It was a big weekend at the box office with "Transformers" bringing in over $67 million. The animated Pixar movie "Ratatouille" earned $29 million and Bruce Willis returned with his action sequel "Live Free or Die Hard," which pulled in more than $17 million. "Transformers" still has a way to go to catch up with other box office smashes.
This summer has truly been a summer of the blockbuster, and even though they didn't get great reviews, the movies such as "Spider-Man 3," "Shrek the Third" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" have made $300 million or more. entertainment contributor and People magazine Assistant Managing Editor Jess Cagle said "Pirates" and "Shrek" may go over $400 million. "The other ones will not do as well," Cagle said.
"They have not boosted the box office like Hollywood thought they were going to. You know, they thought that these movies would drive people to the theaters over and over and over again. That has not happened.
" But Cagle said the boost from "Transformers" was amazing and showed that the generation that grew up with the toys has a real connection to them. People were also hungry for something other than sequels and many were eager to see the computer generated graphics. It was a big weekend at the box office with "Transformers" bringing in over $67 million.
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