The fifth film of the Transformers franchise posted the lowest domestic opening weekend of the franchise, ringing up just $69 million over its first five days in release. 2007’s Transformers grossed $146 million in its first six days over the extended July 4th holiday weekend. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen followed in 2009, grossing $108 million over the first five days in domestic release. Transformers: Dark of the Moon hit theaters on June 29, 2011 and raked in $97 million in five days while Transformers: Age of Extinction had a $100 million 3-day weekend performance.
Transformers: The Last Knight sits at 15% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, but it managed to snag an average score of B+ from ticket buyers according to CinemaScore.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros Pictures’ Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot continues to do fantastic at the box office. It’s now surpassed Man of Steel‘s final domestic box office numbers and is still going strong. In fact, Disney’s Cars 3 in its second weekend finished in a tie with Wonder Woman‘s fourth weekend. It’ll be interesting to see the order of finish next weekend as the critically acclaimed action drama Baby Driver arrives on June 28th followed by Despicable Me 3 and The House on June 30th.
Box Office Top 10: June 23-25, 2017
- Transformers: The Last Knight – $45,300,000
- Wonder Woman – $25,175,000
- Cars 3 – $25,175,000
- 47 Meters Down – $7,435,000
- All Eyez on Me – $5,850,000
- The Mummy – $5,836,900
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $5,239,000
- Rough Night – $4,700,000
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – $4,280,000
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – $3,000,000
