which movies sequel had great expectations of record breaking opening?
Jaws are dropping all over Hollywood: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” opened sharply above even robust expectations on Wednesday with $60.6 million in ticket sales at North American theaters, according to Paramount Pictures. That one-day total is more than Will Ferrell’s “Land of the Lost” and Eddie Murphy’s “Imagine That” have made in North American theaters — combined — since they opened. And it was a Wednesday. The gear-grinding “Transformers” sequel, a co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and directed by Michael Bay, is now on track to generate in the neighborhood of $175 million in total sales by Sunday, despite generally dismal reviews. Paramount said that its exit interviews on Wednesday resulted in 91 percent of ticket-buyers saying they thought the sequel was better than or just as good as the first “Transformers” film. At the very least, the movie appears to have set a record for a Wednesday opening, beating “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” which racked up
Jaws are dropping all over Hollywood: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” opened sharply above even robust expectations on Wednesday with $60.6 million in ticket sales at North American theaters, according to Paramount Pictures. That one-day total is more than Will Ferrell’s “Land of the Lost” and Eddie Murphy’s “Imagine That” have made in North American theaters — combined — since they opened. And it was a Wednesday. The gear-grinding “Transformers” sequel, a co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and directed by Michael Bay, is now on track to generate in the neighborhood of $175 million in total sales by Sunday, despite generally dismal reviews. Sources: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/transformers-sequel-had-record-breaking-opening-on-wednesday/?
