BY EMIL TIEDEMANN
With an estimated $201 million in 4, 234 American and Canadian theatres over the last five days (since premiering last Wednesday at 12:01 AM), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount) falls just short of the record 5-day blockbuster, last year's The Dark Knight, which earned $203.8 million domestically in its first five days.The Michael Bay-directed, Steven Spielberg-produced Transformers sequel made more than $387 million worldwide in the same time period, as one of the all-time best debuts for a film. On home turf the sequel took in $112 million during the 3-day weekend, but tallied up another $89 million over Wednesday and Thursday.
Revenge of the Fallen did, however, smash the record for Imax theatres, raking in an estimated $14.4 million on 169 Imax screens, which nearly doubles the $7.3 million made in the first five days for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), which earned almost $1 billion in its global theatrical run. Transformers also captured the second best Wednesday opening ever ($60.6 million domestically), again behind The Dark Knight ($67.8 million).At a budget of $194 million, the second live-action Transformers feature has already begun to profit, and looks like it may easily surpass the $708.2 million worldwide gross of the 2007 original, which cost $151 million to make. Revenge of the Fallen stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson, all of whom starred in the first film as well.
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