$700 Million and counting for Revenge of the Fallen
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 1:58AM CDT
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According to statistics from Box Office Mojo, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen has now grossed over $710 million, with the US Domestic and Worldwide split being more or less 50/50.
Revenge of the Fallen now finds itself at #30 in the highest grossing films of all time, only three weeks after it's release.
It is also the second fastest film to make $300 million within the USA (only beaten by The Dark Knight), and again second only to the Dark Knight in the highest grossing films in the US of the past 365 days, taking over half what the Dark Knight did in it's nine month run, in three weeks.
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Posted by sideswipe98 on July 15th, 2009 @ 2:09am CDT
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Posted by primeoptimus on July 15th, 2009 @ 2:43am CDT
us:
everyone else:
Posted by T-Macksimus on July 15th, 2009 @ 3:32am CDT
Actually, no I don't. The others can grovel at RotF's feet but none are worthy to follow...
Posted by Archanubis on July 15th, 2009 @ 5:05am CDT
Posted by Robinson on July 15th, 2009 @ 8:18am CDT
Posted by Forgotten on July 15th, 2009 @ 8:51am CDT
Posted by fairplaythings on July 15th, 2009 @ 9:28am CDT
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsIts.html
"Probably the most common of all usage errors.
Its is the possessive form of "it": "Pick the skunk up by its tail." Like other possessives ("his," "hers") it has no apostrophe.
It's is short for "It is": "It's the end of the world as we know it." The apostrophe is present because it's a contraction. Only use It's where you can substitute it is, and the whole issue becomes amazingly simple.
The construction "its' " exists only in students' imaginations."
And knowing is half the battle.
Posted by 5150 Cruiser on July 15th, 2009 @ 10:11am CDT
mr.terrific wrote:Unrelated point to the odd prospect of a bad film making enough money to guarantee an even worse third act, here is a link on the "its / it's" debate from the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada).
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsIts.html
"Probably the most common of all usage errors.
Its is the possessive form of "it": "Pick the skunk up by its tail." Like other possessives ("his," "hers") it has no apostrophe.
It's is short for "It is": "It's the end of the world as we know it." The apostrophe is present because it's a contraction. Only use It's where you can substitute it is, and the whole issue becomes amazingly simple.
The construction "its' " exists only in students' imaginations."
And knowing is half the battle.
....The point of this was what?
Posted by First-Aid on July 15th, 2009 @ 10:13am CDT
5150 Cruiser wrote:mr.terrific wrote:Unrelated point to the odd prospect of a bad film making enough money to guarantee an even worse third act, here is a link on the "its / it's" debate from the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada).
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsIts.html
"Probably the most common of all usage errors.
Its is the possessive form of "it": "Pick the skunk up by its tail." Like other possessives ("his," "hers") it has no apostrophe.
It's is short for "It is": "It's the end of the world as we know it." The apostrophe is present because it's a contraction. Only use It's where you can substitute it is, and the whole issue becomes amazingly simple.
The construction "its' " exists only in students' imaginations."
And knowing is half the battle.
....The point of this was what?
...yeah...I was wondering that myself. Are we having an ADD moment?
Posted by cybercat on July 15th, 2009 @ 1:35pm CDT
As for the movie, while part of me says, 'Yay!', another part of me is rather annoyed, because sound you hear? That's the sound of Orci/Kurtzman et alia's *heads* swelling.
All we need in Hollywood is *more* ego.
HK, ego? I'm more id, myself.
Posted by Cyclonus_Maximus on July 15th, 2009 @ 6:55pm CDT
Anyway, I thought this was a dang good movie--a little rushed in parts, but for the life of me I could not understand what the critics were talking about except that they just don't know Transformers. I thought it was a much better movie than the first, and I can't wait to see them improve on this with TF3! The plot was better, the action was better, the acting was better, the humor was great--"Location under giant enemy scrotum!" That was a hoot! It did leave us guessing as to why there were so many constructicons running around, especially after Big D was formed. When the DVD comes out, I'm gonna be watching that Devastator combination sequence over and over.
And some of the "inconsistencies" in the movie are not so much--like when Mixmaster knocked down the American flag, and then it was shown to be up in a later scene--that was a completely different day. Granted, it was kinda fast that the flag was put back up (given the fact that things usually take an unbearably long time to get fixed in the real world). But all in all, it was a really fun movie and worthy of the $700+ million it has earned.
And I can't close this post without noting the hotness that is Megan Fox. Isabel Lucas was purdy nice to look at as well.
Posted by Robinson on July 15th, 2009 @ 8:23pm CDT
hellkitty wrote:What's the point, gentlemen? The *point* is that by contrast, y'all shall now appreciate *my* grammar corrections more.
I can't take someone posting about grammar seriously when they say "y'all"
Posted by T-Macksimus on July 15th, 2009 @ 9:06pm CDT
Robinson wrote:hellkitty wrote:What's the point, gentlemen? The *point* is that by contrast, y'all shall now appreciate *my* grammar corrections more.
I can't take someone posting about grammar seriously when they say "y'all"
I think some levity was intended plus it was still gramatically correct at least as far as American English is concerned.
As I happen to be part 'Appalachian American' (i.e. Redneck) I think she used it perfectly.
Posted by Robinson on July 15th, 2009 @ 9:10pm CDT
ans Appalachan American is on a whole different level than redneck.
Posted by T-Macksimus on July 15th, 2009 @ 9:41pm CDT
Posted by cybercat on July 15th, 2009 @ 10:02pm CDT
Robinson wrote:
I can't take someone posting about grammar seriously when they say "y'all"
A) Thank *God*: I think way too many people have been taking me way too seriously lately. Myself included.
B) The local 'you plural' where I currently live is 'youse guys'. If you think I'm ever going to use that, ummmm, you are mistaken.
C) It's true, I do have a Southern accent from my years living in the South. It's more of a military Southern, but it's there. But I also live in New York, so if you can imagine a Southern accent at New Yorker speeds.... It is...unholy.
HK, yay! whatever this topic is on that I'm apparently hijacking. I suck.
Posted by vectorA3 on July 15th, 2009 @ 11:40pm CDT
Posted by Shadowman on July 15th, 2009 @ 11:46pm CDT
T-Macksimus wrote:I almost feel sorry for that Potter kid having to follow this movie.
Actually, no I don't. The others can grovel at RotF's feet but none are worthy to follow...
Don't underestimate Harry Potter. While I don't think it will top RotF, Half-Blood Prince will at least put a dent in RotF's popularity.
Forgotten wrote:I believe that it's going to beat out The Dark Knight. once you get to dvd, bd, itunes, etc. releases and then the umbligatory speacial editions, director's cuts & whatnot. I think it will top all.
Unfortunately, when you take into account the same thing for TDK, it means it's even less likely RotF will beat it.
Posted by Robinson on July 15th, 2009 @ 11:58pm CDT
Shadowman wrote:T-Macksimus wrote:I almost feel sorry for that Potter kid having to follow this movie.
Actually, no I don't. The others can grovel at RotF's feet but none are worthy to follow...
Don't underestimate Harry Potter. While I don't think it will top RotF, Half-Blood Prince will at least put a dent in RotF's popularity.
That damn wizard has already beaten tdk and tf 2 for biggest midnight openings 22 million or some insane number like that.
Posted by Joshua Vallse on July 16th, 2009 @ 4:31am CDT
One a small note, it was a genius plan on Paramount or Dreamworks part to distribute it when it did. It had nothing to compete with......nothing. Absolutely nothing and tooks it's claim while it could. Very successful planning. But again, now that there are options coming up.....
Laters,
Josh
Posted by T-Macksimus on July 16th, 2009 @ 12:42pm CDT
Robinson wrote:Shadowman wrote:T-Macksimus wrote:I almost feel sorry for that Potter kid having to follow this movie.
Actually, no I don't. The others can grovel at RotF's feet but none are worthy to follow...
Don't underestimate Harry Potter. While I don't think it will top RotF, Half-Blood Prince will at least put a dent in RotF's popularity.
That damn wizard has already beaten tdk and tf 2 for biggest midnight openings 22 million or some insane number like that.
#@%$ damn dark sorcery is what that is! Conjured a subliminal spell to embed in the advertisements. Those folks aren't watching by choice I tell ye. The wizard is in league with Lucifer.