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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 34m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • DreamWorks

Be afraid of the dark.

🍅 35% 55%

42

2.81

6.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$97.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$352.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$1.124B

$771.4M international

Domestic Legs3.60x

Budget$195M

2011 Rank#2

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Cast & Crew

Full Bay filmography

Michael Bay Director

Shia LaBeouf Starring

John Turturro Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

ScreenplayEhren Kruger StudioDreamWorks SeriesTransformers

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 1-3 1 $97.9M — 4,088 $23,937 $162.6M

2 Jul 8-10 1 $47.1M −52% 4,107 $11,469 $261.1M

3 Jul 15-17 2 $21.3M −55% 3,917 $5,445 $302.9M

4 Jul 22-24 4 $12.1M −43% 3,375 $3,571 $325.8M

5 Jul 29-31 8 $6.1M −49% 2,604 $2,337 $338.0M

6 Aug 5-7 10 $3.1M −49% 1,854 $1,665 $344.2M

7 Aug 12-14 14 $1.4M −55% 886 $1,563 $347.3M

8 Aug 19-21 18 $606.3K −56% 484 $1,253 $348.5M

9 Aug 26-28 19 $640.3K +6% 518 $1,236 $349.5M

10 Sep 2-4 29 $588.5K −8% 424 $1,388 $350.3M

11 Sep 9-11 36 $174.9K −70% 177 $988 $350.8M

12 Sep 16-18 23 $469.2K +168% 306 $1,533 $351.3M

13 Sep 23-25 21 $401.1K −15% 251 $1,598 $351.9M

14 Sep 30-Oct 2 28 $200.7K −50% 208 $965 $352.2M

15 Oct 7-9 37 $82.9K −59% 143 $580 $352.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jun 28 #2 $5.5M — $5.5M — — -1

Wed Jun 29 #1 $37.7M +586% $43.2M 4,011 $9,405 1

Thu Jun 30 #1 $21.5M −43% $64.8M 4,011 $5,370 2

Fri Jul 1 #1 $33.0M +53% $97.8M 4,088 $8,070 3

Sat Jul 2 #1 $34.5M +5% $132.2M 4,088 $8,436 4

Sun Jul 3 #1 $30.4M −12% $162.6M 4,088 $7,431 5

Mon Jul 4 #1 $18.0M −41% $180.7M 4,088 $4,411 6

Tue Jul 5 #1 $13.4M −25% $194.1M 4,088 $3,287 7

Wed Jul 6 #1 $10.3M −23% −73% $204.4M 4,088 $2,528 8

Thu Jul 7 #1 $9.6M −8% −56% $214.0M 4,088 $2,337 9

Fri Jul 8 #1 $14.8M +55% −55% $228.8M 4,107 $3,614 10

Sat Jul 9 #1 $18.3M +23% −47% $247.1M 4,107 $4,462 11

Sun Jul 10 #1 $13.9M −24% −54% $261.1M 4,107 $3,393 12

Mon Jul 11 #1 $5.9M −58% −67% $266.9M 4,107 $1,428 13

Tue Jul 12 #1 $6.1M +3% −55% $273.0M 4,107 $1,477 14

Wed Jul 13 #1 $4.6M −24% −55% $277.6M 4,107 $1,126 15

Thu Jul 14 #1 $3.9M −15% −59% $281.6M 4,107 $954 16

Fri Jul 15 #2 $6.3M +61% −57% $287.9M 3,917 $1,612 17

Sat Jul 16 #2 $8.6M +37% −53% $296.5M 3,917 $2,201 18

Sun Jul 17 #2 $6.4M −26% −54% $302.9M 3,917 $1,632 19

Mon Jul 18 #2 $2.8M −56% −52% $305.7M 3,917 $725 20

Tue Jul 19 #2 $3.1M +8% −50% $308.8M 3,917 $781 21

Wed Jul 20 #3 $2.5M −19% −47% $311.2M 3,917 $629 22

Thu Jul 21 #2 $2.6M +4% −35% $313.8M 3,917 $651 23

Fri Jul 22 #5 $3.6M +40% −43% $317.4M 3,375 $1,061 24

Sat Jul 23 #4 $4.8M +35% −44% $322.2M 3,375 $1,434 25

Sun Jul 24 #4 $3.6M −25% −43% $325.8M 3,375 $1,076 26

Mon Jul 25 #5 $1.6M −57% −44% $327.4M 3,375 $467 27

Tue Jul 26 #5 $1.7M +9% −44% $329.1M 3,375 $508 28

Wed Jul 27 #5 $1.4M −18% −43% $330.5M 3,375 $415 29

Thu Jul 28 #5 $1.4M −1% −46% $331.9M 3,375 $411 30

Fri Jul 29 #8 $1.8M +29% −50% $333.7M 2,604 $689 31

Sat Jul 30 #8 $2.5M +38% −49% $336.2M 2,604 $947 32

Sun Jul 31 #8 $1.8M −26% −50% $338.0M 2,604 $701 33

Mon Aug 1 #8 $831.1K −54% −47% $338.8M 2,604 $319 34

Tue Aug 2 #8 $851.9K +3% −50% $339.7M 2,604 $327 35

Wed Aug 3 #8 $745.0K −13% −47% $340.4M 2,604 $286 36

Thu Aug 4 #8 $722.5K −3% −48% $341.2M 2,604 $277 37

Fri Aug 5 #10 $860.2K +19% −52% $342.0M 1,854 $464 38

Sat Aug 6 #10 $1.3M +46% −49% $343.3M 1,854 $675 39

Sun Aug 7 #10 $973.9K −22% −47% $344.2M 1,854 $525 40

Mon Aug 8 #10 $422.2K −57% −49% $344.7M 1,854 $228 41

Tue Aug 9 #10 $485.6K +15% −43% $345.2M 1,854 $262 42

Wed Aug 10 #11 $375.7K −23% −50% $345.5M 1,854 $203 43

Thu Aug 11 #11 $356.1K −5% −51% $345.9M 1,854 $192 44

Fri Aug 12 #14 $385.1K +8% −55% $346.3M 886 $435 45

Sat Aug 13 #14 $574.5K +49% −54% $346.8M 886 $648 46

Sun Aug 14 #14 $425.0K −26% −56% $347.3M 886 $480 47

Mon Aug 15 #14 $172.2K −59% −59% $347.4M 886 $194 48

Tue Aug 16 #14 $183.2K +6% −62% $347.6M 886 $207 49

Wed Aug 17 #14 $152.6K −17% −59% $347.8M 886 $172 50

Thu Aug 18 #14 $156.9K +3% −56% $347.9M 886 $177 51

Fri Aug 19 — $170.6K +9% −56% $348.1M 484 $352 52

Sat Aug 20 — $256.3K +50% −55% $348.4M 484 $530 53

Sun Aug 21 — $179.4K −30% −58% $348.5M 484 $371 54

Mon Aug 22 — $70.2K −61% −59% $348.6M 484 $145 55

Tue Aug 23 — $76.9K +10% −58% $348.7M 484 $159 56

Wed Aug 24 — $65.0K −15% −57% $348.8M 484 $134 57

Thu Aug 25 — $64.9K n/c −59% $348.8M 484 $134 58

Fri Aug 26 — $177.8K +174% +4% $349.0M 518 $343 59

Sat Aug 27 — $278.8K +57% +9% $349.3M 518 $538 60

Sun Aug 28 — $183.6K −34% +2% $349.5M 518 $354 61

Mon Aug 29 — $73.2K −60% +4% $349.5M 518 $141 62

Tue Aug 30 — $83.8K +14% +9% $349.6M 518 $162 63

Wed Aug 31 — $70.6K −16% +9% $349.7M 518 $136 64

Thu Sep 1 — $74.9K +6% +15% $349.8M 518 $145 65

Fri Sep 2 — $134.8K +80% −24% $349.9M 424 $318 66

Sat Sep 3 — $223.5K +66% −20% $350.1M 424 $527 67

Sun Sep 4 — $230.1K +3% +25% $350.3M 424 $543 68

Mon Sep 5 #30 $151.8K −34% +107% $350.5M 424 $358 69

Tue Sep 6 — $44.8K −71% −47% $350.5M 424 $106 70

Wed Sep 7 — $41.4K −8% −41% $350.6M 424 $98 71

Thu Sep 8 — $39.0K −6% −48% $350.6M 424 $92 72

Fri Sep 9 — $47.0K +21% −65% $350.7M 177 $265 73

Sat Sep 10 — $83.0K +77% −63% $350.8M 177 $469 74

Sun Sep 11 — $45.0K −46% −80% $350.8M 177 $254 75

Mon Sep 12 — $13.7K −70% −91% $350.8M 177 $77 76

Tue Sep 13 — $18.3K +34% −59% $350.8M 177 $104 77

Wed Sep 14 — $15.7K −15% −62% $350.8M 177 $89 78

Thu Sep 15 — $15.0K −4% −61% $350.9M 177 $85 79

Fri Sep 16 — $117.8K +684% +151% $351.0M 306 $385 80

Sat Sep 17 — $208.0K +77% +151% $351.2M 306 $680 81

Sun Sep 18 — $143.3K −31% +219% $351.3M 306 $468 82

Mon Sep 19 — $40.5K −72% +196% $351.4M 306 $132 83

Tue Sep 20 — $46.5K +15% +153% $351.4M 306 $152 84

Wed Sep 21 — $39.2K −16% +150% $351.5M 306 $128 85

Thu Sep 22 — $43.4K +11% +189% $351.5M 306 $142 86

Fri Sep 23 — $101.8K +135% −14% $351.6M 251 $405 87

Sat Sep 24 — $178.4K +75% −14% $351.8M 251 $711 88

Sun Sep 25 — $120.9K −32% −16% $351.9M 251 $482 89

Mon Sep 26 — $28.9K −76% −29% $351.9M 251 $115 90

Tue Sep 27 — $31.2K +8% −33% $352.0M 251 $124 91

Wed Sep 28 — $28.6K −8% −27% $352.0M 251 $114 92

Thu Sep 29 — $30.1K +6% −30% $352.0M 251 $120 93

Fri Sep 30 — $52.5K +74% −48% $352.1M 208 $253 94

Sat Oct 1 — $92.0K +75% −48% $352.2M 208 $442 95

Sun Oct 2 — $56.2K −39% −54% $352.2M 208 $270 96

Mon Oct 3 — $13.2K −76% −54% $352.2M 208 $64 97

Tue Oct 4 — $14.0K +6% −55% $352.2M 208 $67 98

Wed Oct 5 — $13.1K −7% −54% $352.3M 208 $63 99

Thu Oct 6 — $13.4K +3% −55% $352.3M 208 $65 100

Fri Oct 7 — $22.2K +66% −58% $352.3M 143 $156 101

Sat Oct 8 — $35.9K +61% −61% $352.3M 143 $251 102

Sun Oct 9 — $24.8K −31% −56% $352.4M 143 $173 103

Mon Oct 10 — $10.3K −58% −22% $352.4M 143 $72 104

Tue Oct 11 — $7.5K −27% −46% $352.4M 143 $53 105

Wed Oct 12 — $6.4K −15% −51% $352.4M 143 $44 106

Thu Oct 13 — $7.6K +20% −43% $352.4M 143 $53 107

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$350.5M

Jun 28Jul 16Aug 2Aug 20Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $588.5K

$97.9M

$47.1M

$21.3M

$12.1M

$6.1M

$3.1M

$1.4M

$606.3K

$640.3K

$588.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,107 → 424 −89.7%

4,011 open424 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8%

−52% W1→2

−55% W2→3

−43% W3→4

−49% W4→5

−49% W5→6

−55% W6→7

−56% W7→8

+6% W8→9

−8% W9→10

Steepest −56%Best hold +6%

Run milestones

$300M in 19 days

$100M

Day 4

Jul 2

$200M

Day 8

Jul 6

$300M

Day 19

Jul 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#2 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $97.9M #17 Biggest July openingsAll-time $97.9M #39 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.12B

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