'TRANSFORMERS' WINS AT BOX OFFICE $152.5 MILLION TAKE IS BIGGEST 7-DAY OPENING IN HISTORY FOR NONSEQUEL.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Staff Writer With a seven-day total of $152.5 million, "Transformers" trampled over other box-office heavyweights to emerge as one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer season. The co-production from DreamWorks and Paramount studios took in an estimated $67.6 million Friday through Sunday after setting the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. single-day record earlier in the week. "Transformers" also enjoyed the biggest seven-day opening in history for a nonsequel film. "You don't get these very often, so it's a lot of fun," said Rob Moore Rob Moore may refer to any of the following:
Spielberg created some spectacular visual effects like you've never seen before. The movie also has a great sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour ." The film has also picked up $93.6 million internationally since its release. Holding its own in second place was last weekend's champ, "Ratatouille ra·ta·tou·ille n. A vegetable stew, usually made with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, and onions, seasoned with herbs and garlic. [French, from alteration of toillier, touiller, ," the latest Pixar Animation title released by Disney. The film added $29 million in weekend ticket sales for a 10-day total of $109.5 million. "What a fantastic way to start a movie, and we've got lots of summer playtime ahead of us," said Chuck Viane, president of Disney's Buena Vista Distribution
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. is the motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. . "There's no question that this is going to be a big-time success." "Ratatouille," surpassing the $100 million mark on Saturday, wasn't the only domestic box-office milestone for Disney over the weekend. On the same day, its "Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End" crossed over the $300 million mark in grosses, joining "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek the Third" as the only 2007 releases to make that much. The 20th Century Fox hit "Live Free or Die Hard" will most certainly surpass $100 million domestically by next weekend. The fourth film in the Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. franchise finished in third place with an estimated three-day gross of $17.4 million. The first "Die Hard" film in 12 years has grossed $84.2 million in less than two weeks. Despite robust business for the top-three pictures, overall grosses for the top-12 movies were 20 percent behind results for the same weekend in 2006. A year ago, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" had a $135 million opening weekend, according to Media By Numbers. That means results in five of the last six weekends have not measured up to 2006 totals; last weekend's results just barely edged out the previous year's -- by less than 1 percent. "But that doesn't diminish, in any way, that it was a great week at the box office with a mix of movies including an action franchise, horror, a family film and a romantic comedy," said Media By Numbers President Paul Dergarabedian. The new Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . comedy "License to Wed," starring Robin Williams, finished in fourth place with an estimated $10.4 million in grosses. The film opened Tuesday and has earned $17.8 million to date. Rounding out the top five was the Universal Pictures comedy "Evan Almighty," which added $8.1 million in its third weekend. The big-budget film starring Steve Carell has taken in $78.1 million to date and will be hard-pressed to recoup its $175 million production budget. greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3758 Top movies Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Final figures will be released today. 1. "Transformers," $67.6 million. 2. "Ratatouille," $29 million. 3. "Live Free or Die Hard," $17.4 million. 4. "License to Wed," $10.4 million. 5. "Evan Almighty," $8.1 million. 6. "1408," $7.1 million. 7. "Knocked Up," $5.2 million. 8. "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," $4.15 million. 9. "Sicko sick·o n. pl. sick·os Slang A deranged, psychotic, or morbidly obsessed person. [From sick1.] ," $3.65 million. 10. "Ocean's Thirteen," $3.5 million. CAPTION(S): box Box: Top movies (see text) |
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