Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon breaks records, hits $500 million worldwide in 9 days

tfw2005.com -> boxofficemojo.com :

Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon tore past the $500 million worldwide mark yesterday [7 Jul 2011], which was its 9th day in theaters. That broke the 10-day record held by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Those movies went on to earn $963.4 million and $1.014 billion (and counting), respectively, which looks like a good target range for Dark of the Moon.

Transformers : Dark of the Moon has so far earned $214 million domestically. Overseas, Dark of the Moon has already earned a massive $297.1 million. Based on its current pace, Transformers: Dark of the Moon will rocket past $600 million worldwide on Saturday, its 11th day in theaters. Adding to its impressiveness is that it's hitting these numbers before striking China (July 21) and Japan (July 29). While it's a bit premature, Dark of the Moon appears to be on pace to ultimately close with over $1 billion worldwide. If Transformers avoids getting completely steamrolled by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 next week, then it should become the 9th $1 billion movie in history.

- That was really fast, as we watched the worldwide box office receipts for Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon rocket past $300 million, $400 million and now $500 million on the way to a $1 billion total box office. And that's not even counting the Blu-Ray and DVD's yet which are coming in Nov 2011 which could bring the count to $2 billion in time to come.

Of course, this being possibly the last Michael Bay directed Transformers movie might have something to do with it. But there seems to be more story left to tell, especially the last part about Optimus Prime and Megatron which seemed to take place a bit abruptly. Already there are people talking about Transformers 4 - we'll have to see about that.

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