$228.4 Million for ‘Transformers 2’ in One Week
posted July 1, 2009 1:51 PM
Paramount’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen rounded out its first week in theatres with another strong first place performance on Tuesday. The sci-fi action sequel grossed $13.51 million for the day, which was down a very respectable 9 percent from Monday. Transformers 2 was the only wide release to see a decline yesterday, but that was quite understandable given the size of the film’s daily grosses at this point. Grosses across the board were mostly up by significant percentages over Monday, likely due in part to moviegoers catching up on various films on the eve of the debuts of Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Universal’s Public Enemies.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed $228.44 million in its first seven days, which ranks as the second largest seven-day gross of all time, behind only the $238.62 million seven-day start of The Dark Knight last July. Transformers 2 is currently running 38 percent ahead of the pace of 2007’s Transformers. Looking ahead to the upcoming holiday weekend, Transformers 2 will likely have to settle for a close second place finish, but could still remain in first if Ice Age 3 were to debut below pre-release expectations.
After slowing down a bit over the weekend, Disney’s The Proposal has rebounded nicely over the past two days. The romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds grossed $3.29 million on Tuesday to remain in second. The Proposal was up 19 percent from Monday and down 30 percent from last Tuesday. The film has grossed a better than expected $75.21 million in 12 days of release.
The Hangover remained in third place on Tuesday with $2.75 million. The R-rated comedy blockbuster from Warner Bros. was up 7 percent from Monday and down just 21 percent from last Tuesday as the film’s holding power still remains incredibly strong. The Hangover has grossed $188.38 million in 26 days and will likely cross the $200 million mark on Saturday.
Like The Proposal, Disney’s UP was also up 19 percent from Monday. The tenth computer animated feature film from Pixar grossed $2.57 million for the day, which brings its 33-day total to $254.97 million. UP was down a slim 12 percent from last Tuesday, which suggests that the film could experience a solid hold this weekend even with the added presence of Ice Age 3.
My Sister’s Keeper rounded out the day’s top five with $2.27 million. The Nick Cassavetes directed drama starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin was up a solid 12 percent over Monday. My Sister’s Keeper has grossed $16.75 million in five days of release. Much like 2004’s The Notebook, which was also directed by Cassavetes and released towards the end of June, My Sister’s Keeper is performing relatively stronger on weekdays than it is on weekends thus far.
BOXOFFICE.com's predictions for the weekend can be read here.




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