‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Faces Rusty $63 Million Debut

Michael Bay’s fifth franchise installment made $15.6 million on Wednesday

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Paramount Pictures’ “Transformers: The Last Knight” rolled out onto 4,069 screens Wednesday and grossed an estimated $15.6 million, including $5.5 million from Tuesday previews at approximately 3,000 locations.

That puts the fifth film in this franchise on course for a five-day opening of $60-65 million. That puts it on target to finish on the lower end of the $63-70 million projection range set by independent trackers, which Paramount projected it would finish on the upper end of.

It’s still a decent opening that will give Paramount the top spot on this weekend’s box office, but it will also be the lowest domestic opening for “Transformers,” falling below the 2007 original’s $70 million three-day total. Critics have never embraced this series, but reviews for “The Last Knight” were particularly scathing, giving the film the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any “Transformers” film with 16 percent, lower than the 19 percent posted by “Revenge of the Fallen” in 2009.

Still, the film could draw in a robust overseas opening this weekend, as it releases in 80 percent of its international market tomorrow. China and Korea are included in this weekend’s 42-country suite, with a projected international opening between $160-200 million.

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“Transformers: The Last Knight” is directed by Michael Bay from a screenplay by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy and Ian Bryce, with Bay, Steven Spielberg, Brian Golden and Mark Vahradian as EPs. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins and Laura Haddock.

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