After a $60M opening for Fast X, a $110M 4-day start for The Little Mermaid, and a $80M+ debut for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Paramount will keep the summer tentpole train going with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts with an estimated $68M to $70M start in U.S.
and Canada. That’s a rebound start from the last two Transformers movies: Bumblebee posted at $21.6M domestic opening while Transformers: The Last Knight did $44.6M over a $68.4M Wednesday through Sunday frame.
We are hearing presales are great, and China, a prime fan Transformers territory, is seeing excellent tracking. How much does China love Transformers?
Even on the low grossing Bumblebee, the territory cleared over $170M in its entire run, which bested the U.S. take of $127.1M.
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