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

Record ID: 230252

  • 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: VARIOUS OF PHOTO-CALL OF CAST VARIOUS OF DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Usa, China
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  • Country: China
  • Topics: Entertainment
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  • 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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