BOX OFFICE: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Rockets Straight To #1; Green Lantern STILL Struggling!

BOX OFFICE: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Rockets Straight To #1; Green Lantern STILL Struggling!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon has stormed straight to the top of the US box office, while Green Lantern has struggled to make more than $2 million! Hit the jump for details...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 02, 2011 07:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
Source: Deadline



As expected, Transformers: Dark of the Moon did well on Friday, taking in $33.5 million, after making over $64 million since opening on Tuesday. With a total of over $100 million expected throughout the weekend, and $185 million predicted after the 4th of July, this is yet another huge success in the franchise, despite being a slight drop on what Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made back in 2009.

As Deadline report, "Projections are for foreign to close in on $200M through Monday for a $385 global cume in its first 7 days since sequels do better overseas than they do domestic." Either way, it seems hard to believe that Paramount won't want to start work on a fourth instalment. (especially now they'll no longer be distributing any of Marvel Studios' movies following Captain America: The First Avenger)

Meanwhile, the critically panned Green Lantern is still struggling, pulling in a paltry $2.2 million on its third Friday, and expected to reach only around $105 million US total after the three day 4th of July weekend. Even when you take into account that it's still not opened in many other countries (and it's takings in those it has) the latest superhero movie from Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment is still way off making a profit on its rumored budget of $300 million. Although a specific figure has not been confirmed, and may be either slightly higher or lower when marketing is taken into account.



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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StrangerX
StrangerX - 7/2/2011, 7:17 AM
Another Green Lantern mention huh!! I'm going to see TF3 today so I hope its good.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 7/2/2011, 7:29 AM
Called it. It's actually sad, since the movie could've been EPIC and it didn't live up to expectations. Didn't deserve the crap reviews though.
rebelwithoutapulse
rebelwithoutapulse - 7/2/2011, 7:30 AM
its great dont let anybody
tell u otherwise
rebelwithoutapulse
rebelwithoutapulse - 7/2/2011, 7:32 AM
oh yeah green lantern coulda been really epic if not for hammering an entire mythology into two hours
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 7/2/2011, 7:37 AM
I DUNNO, I THNK I WAS LOOKING FOR MORE AGRESSIVE OR SMARTER RING CONSTRUCTS..I DUNNO.
ALmighty1080
ALmighty1080 - 7/2/2011, 7:40 AM
Transformers 3 was horrible.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 7/2/2011, 7:48 AM
It's not great, don't let anyone tell you otherwise:)
JWStubner
JWStubner - 7/2/2011, 7:51 AM
HAHAHAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA this site baffles me every week with it's Green Lantern news. So this week the budget is $400 Million. So it's the most expensive movie EVER MADE? Please. Last week it was reported on this site that the budget was $300 Mill. The week before it was $270 Mil. Before that it was $200 mil. before that $180 Mil. ect. ect. Someone on this site REALLY loves if not NEEDS to exaggerate Green Lantern's decline every week. It's the biggest story on this site which really is hurting it's credibility when you guys change what the budget is EVERY week to make it look less and less succesful. We get it. Green Lantern isn't doing to hot. It sucks but we don't need CBM.com yellow journalism (no pun intended) further degrading it. MOVE ON!
sonofsamadams
sonofsamadams - 7/2/2011, 7:52 AM
Hey it's gonna make more than Daredevil did at least. Bet it dies out at $133
StephenJ
StephenJ - 7/2/2011, 7:52 AM
Transformers 3 was great! I doubt we will be seeing anything other than Batman and Superman for a while from DC. shame shame SHAME because Green Lantern have the ability to be an epic movie
StrangerX
StrangerX - 7/2/2011, 7:57 AM
Where's Pothead with the goods before I go.
StingrayX
StingrayX - 7/2/2011, 8:00 AM
Of course Dark Of the moon was #1...it will be until Harry Potter comes out.
dmm5
dmm5 - 7/2/2011, 8:02 AM
First half was bad comedy with promoting those new computers, Lenovo? Stupid plug-ins! That pisses me off the most! (Like in Green Lantern having a scene with a girl recording Hal with her new "LG" phone XD) Last hour or so made up for it though, tons of action!
superotherside
superotherside - 7/2/2011, 8:03 AM
makes sense people complain about Green Lantern and don't go to it but everyone goes to Transformers... people's logic... lol
SKGannbit
SKGannbit - 7/2/2011, 8:05 AM
JWStubner @ lol, I love it when someone gets onto the site and editors for their sh!tty journalism skills :). But yes the site has gone to shit, when you have a "CBM Fight Club" on the front page every day then you have a problem.
stevepants
stevepants - 7/2/2011, 8:06 AM
Nice to see that people still want to rip Green Lantern, what a waste of an article. There's no reason that it needed to be pointed out that GL is "Still Struggling"...wtf did you expect, that out of nowhere it was going to make a huge comeback? STFU and stop with the GL hating. Sorry..but I'm just done with all this fanboy bs.
StingrayX
StingrayX - 7/2/2011, 8:07 AM
Of course Transformers isn't movie of the year people...it's a summer action movie...you're supposed to have fun watching it for the ACTION! And it provides the most top notch action of all time.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/2/2011, 8:19 AM
JWStubner: Actually, it's been reported by several credible sources (the likes of Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline) that the budget was somewhere around the $300 million mark and possibly closer to $400 million when you take into account the huge range of promotion. Do a quick Google search, then pat yourself on the back for talking out of your ass so brilliantly. :)

As for the conflicting reports regarding the movies budget, that was because it wasn't until recently that the figure of $300 - $400 million was "confirmed" by one site or another. Studios don't usually come right out and say, "This movie cost $300 million, but we've only made half that so far."
LaputaHeir
LaputaHeir - 7/2/2011, 8:20 AM
Was GL THAT bad?

No.

But it certainly wasn't good. The first 30-40 minutes were merely watchable and not enjoyable. The rest of the movie was just plain disappointing. As far as Transformers: DOTM is concerned, as long as the CG is top-notch, it'll continue to beat GL who's CG appeared to be the cheapest-looking most expensive shit I'd ever seen.
Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 7/2/2011, 8:20 AM
With a name like pothead I imagined you being a little more mellow.
So many movies in one summer GL got lost in the shuffle. Release it last year and it would have done much better.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/2/2011, 8:22 AM
@JWStubner-
You [frick]ing rock man. Congrats on how well you debate. I take your side on this debate, I do not really like Josh. the way he has talked to me makes me weary of him, then again I don't really like people anyway. Kinda picky when it comes to making friends.

and @Greengo
LOL man, you rock too. =)
satanors
satanors - 7/2/2011, 8:23 AM
This is my god honest thoughts about the new transformers movie. I was wrong, for the first time i was wrong and the new transformers movie was a good watch. As expected, there is no good story (bad Michael), just a lot of boom boom bada boom. Rosie is the new young Cameron Diaz. But me and my friends totally enjoyed watching this. I would rate this movie 3 out of 5.
Adding to this, it is miles better than that shit movie called green lantern. I know many of you here speak of liking the green lantern movie(from your comments).As a solution for tricking me into watchign that crap, i am ready to accept that it is a good movie to please your denial attitude if you would just pay me back 1350 indian rupees that i spent to watch this green lantern piece of crap.
imlinorama
imlinorama - 7/2/2011, 8:24 AM
Green Lantern opens august 4 in my country.And not only here,but in some European country too.I think it will do well here in Europe.I have seen it,downloaded it from the net.I liked it,because I have heard about Green Lantern a couple of years ago,and taught how cool it would be to make it.It has a couple of flaws,but all in all it is a decent CBM.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 7/2/2011, 8:25 AM
Dunno, the general public I talk to really like CBM's regardless of how familiar they are with them.

It's all subjective as to what movie is good and what isn't. I contributed to the Green Lantern Box Office this past week and while it wasn't great, I certainly didn't find it to be as bad as what many make it out to be. I was very entertained and I thought they did a solid job of bringing the character to life on the big screen. Not an easy task to do considering the amount of CGI involved in dealing with OA and the other Lantern Corp.

Snuffles
Snuffles - 7/2/2011, 8:26 AM
Thats what you get Ryan Reynolds for not making the Deadpool film first:D
Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 7/2/2011, 8:27 AM
@pothead that explains it. :)
StingrayX
StingrayX - 7/2/2011, 8:27 AM
It sucks that people are turned off by DOTM because ROTF was bad...but they should be re-assured that DOTM is 4X better then ROTF in action AND story.
Snuffles
Snuffles - 7/2/2011, 8:27 AM
Blackmatter
Blackmatter - 7/2/2011, 8:28 AM
Still waitin' on that bag pothead

Blackmatter
Blackmatter - 7/2/2011, 8:31 AM
ldahaa,,,Go FU.CK yourself
incrediblesuperbatspider
incrediblesuperbatspider - 7/2/2011, 8:35 AM
Next week green lantern will have cost 500 million
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