FILE: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" hits the $1 billion USD mark at the box office according to industry trades

Record ID: 230251

  • Title: FILE: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" hits the $1 billion USD mark at the box office according to industry trades
  • Date: 4th August 2014
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (JUNE 19, 2014) (REUTERS) MODEL OF TRANSFORMERS HERO, OPTIMUS PRIME, AT PREMIERE OF "TRANSFORMERS AGE OF EXTINCTION" ON HONG KONG SEAFRONT DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY GIVING INTERVIEWS MICHAEL BAY HEAD OF ROBOT BAY AND LEAD ACTOR, MARK WALHBERG, POSING FOR PICTURES CROWD WITH HONG KONG EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION CENTER IN THE BACKGROUND CROWD WITH TRANSFORMER ROBOT AND HONG KONG SKYLINE IN THE BACKGROUND BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 29, 2014) (REUTERS) ACTRESS LI BINGBING ON BIG SCREEN RED CARPET WITH MOCK-UP OF FIRE-SPITTING TRANSFORMER LI BINGBING SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FANS TAKING PICTURES ON THEIR SMARTPHONES
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Usa, China
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  • Country: China
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA9Z3GXB4AFTDDUKOYHT9YWMCAL
  • Story Text: Paramount Pictures' film "Transformers: Age of Extinction" becomes the first film in 2014 to make $1 billion USD in global box office returns according to media reports including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

    Paramount's fourth installment of their Transformers franchise, "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is the first film this year to surpass the $1 billion USD mark in global box office receipts as per entertainment trade publications. When asked for comment on Monday, August 4 at 1200GMT, Paramount Pictures in London referred all requests to the Los Angeles division.
    Made for more than $200 million, the film pits Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and other Autobots against new villains. It met industry projections for its opening weekend.
    The nearly three-hour movie garnered mostly poor reviews, with only 17 percent of 121 critics giving it a "fresh" rating, according to the site Rotten Tomatoes, but ticket buyers gave the film an A- rating according to polling service CinemaScore.
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