As of this weekend, Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon has made over $645 million worldwide in 12 days, a massive yet not unexpected feat that has already pushed Paramount past the $1 billion mark before any other studio this year. The domestic total alone is $261 million, meaning it is the highest-grossing movie of 2011 and has easily recouped the roughly $195M production budget ponied up for a third CGI-laden explosion-fest, with much more to come.
Ordinarily, those kind of numbers would mean an instant sequel in development. Talent deals would be hashed out, budgets drawn up, familiar stories slapped together, and its off to the races again with high hopes of more millions. Just like what we’re seeing with an inevitable fifth Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney with more of the same starring Pirate Johnny Depp. But what if the players don’t want to return?
Shia Labeouf says he’s not coming back.
Ordinarily, those kind of numbers would mean an instant sequel in development. Talent deals would be hashed out, budgets drawn up, familiar stories slapped together, and its off to the races again with high hopes of more millions. Just like what we’re seeing with an inevitable fifth Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney with more of the same starring Pirate Johnny Depp. But what if the players don’t want to return?
Shia Labeouf says he’s not coming back.
- 7/11/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
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