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Transformers: Dark of the MoonFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 34m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • DreamWorks

Be afraid of the dark.

🍅 35% 55%

42

2.81

6.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$97.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$352.39M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.12B

$771.40M international

Domestic legs3.60x

Budget$195M

2011 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Bay filmography

Michael Bay

Michael Bay Director

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf Starring

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen Starring

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy Starring

John Turturro

John Turturro Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

ScreenplayEhren Kruger StudioDreamWorks SeriesTransformers

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 1-3 1 $97.9M — 4,088 $23,937 $162.6M

2 Jul 8-10 1 $47.1M −52% 4,107 $11,469 $261.1M

3 Jul 15-17 2 $21.3M −55% 3,917 $5,445 $302.9M

4 Jul 22-24 4 $12.1M −43% 3,375 $3,571 $325.8M

5 Jul 29-31 8 $6.1M −49% 2,604 $2,337 $338.0M

6 Aug 5-7 10 $3.1M −49% 1,854 $1,665 $344.2M

7 Aug 12-14 14 $1.4M −55% 886 $1,563 $347.3M

8 Aug 19-21 18 $606.3K −56% 484 $1,253 $348.5M

9 Aug 26-28 19 $640.3K +6% 518 $1,236 $349.5M

10 Sep 2-4 29 $588.5K −8% 424 $1,388 $350.3M

11 Sep 9-11 36 $174.9K −70% 177 $988 $350.8M

12 Sep 16-18 23 $469.2K +168% 306 $1,533 $351.3M

13 Sep 23-25 21 $401.1K −15% 251 $1,598 $351.9M

14 Sep 30-Oct 2 28 $200.7K −50% 208 $965 $352.2M

15 Oct 7-9 37 $82.9K −59% 143 $580 $352.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jun 28 #2 $5.5M — $5.5M — — -1

Wed Jun 29 #1 $37.7M +586% $43.2M 4,011 $9,405 1

Thu Jun 30 #1 $21.5M −43% $64.8M 4,011 $5,370 2

Fri Jul 1 #1 $33.0M +53% $97.8M 4,088 $8,070 3

Sat Jul 2 #1 $34.5M +5% $132.2M 4,088 $8,436 4

Sun Jul 3 #1 $30.4M −12% $162.6M 4,088 $7,431 5

Mon Jul 4 #1 $18.0M −41% $180.7M 4,088 $4,411 6

Tue Jul 5 #1 $13.4M −25% $194.1M 4,088 $3,287 7

Wed Jul 6 #1 $10.3M −23% −73% $204.4M 4,088 $2,528 8

Thu Jul 7 #1 $9.6M −8% −56% $214.0M 4,088 $2,337 9

Fri Jul 8 #1 $14.8M +55% −55% $228.8M 4,107 $3,614 10

Sat Jul 9 #1 $18.3M +23% −47% $247.1M 4,107 $4,462 11

Sun Jul 10 #1 $13.9M −24% −54% $261.1M 4,107 $3,393 12

Mon Jul 11 #1 $5.9M −58% −67% $266.9M 4,107 $1,428 13

Tue Jul 12 #1 $6.1M +3% −55% $273.0M 4,107 $1,477 14

Wed Jul 13 #1 $4.6M −24% −55% $277.6M 4,107 $1,126 15

Thu Jul 14 #1 $3.9M −15% −59% $281.6M 4,107 $954 16

Fri Jul 15 #2 $6.3M +61% −57% $287.9M 3,917 $1,612 17

Sat Jul 16 #2 $8.6M +37% −53% $296.5M 3,917 $2,201 18

Sun Jul 17 #2 $6.4M −26% −54% $302.9M 3,917 $1,632 19

Mon Jul 18 #2 $2.8M −56% −52% $305.7M 3,917 $725 20

Tue Jul 19 #2 $3.1M +8% −50% $308.8M 3,917 $781 21

Wed Jul 20 #3 $2.5M −19% −47% $311.2M 3,917 $629 22

Thu Jul 21 #2 $2.6M +4% −35% $313.8M 3,917 $651 23

Fri Jul 22 #5 $3.6M +40% −43% $317.4M 3,375 $1,061 24

Sat Jul 23 #4 $4.8M +35% −44% $322.2M 3,375 $1,434 25

Sun Jul 24 #4 $3.6M −25% −43% $325.8M 3,375 $1,076 26

Mon Jul 25 #5 $1.6M −57% −44% $327.4M 3,375 $467 27

Tue Jul 26 #5 $1.7M +9% −44% $329.1M 3,375 $508 28

Wed Jul 27 #5 $1.4M −18% −43% $330.5M 3,375 $415 29

Thu Jul 28 #5 $1.4M −1% −46% $331.9M 3,375 $411 30

Fri Jul 29 #8 $1.8M +29% −50% $333.7M 2,604 $689 31

Sat Jul 30 #8 $2.5M +38% −49% $336.2M 2,604 $947 32

Sun Jul 31 #8 $1.8M −26% −50% $338.0M 2,604 $701 33

Mon Aug 1 #8 $831.1K −54% −47% $338.8M 2,604 $319 34

Tue Aug 2 #8 $851.9K +3% −50% $339.7M 2,604 $327 35

Wed Aug 3 #8 $745.0K −13% −47% $340.4M 2,604 $286 36

Thu Aug 4 #8 $722.5K −3% −48% $341.2M 2,604 $277 37

Fri Aug 5 #10 $860.2K +19% −52% $342.0M 1,854 $464 38

Sat Aug 6 #10 $1.3M +46% −49% $343.3M 1,854 $675 39

Sun Aug 7 #10 $973.9K −22% −47% $344.2M 1,854 $525 40

Mon Aug 8 #10 $422.2K −57% −49% $344.7M 1,854 $228 41

Tue Aug 9 #10 $485.6K +15% −43% $345.2M 1,854 $262 42

Wed Aug 10 #11 $375.7K −23% −50% $345.5M 1,854 $203 43

Thu Aug 11 #11 $356.1K −5% −51% $345.9M 1,854 $192 44

Fri Aug 12 #14 $385.1K +8% −55% $346.3M 886 $435 45

Sat Aug 13 #14 $574.5K +49% −54% $346.8M 886 $648 46

Sun Aug 14 #14 $425.0K −26% −56% $347.3M 886 $480 47

Mon Aug 15 #14 $172.2K −59% −59% $347.4M 886 $194 48

Tue Aug 16 #14 $183.2K +6% −62% $347.6M 886 $207 49

Wed Aug 17 #14 $152.6K −17% −59% $347.8M 886 $172 50

Thu Aug 18 #14 $156.9K +3% −56% $347.9M 886 $177 51

Fri Aug 19 — $170.6K +9% −56% $348.1M 484 $352 52

Sat Aug 20 — $256.3K +50% −55% $348.4M 484 $530 53

Sun Aug 21 — $179.4K −30% −58% $348.5M 484 $371 54

Mon Aug 22 — $70.2K −61% −59% $348.6M 484 $145 55

Tue Aug 23 — $76.9K +10% −58% $348.7M 484 $159 56

Wed Aug 24 — $65.0K −15% −57% $348.8M 484 $134 57

Thu Aug 25 — $64.9K n/c −59% $348.8M 484 $134 58

Fri Aug 26 — $177.8K +174% +4% $349.0M 518 $343 59

Sat Aug 27 — $278.8K +57% +9% $349.3M 518 $538 60

Sun Aug 28 — $183.6K −34% +2% $349.5M 518 $354 61

Mon Aug 29 — $73.2K −60% +4% $349.5M 518 $141 62

Tue Aug 30 — $83.8K +14% +9% $349.6M 518 $162 63

Wed Aug 31 — $70.6K −16% +9% $349.7M 518 $136 64

Thu Sep 1 — $74.9K +6% +15% $349.8M 518 $145 65

Fri Sep 2 — $134.8K +80% −24% $349.9M 424 $318 66

Sat Sep 3 — $223.5K +66% −20% $350.1M 424 $527 67

Sun Sep 4 — $230.1K +3% +25% $350.3M 424 $543 68

Mon Sep 5 #30 $151.8K −34% +107% $350.5M 424 $358 69

Tue Sep 6 — $44.8K −71% −47% $350.5M 424 $106 70

Wed Sep 7 — $41.4K −8% −41% $350.6M 424 $98 71

Thu Sep 8 — $39.0K −6% −48% $350.6M 424 $92 72

Fri Sep 9 — $47.0K +21% −65% $350.7M 177 $265 73

Sat Sep 10 — $83.0K +77% −63% $350.8M 177 $469 74

Sun Sep 11 — $45.0K −46% −80% $350.8M 177 $254 75

Mon Sep 12 — $13.7K −70% −91% $350.8M 177 $77 76

Tue Sep 13 — $18.3K +34% −59% $350.8M 177 $104 77

Wed Sep 14 — $15.7K −15% −62% $350.8M 177 $89 78

Thu Sep 15 — $15.0K −4% −61% $350.9M 177 $85 79

Fri Sep 16 — $117.8K +684% +151% $351.0M 306 $385 80

Sat Sep 17 — $208.0K +77% +151% $351.2M 306 $680 81

Sun Sep 18 — $143.3K −31% +219% $351.3M 306 $468 82

Mon Sep 19 — $40.5K −72% +196% $351.4M 306 $132 83

Tue Sep 20 — $46.5K +15% +153% $351.4M 306 $152 84

Wed Sep 21 — $39.2K −16% +150% $351.5M 306 $128 85

Thu Sep 22 — $43.4K +11% +189% $351.5M 306 $142 86

Fri Sep 23 — $101.8K +135% −14% $351.6M 251 $405 87

Sat Sep 24 — $178.4K +75% −14% $351.8M 251 $711 88

Sun Sep 25 — $120.9K −32% −16% $351.9M 251 $482 89

Mon Sep 26 — $28.9K −76% −29% $351.9M 251 $115 90

Tue Sep 27 — $31.2K +8% −33% $352.0M 251 $124 91

Wed Sep 28 — $28.6K −8% −27% $352.0M 251 $114 92

Thu Sep 29 — $30.1K +6% −30% $352.0M 251 $120 93

Fri Sep 30 — $52.5K +74% −48% $352.1M 208 $253 94

Sat Oct 1 — $92.0K +75% −48% $352.2M 208 $442 95

Sun Oct 2 — $56.2K −39% −54% $352.2M 208 $270 96

Mon Oct 3 — $13.2K −76% −54% $352.2M 208 $64 97

Tue Oct 4 — $14.0K +6% −55% $352.2M 208 $67 98

Wed Oct 5 — $13.1K −7% −54% $352.3M 208 $63 99

Thu Oct 6 — $13.4K +3% −55% $352.3M 208 $65 100

Fri Oct 7 — $22.2K +66% −58% $352.3M 143 $156 101

Sat Oct 8 — $35.9K +61% −61% $352.3M 143 $251 102

Sun Oct 9 — $24.8K −31% −56% $352.4M 143 $173 103

Mon Oct 10 — $10.3K −58% −22% $352.4M 143 $72 104

Tue Oct 11 — $7.5K −27% −46% $352.4M 143 $53 105

Wed Oct 12 — $6.4K −15% −51% $352.4M 143 $44 106

Thu Oct 13 — $7.6K +20% −43% $352.4M 143 $53 107

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$350.5M

Jun 28Jul 16Aug 2Aug 20Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $588.5K

$97.9M

$47.1M

$21.3M

$12.1M

$6.1M

$3.1M

$1.4M

$606.3K

$640.3K

$588.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,107 → 424 −89.7%

4,011 open424 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8%

−52%

W1→2

−55%

W2→3

−43%

W3→4

−49%

W4→5

−49%

W5→6

−55%

W6→7

−56%

W7→8

+6%

W8→9

−8%

W9→10

Steepest −56%Biggest gain +6%

Run milestones

$300M in 19 days

$100M

Day 4

Jul 2

$200M

Day 8

Jul 6

$300M

Day 19

Jul 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $97.9M #17 Biggest July openingsAll-time $97.9M #40 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.12B

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