TRANSFORMERS 5 Release Date Talk with Rob Moore

 

Agreed... while AOE will likely do well its up against a lot of competition - not to mention due to the messed-up release date means its going to be in direct competition with 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes'

Then in its second or third week it will be interrupted by the release of Guardians Of The Galaxy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Expendables - arriving in early August.

While the film will do well... I'm unsure if it will earn the billions they expect. $1.5bn seems the max they can hope for however who knows the film might end up underachieving and performing around the level of ROTF. Especially considering most films have been underperforming this year.

 

The trend this year doesn't seem to be on it's side.

As of yesterday the top US summer box office with X-Men was only setting at $210 domestically and $461 million from outside the US. Amazing Spiderman 2 had $503 million internationally but still hasn't cracked that $200 million mark domestically.

Perhaps the mega ton of advertising in China will help the box office numbers there, but the road to one billion is a harder road than ever this summer.

Better than expected numbers seem to have gone mostly to rated R comedies although 1000 Ways to Die in the West turned into a box office dud.

Even with the buzz it seems like a leaked picture of Batman and the new Bat-mobile generated more buzz than this year's films have so far.