TRANSFORMERS MAKES $201 MILLION USD IN 5 DAYS. LA TIMES HAS ARTICLE ON MICHAEL BAY

I saw TF2 on late Sunday afternoon at a suburban IMAX showing. The theatre was 80% full and had a 53% male to 47% female split. The audience loved the movie and many said they were going to see it agian. The LA Times has an article today about TF2 making $201 Million USD in five days and taks with director Michael Bay about this.

Since it arrived early Wednesday just past midnight, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" sold more tickets in its first five days -- an estimated $201.2 million -- than any other movie in Hollywood history except one: last year's "The Dark Knight" (which grossed $203.8 million in its first five days and went on to earn $533.3 million at the domestic box office). By the end of this week, "Transformers" likely will surpass "Up" and "Star Trek" to become this summer's most-attended release.

"I think they reviewed the wrong movie. They just don't understand the movie and its audience. It's silly fun," Bay said over the weekend of the many "Transformers" critical detractors. "I am convinced that they are born with the anti-fun gene. The reviews are just so vicious. A lot of them are more personal than anything else."

His film's strong debut cements Bay's reputation as one of the town's most consistently commercial directors. A colorful personality who drives fast cars, dates knockout models, wears his shirts unbuttoned and is infamously demanding on and off his movie sets, the boyish Bay possesses one of the highest average theatrical grosses among Hollywood's best-known directors. 
 

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