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Transformers: Age of Extinction Has $8.7M Openning

The Paramount franchise reboot-sequel scored HUGE with Transformers: Age of Extinction dominating the first night at the box office.

CelebNMusic247.com was there last night at the fourth pic in the Michael Bay-Paramount CGI extravaganza made $8.7 in evening (9 p.m. and midnight) showings in the U.S., with $1.4 million coming from IMAX.

This time around the reboot of Transformers is tailored for Chinese audiences that have shown great enthusiasm for the franchise, made $3.5 million in midnight showings there, breaking the country’s record, besting Iron Man 3 by 70 percent and the last Transformers installment by 75 percent.

In Russia the flick earned $5.5 million which is the second-biggest opening day of all time for the country.

The international numbers look good for Paramount, especially in light of its solid but not spectacular American opening. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” opened in April to $10.3 million from screenings that started at 8 p.m., while “Godzilla” made $9.3 million. “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” took in $8.7 million on its way to an opening weekend of $91 million.

In 2007, Transformers opened wide at 8 p.m. on July 3 — a Monday night — and took in $8.8 million domestically for all shows, eventually ringing up $70 million in its opening weekend.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opened wide at midnight on Tuesday, June 23 in 2009, making a brisk $16 million in sales in the U.S. That was a precursor to its huge $108 million opening.

The third installment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, landed $5.5 million for 3D-only pre-midnight Tuesday screenings, the first rumble in a $97 million opening.