‘Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts’ Unleashed; On Way To $160M WW Bow – International Box Office
deadline.comParamount/Skydance/Hasbro’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is on the prowl overseas with $43.3M through Friday in 68 markets.
This portends a $100M+ international box office debut, in line with projections. The domestic three-day is looking at $60M. China, a key market for the franchise, released the Autobots and Maximals at No.
1 on Friday with $11.8M, 70% market share and a 9.2 score from audiences on Maoyan (on par with 2014’s Age of Extinction). It has since, as is often the case with fluctuating reactions, dropped a skosh to a 9.1 today which is far better than 2017’s The Last Knight (7.5) and tied with 2018 charmer Bumblebee (we’ve seen recently that high public notes have helped playability).
Critical scores are well above The Last Knight, and slightly lower than Age of Extinction and Bumblebee at 6.4. The Steven Caple Jr-directed franchise reboot with Saturday in China (Saturday not reflected in the total above) is an estimated $27M.
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