Transformers 2 smashes the US box office

After raking in plenty of cash over here, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen turned its attention Stateside, where it earned $112 million in its first weekend alone.

Combined with its haul from Thursday onwards, it has taken in $201.2 million in just five days, seemingly on course to be the year’s top grosser.

The only other film in the top five was the only film brave enough to launch against TF2 – My Sister’s Keeper, which made a respectable $12 million.

The top 10 in easily digested chart-form…

  1. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen ($112 million)
  2. The Proposal ($18.4 million)
  3. The Hangover ($17.2 million)
  4. Up ($13 million)
  5. My Sister’s Keeper ($12 million)
  6. Year One ($5.8 million)
  7. The Taking Of Pelham 123 ($5.4 million)
  8. Star Trek ($3.6 million)
  9. Night At The Museum 2 ($3.5 million)
  10. Away We Go ($1.6 million)

[Source: Box Office Mojo ]

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James White is a freelance journalist who has been covering film and TV for over two decades. In that time, James has written for a wide variety of publications including Total Film and SFX. He has also worked for BAFTA and on ODEON's in-cinema magazine.