Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Becomes the 4th Highest Box Office Film of All Time

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Becomes the 4th Highest Box Office Film of All Time

Michael Bay's all out action film about alien robots that transform into cars has toppled Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.

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By nailbiter111 - Oct 07, 2011 06:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
Source: www.deadline.com



I can just hear all The Lord of the Rings nerds whining in Elvish about how most of that box office is generated by 3D ticket sales. And you know what? They'd have a very fair point, but at the end of the day, the movie generated more money than any other film ever, except for three and that is outstanding. Anyone who is claiming 3D is dead or dying is not looking at the numbers.

Although SONY's decision to not pay for 3D glasses when The Amazing Spider-Man and Men in Black 3 come out, will make for quite the litmus test. Will movie goers pay up for lofty tickets and glasses? Let me add if you're smart you'll go see a 3D movie and take the free 3D glasses home with you before SONY starts what is sure to be a trend.

1. Avatar 2D (Fox – 2009) $2.7B

2. Titanic 2D (Fox/Paramount – 1997) $1.8B

3. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 3D (Warner Bros – 2011) $1.3B

4. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon 3D (Paramount – 2011) $1,119.1

5. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (New Line/Warner Bros – 2003) $1.1B
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MrBlueSky
MrBlueSky - 10/7/2011, 6:45 AM
I just find that a godawful eyesore made more money than a fantastically made film.
MrBlueSky
MrBlueSky - 10/7/2011, 6:54 AM
*I just find it ridiculous.

Damn, I miss the edit button. :(
gtwizzy
gtwizzy - 10/7/2011, 6:59 AM
where is the dark knight in that list?
blvdnoise
blvdnoise - 10/7/2011, 7:03 AM
@gtwizzy Ha! I was thinking the same..
Unionjack
Unionjack - 10/7/2011, 7:17 AM
Shouldn't it say Avatar was 3D and not 2D?!!!!

It sounds like you have it easy in the states getting the glasses free, in the UK we have to pay increased ticket prices and for the glasses!!
Pukaskalel
Pukaskalel - 10/7/2011, 7:19 AM
What unionjack mentioned... Shouldn't that say avatar 3D?
CapA
CapA - 10/7/2011, 7:34 AM
Thank you 3D !
patriautism
patriautism - 10/7/2011, 7:40 AM
I bet Real Steel will make Dark of the Moon look like Troll 2.
Kayo
Kayo - 10/7/2011, 7:42 AM
3D today is very effective, and i think TASM when it hit theaters next year could eventually outgrossed Spiderman 3.IMO
VictorHugo
VictorHugo - 10/7/2011, 7:50 AM
"No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."

hehehe
Greengo
Greengo - 10/7/2011, 7:51 AM
OMG!!!! Are society is crumbling. j/k

I contributed to this debacle : )
Greengo
Greengo - 10/7/2011, 7:51 AM
*Our
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/7/2011, 8:12 AM
@ intruder

maybe avatar 2 or 3 might beat it.
StingrayX
StingrayX - 10/7/2011, 8:12 AM
That's BS...Avatar did NOT make $2.7B just in the 2D...it's main sales were 3D.
ArtisticErotic
ArtisticErotic - 10/7/2011, 8:21 AM
@patriautism

Not even joking here but I went in thinking Real Steel was gonna suck, but it was actually really good man,much better than Transformers, it has all the action plus a solid story, it's the second movie this year (Rise Of The Planet Of Apes) being the first that I thought was going to be fail that turned out to be good.
Jagfan28
Jagfan28 - 10/7/2011, 8:22 AM
Avatar doesn't deserve number 1!
plasticman
plasticman - 10/7/2011, 8:27 AM
This film was good, but I didn't think it was that good. I do hope that Spielberg takes the directors chair for the next one. You can leave Prime and Bumblebee alone, but there needs to be more Autobots, more destinction between Desctructicons, more giant bots like Omega Supreme and a revamped version of Devastator.

I know its a lot to ask but with the right storyline it could do even better than this one. And rightfully so.
superotherside
superotherside - 10/7/2011, 8:30 AM
Transformers is the movie the box office deserves, but not the one it needs. So the usual CG fest film with no story wins again at the box office... :(
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 10/7/2011, 8:32 AM
Avatar is a mutant. Movieo Superior. I don't see anything taking it from the number one spot except maybe Avatar 2. Transformers 3 wasa very good action sci fi flick, just not a very realistic one. There is nothing wrong with that.
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 10/7/2011, 8:33 AM
*was a (jar jar binks?)
SdProphet
SdProphet - 10/7/2011, 8:35 AM
@Everyone complaining about our dull, or plain, or "faggot" society, it's the lame little people like you who sit and complain....You remind me of that episode of South Park where Stan became this super troll cynic... We're just trying to watch and enjoy a movie without the likes of you bashing it for no apparent reason. Yeah, maybe the story was not the strongest, or characters were not properly chosen, but it was genuine fun. And my nephew enjoyed every second of it which was its true purpose. So I leave you with that little piece of knowledge and the fortune of stop being that cynical asshole of the group.
Stormbreaker
Stormbreaker - 10/7/2011, 8:48 AM
There's no accounting for taste, alas.
Freshkicks1212
Freshkicks1212 - 10/7/2011, 8:50 AM
@SdProphet I agree with you man
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 10/7/2011, 8:54 AM
It wasnt even THAT good
hartley07
hartley07 - 10/7/2011, 9:31 AM
I totally understand DCF's point of view, and I agree that there is nothing to get mad about CAUSE THIS IS THE LIST THAT MATTERS ANYWAY.

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Dont tell what movies make the most money. Tell me who sold the most tickets.
DelTorite
DelTorite - 10/7/2011, 9:32 AM
December 2012... The Hobbit will break your shitty overated movies Mr. Cameron.
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