Remembering the day The Transformers: The Movie first debuted in theaters on August 8th, 1986 #transformersthemovie86

I'm one of the "old-timers" that got to see this summer of '86. Was memorable to me not only for its wanton violence (which I love(d)- I hated that the TV cartoon versions of our favorite characters hardly ever got so much as a scratch...) but because it was the first movie I saw without my parents. Ha! Incidentally,that theater was practically empty. As for me, it remains one of my all-time favorite movies.
I'm even breaking my "no more regular movie theater" policy to enjoy its return next month.
You got the touch!! You got the powerrrr!!!

Man...32 years...where does the time go? I know I did not see it in the first weekend, but probably sometime the following week after a few friends had seen it and said how awesome it was. It was probably the middle of the week on its 5th or 6th day in theaters. (back then the school year did not start until after labor day...) . The theater was probably about 1/3 full for a mid day matinee but my mom took me and 2 friends (it was actually a friend-of-my friend, some guy I hardly knew), but we didn't care. The movie was awesome and is still one of the best theater experiences I ever had. Unfortunately as I stated above, I'll have obligations come 9/27.

This Saturday though I have invited some friends to watch the Blu ray in my home. We usually do double features at whoever hosts the event pics the theme (We've done 80's sci-fi and Westerns), so I'm doing animation. I would think GI Joe:TM would be a natural pairing for TF:TM, but I have some others I'm considering...Lensman, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Titan A.E. are some of my favorite animated films...

I don't think I saw the animated Transformers Movie until I started 4th grade that fall. I was really excited about the movie throughout the whole summer. The commercials had me really hyped because they just looked so epic to me. I remember the "Does Prime die?" commercials really resonating with me ... but also thinking "There's no way Optimus Prime would die!" A friend of mine who was a year younger than me, her name was Katie, was my big Transformers friend during elementary school. When we got back to school that September, I remember being shocked at her spoilers about what happened. Optimus died! Megatron killed Starscream! A giant planet ate Earth! Bumblebee died! So a few exaggerations and incorrect details she had, but still, the biggest shocker of them all just didn't resonate with me. I thought for sure she was pulling my leg or something. Regardless, when I actually saw the events of the movie unfold with my Dad and my brother, I was speechless ... and devastated! Crushed! I couldn't believe Optimus Prime really died. The movie was so epic. So many new Transformers. So many dead Transformers. It was a lot for 9 year old me to take in. And I don't think my Dad realized how devastated I was after the movie.

I must have saw it the first week of September, because I clearly remember watching Five Faces of Darkness when it debuted. I had really connected with Hot Rod during the movie, so when it got to Rodimus Prime's "death scene", I just couldn't believe it. What monsters those Decepticons were! I had to leave for school at that commercial break in order to catch the bus in time, so I sat in school all day wondering what the Autobots were going to do now that Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime had died, not knowing yet that Rodimus Prime was ultimately fine and that Springer did not become leader of the Autobots. I was very distraught! It wasn't until I saw the rest of the episode during the afternoon re-airing that I got to find out that Rodimus Prime was actually OK, but I'll never forget that very long school day worrying about the poor Autobots and being sad that Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime had died!

Once the movie came out on VHS, I was absolutely obsessed over it. About a year after the movie had come out, I used to brag that I had seen the movie over 50 times, and then 100 times (I might have been exaggerating a little bit, but I'm sure I hit those goals not long after). To this day, it's one of the only movies that I can recite almost line for line while watching it. It's burned into my brain like a favorite song.

This movie has a very strong place in my childhood. It definitely left its mark, intentionally or not, and continues to be one of my absolute favorite things to watch. It helped cement my love for all things Transformers and might very well have been what kept me as a Transformers fan during those pivotal years in my childhood.

Bought my tickets today so I can go see it with my wife and two daughters. My daughter is 9 now so it'll definitely be a passing of torch moment (though it's often a staple of background TV noise while I'm working so I'm sure she's familiar with most of it already). Can't wait to see it on the big screen again!

To be honest, I'm really not sure if I want to go see the screening of this movie or not. Were this ten or fifteen years ago, I'd be psyched up and all for seeing it. But nowadays, I've seen it so many times that I kinda feel burned out by it. I still haven't even bought the Shout! Factory Blu-Ray release yet (yes yes, I know it looks amazing).

Had to wait until the Tuesday after this came out for my grandfather to take me. It was a hot theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn with a failing AC. Every seat was packed that afternoon with a cloud of cigarette smoke hanging over the crowd (you could smoke indoors back then). There were a lot of older kids in the crowd too, cheering, cursing etc., everyone was surprised when Blaster ejected his tapes because it was the first time most people had ever seen them. I gave all the kids on the block an entire play by play when I got home.

Saw it again at a movie theatre with my parents in Greensboro, NC three weeks later. There was a Toys r us in the same mall where we saw the movie and my Dad took me to buy a Transformer. I lied and said I had all the figures on the shelves so he could buy me Ultra Magnus, who happened to be the most expensive of the assortment at $25.

Seibertron wrote: I must have saw it the first week of September, because I clearly remember watching Five Faces of Darkness when it debuted. I had really connected with Hot Rod during the movie, so when it got to Rodimus Prime's "death scene", I just couldn't believe it. What monsters those Decepticons were! I had to leave for school at that commercial break in order to catch the bus in time, so I sat in school all day wondering what the Autobots were going to do now that Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime had died, not knowing yet that Rodimus Prime was ultimately fine and that Springer did not become leader of the Autobots. I was very distraught! It wasn't until I saw the rest of the episode during the afternoon re-airing that I got to find out that Rodimus Prime was actually OK, but I'll never forget that very long school day worrying about the poor Autobots and being sad that Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime had died!

Once the movie came out on VHS, I was absolutely obsessed over it. About a year after the movie had come out, I used to brag that I had seen the movie over 50 times, and then 100 times (I might have been exaggerating a little bit, but I'm sure I hit those goals not long after). To this day, it's one of the only movies that I can recite almost line for line while watching it. It's burned into my brain like a favorite song.

TF:TM could have still been out in theaters in early September...not sure what the cycle time was on it, but I imagine it was shorter than most films. Still, back then, theaters were a bit more selective about when to pull a movie from theaters, and not so regulated as they are now.

According to TF Wiki FFOD premiered on 9/15/86, which was a Monday. I thought it corresponded with labor day (being Sept 1st), because IIRC all the kids at my first day of 5th Grade (which would have been Sept 2nd) were talking about it, but of course it could have just been TF:TM we were talking about, then FFOD 2 weeks later. I DO remember though that FFOD AND "Arise Serpentor Arise!" aired the same week. That (and the TF GI Joe Marvel crossover) was what finally got me into GI Joe, I had always turned it off when it came on before or after Transformers because it just didn't interest me like TF did. But from that point on, they were pretty much tied together, though I did never get into GI Joe comics or toys, I really did have a late blooming appreciation for the animated series.

Slightly OT... In 1990/91 I was in high school and was irritated that DiC brought back only GI Joe and not Transformers...in hindsight, that was probably a good thing though. (seeing as how I much prefer what Japan did with Headmasters, MF, Victory etc...)

I doubt that I got to see TF:TM on opening day but I know I did see it in a theater. My Grandfather drew the short straw and had to take me, in truth mom and dad were working and he drove. I don't remember it being the theater by my house but that makes sense since it was a niche film. The two things that stuck out to me at the time were the music and the fact that I couldn't process what I saw, I think this was the first time that I experienced death and didn't understand it. I think deep down I knew they couldn't keep Prime dead and I was right. This was the only film I saw on the big screen of the toy films that actually made it to theaters, didn't even know about the Rock Lords film until a few years ago. Over the years I've learned just how connected that film was to my life back then, many of the bands featured in the film I was or became fans of over time. I still chuckle at how Lion is connected to both Asia and Dio. I'm looking forward to going on September 27th with my Dad and sister as it's a bit of a full circle.

Just got my tickets.. I remember walking down Miracle Mile in Stockton back in 86, back when it was safer... and I'd just walked out of the theater. I was 5 years old and just saw this hero I looked up to die a horrific death, and wondered what was real or if anything could be believed in? My brother had the original Optimus Prime back in 84 and my first one was Jazz. It's been an amazing blessing to have such a franchise like this and Legend of Zelda that has had so many wonderful iterations of it's beloved characters throughout different generations and different palettes to play from. I'm excited to see where the franchise will go, although I do think that they will need to start moving away from G1 characters soon to keep things fresh. The cycle begins AGAIN.. and thus begin the BEAST WARS!!

KVO PRIME

Transformers: The Movie is probably my earliest consciously recallable memory. I would have been around 2.5 years old when it came out and my mum took my brother (who was 7) to go see the film, with me in tow. I obviously can't remember the "movie" itself, but I remember waking up to crying and the rough visage of Prime on screen just before he turns grey and snuffs it.

Skip forwards about 2 years and I actually get my own VHS of it, which is when I can actually remember seeing it properly. To say I watched it a lot would be an understatement and every sound, sight and song is etched into my memory.

A lot of new(er) (and by new I mean post Beast Wars) might not always get the full scope of the film to the community. I can remember Rodimus Prime once said for a long time the movie was the community. It dominated the lore and whilst we're still seeing the effects of that (IDW: Unicron, Movieverse: Matrix), its hard to fully appreciate how much discussion we got from those 90 minutes of animation in the way back.

I got my ticket. And not a moment too soon....only 5 seats left for my local theater....... I begged and begged to go see it when originally came to theaters but my parents wouldn't do it. My grandma bought me a a vhs.....well multiple copies....I wore out 2 copies I think.....

How do we get the posters? At the theater when we show up for the movie?

I turned 5 in the summer of 84, and got Sludge that Christmas, but with so many awesome toy properties at the time, TF didn't really stand out as a favorite. Fans younger than I probably don't understand just how many other transforming/combining robot toy lines there were at the time, in every big-box, drug store, or Five & Dime, so it took a while for TF to pull away from the pack with its superior designs and fiction. I actually liked Thundercats and Voltron better than the pre-Movie cartoon, but my mom thought the former were sexually suggestive or something, and that the latter had too much satanic symbolism (not understanding who the bad guys were, I guess), so when I got in a fight in 1st grade over which Voltron was better, they decided to encourage my budding TF fixation and routinely buy me the mini-vehicles and cassettes, in hopes that I'd shut up about Voltron (dad bought me the big die-cast Lion Force toy anyway). I mailed away for an Ominbot and Powerdasher, which gave Hasbro an address to send that S.T.A.R.S. advance movie poster to, well before the first TV ads. There was never any doubt we would see TF:TM ASAP.

Funny, the only reaction I recall from other kids was the shout of "Laserbeak!" when the first recognizable character flew out. If there were any screams and crying when Op died, I must have been too stunned to notice. At age 7, I'd already gotten cynical enough to know the cartoon barely had continuity from one ep to the next, and that trailers always made movies look cooler than they actually were. So the question "Does Prime die?!?" was met with an understanding that nothing would actually change, so of course not. Therefore, seeing this in the theater in '86 was the only time a movie actually shocked me by being several times better than whatever I was expecting going in, an effect I will never experience again. Sure I liked Optimus, but maybe because my dad's the most stable guy on earth, I was fine with surrogate-father-figure-leader dying a heroic death and passing leadership on to a younger character I could actually identify with. And most of the other deaths amounted to characters whose toys were so clunky I never wanted them being replaced by cooler-looking new guys, so I was perfectly fine with it. Violence finally had consequences, including a better story and characters! And since my parents mostly played folk and country, the music was this huge breath of fresh air; I wouldn't budge from my seat until the credits were completely over, I just didn't want it to end.

As we walked out, the last family to do so: "I didn't know a movie could be that good!"

"Yyyyyeah, we're picking the movie next time." I think they may have actually said it in unison.

And when new eps of the cartoon came back, I realized it didn't have to end, and Transformers has been my favorite thing ever since. Animation quality apparently didn't register with me at age 7, but I genuinely liked where season 3's story went way more than in the first 2 seasons. And you know what? Rodimus Prime was actually a better leader; cartoon Op led his troops into certain death only to be saved by circumstances beyond his control at least two times too many for my taste. When we got a VCR for Christmas of '87, TF:TM was the first movie we ever rented, but I didn't get my own copy until early '98, from a video store that closed not too long afterward.

Saw it on the big screen once more at BotCon 2000, but will damn sure be seeing it at an AMC next month!

Just a heads up,MORE theaters have been added!
One an hour away from me now.

Servant of Light wrote:Just a heads up,MORE theaters have been added!
One an hour away from me now.

Those of us in Canada are in luck too!!

if you hit Cineplex's website, you can find listings of a few Canadian theaters playing this between the 29th and early October. its a lil tricky to find but just search for Transformers and you'll see "The Transformers" and you can then just enter a city to see if it plays in your area.

If you're in Ottawa, South Keys is playing it a few days between Sept 30th and October 6th!

so woo...we're not left out!

Tickets are on sale!
https://www.cineplex.com/Movie/the-transformers

Canadian Showings!
It was a huge pain in the ass (with the Cineplex website) to locate the theaters. I had to google all the theaters separately. But here they are, all September 30th to Oct 6th:

Silvercity Windsor ON Cinemas
4611 Walker Rd, Windsor, ON

Silvercity Thunder Bay Cinemas
850 North, May St N, Thunder Bay, ON

Galaxy Cinemas Guelph
485 Woodlawn Rd W, Guelph, ON

Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square Cinemas
7555 Montrose Rd, Niagara Falls, ON

Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre Cinemas
22 Lebovic Ave, Scarborough, ON

Galaxy Cinemas Barrie
72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON

Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas
2214 Bank St, Ottawa, ON

Cineplex Odeon Winston Churchill Cinemas
2081 Winston Park Dr, Oakville, ON

Cineplex Cinemas Parklane
5657 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS

Cineplax Cinemas Normanview (Galaxy Cinemas Regina)
420 McCarthy Blvd #26, Regina, SK

Cineplex Odeon McGillivray & VIP Cinemas
2190 McGillivray Blvd, Winnipeg, MB

The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC

Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas
333 Brooksbank Ave #200, North Vancouver, BC

An update directly from Hasbro and their social media team, regarding the new showing of the 1986 Transformers: The Movie from Fathom Events, taking place across the US on September 27th - as it has been expanded to 300 more locations in the US and has also crossed the border to include Canadian cinemas too!

The main website for the event hosts can be found here, to locate the closest movie theater near you, and fellow Seibertronian shajaki has also gone through the pain of noting down all of the Canadian cinema locations too, copied out below from Cineplex.

Exciting news for Transformers fans! Another 300 theatres in the U.S. have been added for the one-night theatrical screening of The Transformers, The Movie on 9/27! Plus, there will be a screening in select Canadian theatres on 9/30. Head over to FathomEvents.com for a theatre near you! #Transformers #1986[/quote

shajaki wrote:Tickets are on sale!
https://www.cineplex.com/Movie/the-transformers

Canadian Showings!
It was a huge pain in the ass (with the Cineplex website) to locate the theaters. I had to google all the theaters separately. But here they are, all September 30th to Oct 6th:

Silvercity Windsor ON Cinemas
4611 Walker Rd, Windsor, ON

Silvercity Thunder Bay Cinemas
850 North, May St N, Thunder Bay, ON

Galaxy Cinemas Guelph
485 Woodlawn Rd W, Guelph, ON

Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square Cinemas
7555 Montrose Rd, Niagara Falls, ON

Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre Cinemas
22 Lebovic Ave, Scarborough, ON

Galaxy Cinemas Barrie
72 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON

Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas
2214 Bank St, Ottawa, ON

Cineplex Odeon Winston Churchill Cinemas
2081 Winston Park Dr, Oakville, ON

Cineplex Cinemas Parklane
5657 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS

Cineplax Cinemas Normanview (Galaxy Cinemas Regina)
420 McCarthy Blvd #26, Regina, SK

Cineplex Odeon McGillivray & VIP Cinemas
2190 McGillivray Blvd, Winnipeg, MB

The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC

Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas
333 Brooksbank Ave #200, North Vancouver, BC

Need this in the UK...

Got really excited when I saw there were more theaters added, but it still looks like the nearest showing for me is in the next state. Hopefully ticket sales will be good so this can happen, again, when I have the opportunity to travel

Wow this is so exciting! I never saw it in theaters when I was a kid. This a dream come true. Can't wait to go and see it! Or maybe not. Prefer to watch it in my mind's eye to avoid being distracted if I watched it in Ottawa.

Wingz wrote:Got really excited when I saw there were more theaters added, but it still looks like the nearest showing for me is in the next state. Hopefully ticket sales will be good so this can happen, again, when I have the opportunity to travel

And if it doesn’t well it proves what I have been stating new transformers fans don’t watch cartoons and don’t read comics they only like live action stuff., how many new transformer fan people will see this movie in theaters that are not part any transformer fan sites that don’t watch cartoons and read comics that will be interesting outcome

I know many people who will not see this there transformer fans people I work with they don’t watch cartoons but they like live action movies of transformers

Yeah. I usually fall asleep at the cinema. All that pre-movie munching.

Wingz wrote:Got really excited when I saw there were more theaters added, but it still looks like the nearest showing for me is in the next state. Hopefully ticket sales will be good so this can happen, again, when I have the opportunity to travel

Two states away for me (Mass). It's exceedingly rare for Fathom to bring anything worth seeing this far north so I wasn't exactly optimistic when they added screens.

Emerje

dragons wrote:And if it doesn’t well it proves what I have been stating new transformers fans don’t watch cartoons and don’t read comics they only like live action stuff., how many new transformer fan people will see this movie in theaters that are not part any transformer fan sites that don’t watch cartoons and read comics that will be interesting outcome

I know many people who will not see this there transformer fans people I work with they don’t watch cartoons but they like live action movies of transformers

The limited release of this movie has absolutely nothing to do with its being animation instead of live action. This is a Fathom event. Those are ALWAYS limited releases, no matter what movie they show. Every movie released as a Fathom event is limited, be it for one night or several. That's the very nature of Fathom event movies.

One of the local theaters show up on Fathom, but not on Atom when you go to purchase. Ugh.

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/the ... gK2u_D_BwE




Are you going to see it?

A number of Seibertronians took part last night in the Fathom Events screening of the original 1986 animated Transformers: The Movie, and some have shared the poster that was being given out at some of the participating theatres!

The poster features the same Livio Ramondelli art that was seen on the latest release of the feature, with Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime taking front stage, and the rest of the cast around them, the Matrix, and Unicron in the background. Check it out below, and let us know if you took part in the screening!

To whoever at Fathom or Shout that decided that crummy two channel audio mix was acceptable - there's a saying about barns and going behind them blindfolded at dawn and it applies not literally of course, but instead to how well you did your job.

Picked mine up last night. It's a decent poster, but I was disappointed because I thought they were giving out the actual movie poster, with Magnus and everyone on it.

ScottyP wrote:To whoever at Fathom or Shout that decided that crummy two channel audio mix was acceptable - there's a saying about barns and going behind them blindfolded at dawn and it applies not literally of course, but instead to how well you did your job.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that was a shit job. I think it actually ruined the theater experience for me, and I actually had to cover my ears to keep them from bleeding at some parts.

Greetings My Fellow

Transformers The Movie was last night not only showed the movie but at the beginning there was a small feature presentation with Travis Knight on the Bumblebee movie showing practical effect interactions with the actors of the movie. That feature is on you tube at this time. Also included after that was the full scene of Charlie Watson meeting Bumblebee in the garage for the first time and how she freaks out and tries to run away as bumblebee freaks out and hides in the corner after his transformation. Their meeting was very puzzling and heart warming to both of them as she tries to figure out what or who he is. She mention that the noises he makes sounds like a bumblebee and that's what she will call him. He then points to her as she first thinks he likes metal cause she is wearing a metal band t-shirt but then figures he wants to know her name and she tells him, "I am Charlie Watson." "I am 18." "Today is my Birthday." All with such wonder and curiosity as she displays during the scene. Then it cuts to additional trailer footage which we have seen before from what was release this week. Then after the credits of Transformers the Movie there was 2 interviews with Stan Bush. Which he sang 2 electric acoustic guitar solos of "Dare" and "Touch". Very enjoyable night!!!

Enjoy,
KRAPICON

Lore Keeper wrote:Picked mine up last night. It's a decent poster, but I was disappointed because I thought they were giving out the actual movie poster, with Magnus and everyone on it.

I wasn't able to make it last night, but I would have been more disappointed if they were giving out posters with the original movie artwork. I still have my Back to the Future poster framed from a 25th anniversary screening that uses the original 80s design. I'm not sure why companies feel compelled to create new poster/DVD art for films when they are rereleased because, in my opinion, the usually don't live up to the original.

I thought those two images looked familiar, you cad

The Mrs and I had a good time. I'm not an audiophile nor cinephile, so I thought everything was great. A damn sight better than watching at home on my DVD.

The trivia before hand was too short and a bit easy, but the wrong answers were really good wrong answers.

The Bee movie extended sneak peak was unexpected and awesome, so was the Stan Bush stuff (glad we hung around after the credits). I wasn't expecting the posters so those were pure lagniappe.

Overall a great experience, glad we went and it was fun to rub elbows with fellow fans

Greetings,

I'm having trouble trying to find online any figures on how much the movie made last night. I'd be curious to know. boxofficemojo just posted Thursday estimates, and TF:TM wasn't on there, sometimes movies are added later, but if anyone has any stat references, this would be appreciated. Just wondering if it was a profitable enough to warrant any future screenings.

o.supreme wrote:Greetings,

I'm having trouble trying to find online any figures on how much the movie made last night. I'd be curious to know. boxofficemojo just posted Thursday estimates, and TF:TM wasn't on there, sometimes movies are added later, but if anyone has any stat references, this would be appreciated. Just wondering if it was a profitable enough to warrant any future screenings.

I wouldn't imagine such findings would be readily (if at all) available for such small-scaled limited special event releases like this, since this release wasn't intended to make a profit like any normal film release is; rather, this was just a special commemoration event coupled with hype-building for the next major film release.

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Greetings,

I'm having trouble trying to find online any figures on how much the movie made last night. I'd be curious to know. boxofficemojo just posted Thursday estimates, and TF:TM wasn't on there, sometimes movies are added later, but if anyone has any stat references, this would be appreciated. Just wondering if it was a profitable enough to warrant any future screenings.

I wouldn't imagine such findings would be readily (if at all) available for such small-scaled limited special event releases like this, since this release wasn't intended to make a profit like any normal film release is; rather, this was just a special commemoration event coupled with hype-building for the next major film release.

My city only had two theaters showing the film and we didn't have a showing until they added additional theaters.

The one I choose wasn't even half full.

How was the turn out elsewhere?

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Greetings,

I'm having trouble trying to find online any figures on how much the movie made last night. I'd be curious to know. boxofficemojo just posted Thursday estimates, and TF:TM wasn't on there, sometimes movies are added later, but if anyone has any stat references, this would be appreciated. Just wondering if it was a profitable enough to warrant any future screenings.

I wouldn't imagine such findings would be readily (if at all) available for such small-scaled limited special event releases like this, since this release wasn't intended to make a profit like any normal film release is; rather, this was just a special commemoration event coupled with hype-building for the next major film release.

Only people who will choose see this movie are people who know about transformers fan sites such as this one and family’s who have kids that watch cartoons not many adults I know will watch cartoons and read comics but they are happy and proud to say to see live action movies of transformers I say under million possibly thousand I don’t know how many theaters this movie was playing in to give good estimate

dragons wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Greetings,

I'm having trouble trying to find online any figures on how much the movie made last night. I'd be curious to know. boxofficemojo just posted Thursday estimates, and TF:TM wasn't on there, sometimes movies are added later, but if anyone has any stat references, this would be appreciated. Just wondering if it was a profitable enough to warrant any future screenings.

I wouldn't imagine such findings would be readily (if at all) available for such small-scaled limited special event releases like this, since this release wasn't intended to make a profit like any normal film release is; rather, this was just a special commemoration event coupled with hype-building for the next major film release.

Only people who will choose see this movie are people who know about transformers fan sites such as this one and family’s who have kids that watch cartoons not many adults I know will watch cartoons and read comics but they are happy and proud to say to see live action movies of transformers I say under million possibly thousand I don’t know how many theaters this movie was playing in to give good estimate

None of what you said has anything to do with the availability/accessibility of box office estimates (which is what o. supreme was talking about).

My Theater was "comfortably full". That is, not every seat was filled, but it still felt crowded. Sound aside, I had a good time. It felt almost like a Con afterwards, the c9mraderie and the stories. I listened to one group of guys who mentioned how all og tjier kids have baby pictures next to Fort Max; or why timr they got here, and when I mentionwd I was almost there and decided to check Target for new Bee toys and a hunch of people tuened around and asked If I found anything. (No, but Novastar was at Wal-Mart). Outside, someone driving shouted Till all Are One to a groupof us chatting, and another group talking about how we were going to have hoverboards by 2005 and a lady said "I forgot the kids name", eberyone shouted Daniel, and I said "Well clearly she's a Decepticon." to a round of laughter. And the guy who when he saw it in 86, at age 7 turned to his Mom in theater and asked her what "Fatal" meant. It made me miss Botcons and talking with Transfans. And sound aside, it was awesome getting to see it on a screen bigger than my Laptop. Would I do it again? in a heartbeat

Flashwave wrote:My Theater was "comfortably full". That is, not every seat was filled, but it still felt crowded. Sound aside, I had a good time. It felt almost like a Con afterwards, the c9mraderie and the stories. I listened to one group of guys who mentioned how all og tjier kids have baby pictures next to Fort Max; or why timr they got here, and when I mentionwd I was almost there and decided to check Target for new Bee toys and a hunch of people tuened around and asked If I found anything. (No, but Novastar was at Wal-Mart). Outside, someone driving shouted Till all Are One to a groupof us chatting, and another group talking about how we were going to have hoverboards by 2005 and a lady said "I forgot the kids name", eberyone shouted Daniel, and I said "Well clearly she's a Decepticon." to a round of laughter. And the guy who when he saw it in 86, at age 7 turned to his Mom in theater and asked her what "Fatal" meant. It made me miss Botcons and talking with Transfans. And sound aside, it was awesome getting to see it on a screen bigger than my Laptop. Would I do it again? in a heartbeat

Wonderful anecdotes like this make me almost wish I had decided to go out and see the movie it last night, if nothing else than for that kind of fan interaction. But I'm just so burned out on this movie from having seen it a million times over already that I just didn't feel compelled to go.

Nor was I willing to risk potentially running into the kind of fans who only prefer G1 and deride all else that came after it, as I know all too good and well that my city has a sizable number of fans of that bitter kind, and past experiences of trying to engage in civil conversations with such fans have not been pleasant.

I'd say including my group there were 9 people in the theater. No poster, no trivia which wouldn't have been that bad if it wasn't for the fact I felt they used the non remastered version of the movie. It just looked off from the Blu-ray.

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Greetings,

I'm having trouble trying to find online any figures on how much the movie made last night. I'd be curious to know. boxofficemojo just posted Thursday estimates, and TF:TM wasn't on there, sometimes movies are added later, but if anyone has any stat references, this would be appreciated. Just wondering if it was a profitable enough to warrant any future screenings.

I wouldn't imagine such findings would be readily (if at all) available for such small-scaled limited special event releases like this, since this release wasn't intended to make a profit like any normal film release is; rather, this was just a special commemoration event coupled with hype-building for the next major film release.

Boxofficemojo had figures for My Hero Academia, which was also a limited release, though it was more than one day, still -They do have figures for smaller, limited releases, also those figures MUST be somewhere,

there are movie critics, that are able to get figures for movies that play only on ONE SCREEN in big cities like NY & LA.

I;m sure it made somewhere in the hundred-thousands range for a single evening, BOMJ has BO results for turnouts much less than that, but they don't seem to show TF:TM for some reason...