Thursday, June 25, 2009

Free Fallen

Variety reports that the sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made an estimated $16 million in tix sales from 3,000 midnight screenings Wednesday.



The sequel is the third-best midnight debut ever in the box-office figure, behind "The Dark Knight" which scored $18 million for its midnight run last summer and "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" which made $16.9 million in 2005. While "Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix" held the previous record for a Tuesday midnight opening with $12 million in 2007.

By this Sunday, 'Fallen' is expected to have a first five-day haul not far off from the $203 million take that 'Knight' scored last Summer.

Reviews are just abysmal...

Rotten Tomatoes says that, the first "Transformers" had a decent 57% approval rating and 5.8/10 average score. 'Fallen' however is in the 20% range with a3.9/10 average.

Yikes!

By way of comparison Metacritic put the original at 61/100, 'Fallen' sits at just 40/100.

Fear not though--the film still made $55 Million in its first full day...

Movies from Michael Bay tend to follow the same mathematical formula--loud and mindless + bad reviews x hot babes = lots of cash...

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