'Transformers' still tops US box office
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Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' continues to dominate the box office. In China, the film has raked in over 1.3 billion Yuan, or 200 million US dollars. It's on pace to top Avatar's record as the highest-grossing movie in the country. And in the US, the fourth installment in the robot franchise topped the box office during The Fourth of July weekend, leading the weakest summer holiday weekend in at least a decade.
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Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' continues to dominate the box office. In China, the film has raked in over 1.3 billion Yuan, or 200 million US dollars. |
'Transformers' came out on top at the box office over America's Independence Day weekend, taking in an estimated $36.4 million.
The Michael Bay sequel 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' had opened the weekend prior to the year's biggest debut with $100 million. For the first time this summer, a movie held the top spot at the box office for two weeks in a row.
New Line's Midwest road trip romp 'Tammy' boasts one of the most bankable stars in movies - Melissa McCarthy - but is a smaller, homespun movie made for just $20 million and directed by McCarthy's husband, Ben Falcone. Despite being savaged by critics, the Warner Bros. release made $32.9 million in five days since opening Wednesday.
The only other new wide release was the horror flick 'Deliver Us From Evil,' which had no blockbuster ambitions. The Sony Screen Gems release, starring Eric Bana, opened in third with $9.5 million.
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Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' continues to dominate the box office. In China, the film has raked in over 1.3 billion Yuan, or 200 million US dollars. |
Such movies are a far cry from the usual Independence Day fare, which has in the past included the opening weekends of 'Spider-Man 2,' 'War of the Worlds,' two earlier 'Transformers' releases and, naturally, the 1996 blockbuster 'Independence Day.'
The North American box office was down a striking 44 percent over the July 4 weekend from last year, when 'Despicable Me 2' and 'The Lone Ranger' opened. This weekend sputtered not because of an oversized bomb like "The Lone Ranger," but because of numerous factors, including that Hollywood simply didn't aim for big fireworks this year. The World Cup, too, may have scared off some big releases.
Next week, Fox's 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' is expected to be one of the summer's biggest hits.
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