I guess Laremy was right about Away We Go cracking that top 10.

I fuckin knew that this was gonna at least have a shot at doing it.

"I guarantee if I wasn't reviewing this movie I would have been in theaters this weekend to see it even though I thought the first one was terrible.

I guess I find that funny because that's the exact theory a couple of my friends and I had. We all pretty much hated the first, but each of us went and saw it at some point this week just to see what it was going to be like. And as predicted, we all thought it was worse than the first. If the movie looks bad, then why bother seeing it? Oh well…

its still going to crash and burn next week end, this weekend its EXTREMELY top loaded

I really hope it doesn't best The Dark Knight, this movie doesn't deserve that record. Not Shia La–however-you spell his name, not that whore Megan Fox, and especially not that showboat man of a director Michael Bay. Granted this movie numbs you with explosion after explosion but this film is not something that I would go see four times in the theater, like The Dark Knight.

There was something about The Dark Knight that was so special. There was a mystique to Ledger's performance, the lack of visual effects in that movie grounded it. It was all real and made by people who truly cared about the source material.

I truly hope this movie doesn't break The Dark Knight's record.

Um, I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Providing a normal Sunday drop it would need a massive Saturday to get there. Around 195 million is more likely.

In hindsight I think my comment might have been a little rough. For that I apologize if I offended anyone.

I agree with Gophers Attack! but I think it might be a tad lower, like 193 million.

i liked the first Transformer for the stupid kid humor but when i saw the 2nd movie,it's only "action" "action"during 2 hours on a 2h30 movie and it's where is the stupid humor for 5 years old kid? and at the end of the movie,you win an headache!
i don't believe this movie will do better than Dark knight.I should prefer to see again 5 times Wolverine than to see again this movie!

@Eric: Don't be I agree 100% with you, The Dark Knight is something special which I personally believe is not going to be replaced by Transformers 2. My bet is $185 million five day total and $102 million friday-sat day total.

Haven't Watched It Yet. I'm Watching it in the Second weekend. I'll hear what people would say and I'll expect a bad movie and after I watch I'll wind up enjoying it. Just Like Night at the Museum. It sucked, but I liked it.

What's in common? Amy Adams and Megan Fox.

Had these people not joined the movie both would have BOMBED!

And, oh no. I see it dropping Saturday and Sunday. 194M is enough

The open of this movie was decent, nice action. Then the humans come in. Then the hack jokes. I felt like I was watching bad open mic comedy with explosions. A french mime joke? A heavy breather on the phone joke? A robot humping a leg joke? I truly hated this movie with a passion I haven't hated something since Paul Blart. And now, for my weekend opinions. I think this film will fall quite a bit. It doesn't have that Dark Knight mystique, you know, rich characters, intelligent dialogue, a lack of bad jokes. It will not beat the record. I think we should see a sharp drop off by next weekend. I can't see this one still being around after the summer is done. I see just under $100 million for the weekend, giving a five day total of $180-$185 million. Hopefully finishing at about $350 million. Prove me right, America.

Interesting how people have a desire to have a certain movie make X dollars or not make more money than movie X. Who cares. I enjoyed TDK, I enjoyed Transformers 2. I want sequels to both. I think they were each better than the movie that came before them. Thank you Chris Nolan and Michael Bay for giving me these entertaining, escapist movies that come at a great time.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was GREAT. People wanted more robot action and they got it. Yeah I admit some of the humor was lame, but overall the movie rocked. I enjoyed it. I went to a packed show, not an empty seat, and some of the jokes had people laffing their butts off. All the talk about the twins being racist stereotype is total BS. a black family sat in front of me and my girlfriend and they to laffed their butts off at the twins antics, they were not offended. I think all the critics blasting this movie has something to do with the accusations of the twins being racist stereotypes. It's funny how the critics weren't around when movies like White Chicks and the Ladies Man were in theaters. Double Standard.
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen ROCKED. will see it a least three more times just to make all the lame critics cringe.

I hope it makes a helluva lot of money. It's a masterwork of carnage and doesn't need a good script. Yeah, yeah, the humor was strange and juvenile but a small part in its goings-on. The action made the movie a huge success. Star Trek still rules, but I don't know if this summer will see a bigger jolt of action than this one.

I just got back from watching it and there is not going to be a drop of viewers this weekend.I went around 4:00 to see it, put all showings were sold out until 6:30. there are plenty of fans like me that will love this movie and go back for more. Oh, and for all the people complaining about the humor should go and watch the old cartoon. It was half humor and half action so stop putting it down and calling actresses a whore.

Looking at other movies released on Wednesday in the summer (Harry Potter 5, Spider-man 2), Transformers will likely have a 5% rise on Saturday and a 15-20% drop on Sunday… though perhaps less, since the WOM probably isn't as good (though a depressing amount of my acquaintances seemed to like the movie).

So:
Friday: $36.7 million
Saturday: $38.5 million (5% increase)
Sunday: $31.8 million (17.5% decrease)
Weekend total: $107 million
5-day total: $196.2 million

Remember, this is a very kind estimate, and it's still $7 million short of TDK. It likely won't make it (and boy, am I glad! Transformers 2 was awful as hell!)

What will executives learn if this movie makes more money than The Dark Knight?
Well, probably that the next Batman movie should be as bad as this?

So yes, I think Warner Bros will remake Batman & Robin then. =P

It's shocking that people are allowing this offensive movie to be so popular. I just hope word of mouth will stop it from being a bigger hit than it already is. Like Spider-Man 3, that did 150 million in 3-days and less than 330 million on its final tally.

according to BOM the movie made 112 mill over the weekend 201 mill over the 5 day span. When all the numbers report in we'll know for certain if it broke DK's record.

Saw it last night. Was it a good movie? Not hardly. Was it entertaining? EXTREMELY. I, for one, loved the humor and the action was non-stop. It did not feel like it was that long. I honestly haven't had fun like that in a movie in a good while. I will see this at least once more, possibly two more times in theaters and will be there at midnight the day the DVD comes out. I appreciate art films and realism as much as anyone. The Dark Knight is my favorite movie. But occasionally i love shutting my brain off and watching pure action. That is what Mr. Bay gave me (it is what he is best at). GOOD STUFF!

The next few weeks will be interesting as we get to see what word of mouth really is for Transformers 2. I've had friends that tell me it's getting great word of mouth based on this opening 5-days alone, which I disagree with. You can't gauge word of mouth on first weekends alone, especially with blockbusters with built in audiences. For what it's worth, Transformers 2 started off in Yahoo with a solid A from users, then fell to an A-, to a B+ as we speak, and that descent happened during it's opening 5-days. Like I said, we'll see how it holds up in the coming weeks

I saw Transformers 2. It was great. I dont understand why everyone is hating on this movie. what do u go to see a drama about robot conflict BS!!!!!!! ITS ABOUT ROBOTS BEATING THE MESS OUT OF EACH OTHER. And that is what Michael Bay gave us. The plot was not bad and the twins were not that bad either, and for the losers who think that they were being racist, get a life!!! was nothing racis about that. The movie was GREAT!!!!!!!!. If you want a robot flick with some drama and all that other BULL!! GO WATCH WALL'E!!!! HA HA.