Action dueling giant robots in actions which a mediocre game plus the sexy girl
was still a powerful way to win fans of Transformers. The third installment, titled Transformers Dark of the Moon immediately rocketed to the top of the box office this weekend.
At the premiere, the film by Michael Bay that collects revenue of USD 32.5 million or equivalent to Rp 278.3 billion. If coupled with a midnight screening on Tuesday night, totaled USD 42.5 million or approximately USD 363.8 billion.
The film, starring Shia LaBeouf is to beat the record Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, who have so far topped the total gross of the first day of screenings. It's also what makes Paramount Pictures as the distributor of Dark of the Moon is optimistic the film could reach USD 177 million on July 4th Independence Day holiday coming. Factors that the film was screened in 110 countries participated underlying optimism.
"That's not surprising. Saturation factor must accompany the third movie," commentator Jeff Bock, box office analysts Exhibitor Relations, told MTV. "These cases are quite common in many movie titles as they reached the third sequel. Especially in the case of Transformers, the film received criticism both pretty sharp. In fact, the fans and the author himself claimed not satisfied with the performance of Revenge of the Fallen," he added.
So, no wonder that many who doubted the Dark of the Moon would last long in the top box office. Moreover, the film also got pretty bad reviews of the movie watchers. Despite directing techniques and visual effects are much better than the previous two films, Dark of the Moon is considered weak in terms of storytelling and acting the star.
