BOX OFFICE: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Becomes Hightest Grossing 2011 Film, Green Lantern Falls Out Of Top 10!

BOX OFFICE: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Becomes Hightest Grossing 2011 Film, Green Lantern Falls Out Of Top 10!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon becomes the highest grossing film of 2011 in the US so far, while Green Lantern slips from the top 10...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 10, 2011 04:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
Source: Deadline

Deadline report that Transformers: Dark of the Moon now holds the record for being 2011's top-grossing domestic film so far. The site note that Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (which recently surpassed $1 billion worldwide) actually made the majority of its money abroad.

They add that, "I've heard from a reliable source that Michael Bay should make between $80M and $100M from Paramount's Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. And, if that's not enough to make you call Hollywood's suicide hotline, then this might be: Transformers 3 will now be the highest grossing movie of the year." So, a pretty good few weeks for Paramount AND Michael Bay then!

Unfortunately, Green Lantern has now fallen out of the Top 10. Sitting at #7 last week, and facing off against a few new releases this Friday, it isn't too much of a surprise. However, the fact it's now taking in such a small amount just three weekends in the US doesn't bode well for the chances of a sequel. With only a 26% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, whether it will make up for this when it's released internationally come August remains to be seen.

Box Office Mojo report that it currently sits at $140,829,000 worldwide. Well under it's budget. In comparison, Thor stayed in the top 10 for 9 weeks, and X-Men: First Class for 5. Both are considered financially successful.

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two and Captain America: The First Avenger on the way, how do you think they'll fare in the battle of the box office?



Check out my review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon by clicking HERE!



Check out my review of Green Lantern by clicking HERE!





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Sparrowsabre7
Sparrowsabre7 - 7/10/2011, 4:24 AM
I like the Lantern Prime up there =P "Green Lanterns light our darkest hour"
Hellsing
Hellsing - 7/10/2011, 4:26 AM
why did GL even get a movie before Wonder Woman who's meant to be apart of DC's "big 3"
Hellsing
Hellsing - 7/10/2011, 4:39 AM
@itbegins your a fool for putting your faith in humankind in the first place. and correction highest grossing movie of the years coming out next week
Fantine
Fantine - 7/10/2011, 4:47 AM
Optimus better not get too comfortable at the top, I think a certain young wizard will soon be coming to knock the all-spark right out of him.
Fantine
Fantine - 7/10/2011, 4:49 AM
jbender
jbender - 7/10/2011, 5:05 AM
What's Prime's ring size???
Solomon
Solomon - 7/10/2011, 5:07 AM
@weneedrevelation:
Green Lantern had a budget of 200 million compared to Transformers 195 million.
300 million (not confirmed) is including marketing costs...

Also, it is sad that Transformers is so succesfull, while really good movies like X-Men have it so much harder to make money...
Tkiller
Tkiller - 7/10/2011, 5:08 AM
You really hated GL, don't you?
gambgel
gambgel - 7/10/2011, 5:43 AM
Its nice to see First Class on top 10, but sadly it will be out when Harry Potter and other movies get released.
Solomon
Solomon - 7/10/2011, 5:59 AM
@weneedrevelation: you are right about that, Transformers looks more expensive, the point was just don't add marketing to the budget of Green Lantern and compare it to Transformers 3 budget without marketing...
eleven59
eleven59 - 7/10/2011, 5:59 AM
All this proves is that I need to start directing commercials so that I can get my own film franchise...
dahamma
dahamma - 7/10/2011, 6:15 AM
I agree with WENEED Cuz even if T3 was 195 mil and GL 200 mil, GL coulda been INSANELY impressive, atleast in terms of visuals. I honeslty was shocked that transformers cost so little for so much action and explosions and stuff.

Sucks for GL. If Bay can do that much with 195 mill, Im sure whedon can do great things with the AVENGERS budget which was 185 mill I believe.
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 7/10/2011, 6:18 AM
1. x-men first class
2. transformers
3. green lantern
4. thor

i hope cap pushing everyone down a spot.
Coachella
Coachella - 7/10/2011, 6:25 AM
Green Lantern wasn't a good film, but neither was TF3.
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 7/10/2011, 6:55 AM
Green lantern had parts that worked but the VAST majority of the movie was a mess. I watched it again last night and doesn't get any better.
dickmastaflex
dickmastaflex - 7/10/2011, 7:05 AM
thor was the best best first class would of been arguably the best if it wasent a preboot, the fact that no1 knows what it is, is the reason i cant say its better then thor
ironpool007
ironpool007 - 7/10/2011, 7:06 AM
@teabag: who are those 3 lovelies you posted?

...too bad For Green Lantern.
skullboy
skullboy - 7/10/2011, 7:41 AM
Just f--king great.

Transformers 3 is number 1 again despite it's flaws.

Green Lantern got dramatically disrespected in a big way.

The haters and Marvelites are yucking this up.

Thor still sucked. Deal with it.

Movie goers can be a deluded lot.

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dickmastaflex
dickmastaflex - 7/10/2011, 7:49 AM
@skullboy
gl sucked mang just like that stone cold stunner
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 7/10/2011, 7:52 AM
HARRY POTTER WILL MAKE A HORRENDOUS AMOUT OF MONEY CAUSE DUDE ITS THE LAST ONE, EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOMMA IS GOING TO WATCH IT....



...CAPTAIN AMERICA WILL PROLLY MAKE AS MUCH AS THOR IF NOT MORE, ITS A SUPERHERO SPORTING THE RED WHITE AND BLUE..IT'S A WIN ALREADY.
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 7/10/2011, 8:04 AM
I think transformers is gonna be the domestic movie king this year, but harry potter is gonna be bigger internationally. Shocker to me is Fast Five at #2, gotta admit, the only movie I liked better than it this year T3. Thor would be higher on the list if it had better action. That movie could have been epic! And correct me if I'm wrong, but did first class make even less monet that x2 and x3...?
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 7/10/2011, 8:10 AM
FYI=



X-Men: First Class rebooted the mutant-superhero franchise by opening to $56 million, according to studio estimates. Whether that figure is a success or not depends on your point of view. Compared to the prior four X-Men movies, First Class attracted by far the least amount of moviegoers on opening weekend. It barely beat the original X-Men, which debuted to $54.5 million in 2000 (or $79.4 million in today’s dollars). And First Class fell far short of X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which grossed $85.6 million, $102.8 million, and $85.1 million their first weekends, respectively. Fox’s PG-13 action film also failed to match the $65.7 million debut set by fellow Marvel superhero Thor..

"DUDE..ITS STUCK IN GRIF SHET."
JWStubner
JWStubner - 7/10/2011, 8:24 AM
I for one am shocked that Josh isn't reporting an $800 million budget for Green Lantern this week. Sorry Josh, I couldn't resist.

Personally I think Warner Bros. should move on with a sequel simply because they set one up at the end of the movie, It was their plan all along, and It would be a bigger waste of their money to not follow it up. I think once it comes out on DVD and more people see it it will grow a stronger following. WB/DC needs to make sure they cater to the audience and have the sequel be more of a space epic...which in turn would probably cost more money. :0/ I just don't think they should abandon there plans because it didn't make a lot of money in theatre's when it's there fault for releasing it during such a packed month and for it to be the 3rd superhero movie released with in a 6 week span. I firmly stand by the belief that if they had released GL in April or August it would have done much better. Hell even if they waited until November to release it it would have done amazing numbers I'm sure. Warner needs to learn to not go one on one with Disney. They'll kill you.. unless you put Batman or Harry Potter up against them.
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 7/10/2011, 8:24 AM
@shull and kes - well I'm a neutral fanboy because neither dc nor marvel pays my bills or even gives me free stuff, so I owe them nothing. Lol. Thor. First class and GL were all underwhelming movies this year.

Thor had GREAT acting from Hopkins, Hidleston and Elba, but was very flat on the action side...

First Class had good production and good acting from the leading 2, but again lacked good action(better than thor) and the continuity had a lot of people, even fanboys saying "wtf" and wondering exactly what the movie was...

Green Lantern's ring slinging made for the best action out of all 3, but unfortunately only made up about 10 minutes of the movie. And the rest of the movie was nothing to write home about with notably bad editing, though it wasn't as bad as critics made it out to be...
skullboy
skullboy - 7/10/2011, 8:27 AM
@KES, Why don't you make me shutup loser? Get a life bitch if that's the way you're gonna be. Sucks when someone insults your favorite movies and I know you're one of the loudmouths who don't know when to quit. Obviously, I'm not gonna have an intel conversation with you so I'm telling you just once to not pursue this any further.

Same goes for you teabag.
RunDTC
RunDTC - 7/10/2011, 8:29 AM
how did Rio make so much money?
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 7/10/2011, 8:38 AM
@rundtc - it was an "angry birds" movie and it had an all-star cast...
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