would be if someone would produce a movie in the WfC line, THAT would be awesome.
No offends…
Gordon_4
That's super fucking dismal.
Chaos Prime
Over? The nightmare's only going to get worse.
Bayformers IS suffering; I just didn't know there were so many masochists in the world.
But in all seriousness this is very sad news.
Transformers is long overdue for a reboot now, and the thought of this dreary, and tired movie series might continue to shuffle along like the decaying zombie that it's become leads me to accept that we'll never get a true transformers movie.
But when in Rome…
TFXProtector
I'm going to quote myself here, because this was on Facebook earlier… *political topic edited out*
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Worst year since 2006. Has nothing to do with how many movies are out there. It has to do with quality.
TLK wasn't quality. Make the next one be a good film and you'll see the series rebound.
electronic456
Oh… Oops.
No this is the site that doesn't have stuff like trailers or intetviews. But toys are still viewable. This is taken from the rules.
JT-bob
Perhaps, but if it had been a better series they might have had faith in one possibly weak entry. Consider the opening weekend box office takes, before word-of-mouth had any real impact possible:
TF 2007 – $70.5m
ROF 2009 – $109m
DOM 2011 – $116m
AOE 2014 – $100m
TLK 2017 – $45m
YoungPrime
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The 3rd article down is Bayformer oriented.
electronic456
Q. Can I view the TFW2005 news page without movie spoilers?
A. Yes you can. Transformers News Without Movie Spoilers.
You always count on this…
YoungPrime
Hmm…..So instead of Han Solo, Deadpool and Incredibles 2.
It's going up against an animated Spider-man movie, Aqua-Man and a post Apocalyptic movie (Mortal Engines) that feature Machines that "Eat each other to stay alive"?
Well the competition is less intense but it doesn't get them out of the fryer IMO. But I am relieved that I'll have a "Bayformer-less" Summer for the most part. Sure there might be a Trailer as early as the Spring but we won't be as bombarded with BumbleBay Spinoff news until the Fall.
drbeakman
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TFXProtector
I disagree.
I get the point you're making, but I still don't agree. There were plenty of people who disliked Spider-Man Homecoming, but those who I guess you could say "loved" it, were far more vocal. I mean, how do you go up against a Marvel juggernaut with a negative opinion? Go read "The Last Movie You Saw…" thread and watch people stand up and say they didn't like this Marvel movie, or that one, or any of them and you'll see a bunch of people dogpile on them in quick succession. Just because people haven't said they didn't like it, doesn't mean they did like it. Word of mouth travels better than we'd like to think and I'll be honest, it swayed me. I didn't go see the movie, so I personally cannot comment on it. I'll watch it when it comes to home video/digital, so I can give it a fair assessment, but word of mouth worked. Would you rather sit in a theater for 90-100-120 minutes (possibly more) on a maybe? Or would you rather just wait for it to come home to you and pay $5.00 for a digital rental, or buy it for $20.00 and you're done? That's part of the problem.
It's fair to say that the market was saturated and it made it difficult for movies to compete against one another, but… If they're GOOD movies, they'll gain traction and then mow down the competition. So, the level of how good or bad a movie is, DOES reflect on the box office.
TF1 made it because it was new and exciting and there was some real eye candy in it. (No, I'm not talking about Megan Fox, I am indeed talking about the Transformers themselves.)
ROTF was basically given a free pass, even though the critics slaughtered it because it was more robot eye candy and we got to see some cool stuff such as Optimus taking down The Fallen. (On the flip side, we got to see Turturro's butt, so was it really a win? …no. No, it was not.)
DOTM pulled it off because it toned down the ridiculous humor (though, there was still enough), made the story a lot more serious and gave us an actual story with a real, genuine mystery with one of the best twists in recent cinema. (If you didn't read the novelization, you were shocked when Sentinel killed Ironhide and made clear his decision to go after Earth.) It worked because it was written well.
AOE had serious issues but was the most down to Earth of the films, thus far and people took issue more with questionable scenes (Romeo & Juliet) and let them dominate the rest of the discussion. They focused too much on the explosions and loudness, which has become commonplace in this franchise, so why they were shocked by it being in the FOURTH film is beyond me. Everyone agrees that the film is too long and is a detriment to it. That said, outside of some off-putting scenes and the over-the-top carnage towards the end, the film was written quite well but drowned out by its visual and auditory problems. (Of which there were many.)
TLK was just a mess. It took two different films and crammed them into one and it showed. It suffered for it. On their own, each piece was written well, but when both square pegs were being forced into the same round hole, disaster was not only bound to happen but did happen. That's not an issue of it couldn't compete, that's an issue of it was never competition material, to begin with. Anyone in their right mind should've looked at what Bay was doing and said "No. Nope. Nuh uh. No."
Still, not a valid point you're making, here.
1. Guaranteed success. Marvel can basically print money, now.
2. As soon as the first reviews came in, this was doomed from the beginning. It had nothing to do with timing, it was just a BAD film.
3. Haven't seen it, can't comment on it, but it wasn't money or time that was the issue, nor was it the competition. I just had other more important things I had to do. (I will see it, though.)
4. It was successful and nothing really stood in its way. I get the point you're making, again, but still…
5. No one, and I mean no one, saw this one. Everybody and their brother avoided this like the plague, on top of bad word of mouth. The only reason competition dominated it was because people wanted to see a REAL film.
6. It was a mess of a film and even the fans and general audience turned on it. Competition, nothing. It just is a stank mess.
7. I've already said what I needed to say, above.
8. Can't comment on it, but heard it was good. It didn't have any effect on TLK. TLK just bombed because it sucked.
9. Oh, please. This one was dead in the water once it left dock. Even before it hit theaters, it wasn't tracking well. Early critics reviews thrashed it because the film had promise and Besson BLEW it. Competition had nothing to do with it.
10. Again, not an issue of competition. It just didn't live up to expectations. Was it a good film, as films go? Sure, why not? Was it a good adaptation? No. I haven't read the books and even I know it didn't even come close to the original vision.
Good choice, bad choice.
That makes you suck. Shame on you. There's no excuse.
Well, maybe try and do the right thing and actually rent them so they make some money. Even rentals and sales at the home video point do help the financials of a film.
TLK proves that the people are right in wanting a new director. I was a big Bay fan and supporter, from the beginning. I was wrong, in the end. He had some hits and misses, but in the end, it was all pretty much a miss. (Financially, they were successful, but his "art" was not.) No one's missing the point except you and those who liked your post. It's not an irrelevant point, it's absolutely THE point. And no, don't disregard how good the movie is or the production quality, they are incredibly important. GOTG2 making more or less than the first isn't an issue when it makes the kind of money it made. The point is, it made its money back and was SUCCESSFUL. TLK didn't and was not.
If Marvel had put out a bunch of films this year and expected everyone to go and see them, along with a bunch of GOOD DC movies, as well as a bunch of Star Wars and other Disney movies, then you'd have a point. Here's the problem with your examples:
Wonder Woman. The FIRST good DC movie. It not only made money and was successful, but it was critically successful as well and the audience liked it. There was Man Of Steel, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Suicide Squad. All were financially successful, but the critics couldn't really stand them and they failed with audiences. They just so happened to make enough money out of the curious among us, and a few die hard fans, but that doesn't make them good films. When Wonder Woman, the one everyone expected to tank comes out on top, then you know there's a problem with the formula. DC doesn't have it, Marvel does. Good production quality and values, written and directed well. It made its money because it DESERVED it. Guess what? Zach Snyder ultimately had no hand in it and someone else took over and it worked. Zach Snyder is the common problem with the DCU thus far, much like Bay is the common problem with the TFU thus far.
The problem isn't that there were too many movies, the problem was there were only a handful of good movies lost at sea in a sea of BAD movies. TLK was a tsunami of awful when you really sit down and look at it. I love the movieverse, I buy the toys, they bring me joy, but even I can admit TLK was a disaster and the competition had ZERO to do with it. Some of the movies it was competing against, haven't even made it to China yet, or the other countries it failed in. Bay was the problem, he will always be the problem, getting rid of him WILL fix at least that part of the problem. GOTG2 barely beat the first one, financially because it wasn't as strong of a film as the first one was. The first one's an instant classic with a lot of heart. Vol2 is trying to recapture the magic of the first and just simply cannot do it because it was bloated with spectacle, rather than heart. That's a problem. That has nothing to do with competition.
Power Rangers came out the week before Beauty & The Beast, THAT is an example of competition being the problem. Critics and fans, even just mildly, admitted PR was actually a pretty good movie with potential. It wasn't strong enough to fight off Disney's juggernaut. Even if it didn't have to compete with B&TB, it still wasn't the strongest film, but the timing was certainly part of what did it in. TLK doesn't have that luxury. It just sucked.
Incorrect. People do. All the time. Look at YouTube reviewers. They do it because they're movie fans, not just critics. Take Jeremy Jahns for example. He goes and sees these films. If he can do it, others can too. They choose not to based on reviews and word of mouth. If better movies are made, the competition will become an issue. When they're made like this years films are, competition isn't an issue.
And when you're proven wrong, I surely hope you come back here ready to eat crow. Because the TF movies can be salvaged by people with a little thing we all like to call… TALENT.
*mic drop*
drbeakman
Good man!
Also, love shin Godzilla
ze collecter
I just checked this and there aren't really if not any comic writers who wrote those movies.
ErbFan28
I don't. I want a complete reboot. Something tells me I would've been disappointed in the continuation of these plot threads anyway.
ErbFan28
Thats pretty bad. Production costs, marketing, and profit splitting may keep this film from making any money. It might've lost money.