LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Transformers," the big-budget movie about alien robots battling on Earth, raked in $67.6 million at box offices over the weekend to land at No. 1 and bring its seven-day total to a record $152.
6 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Computer-animated "Ratatouille," about a cuisine-loving rat who longs to be a chef in Paris, fell one notch from last week to come in No. 2 with $29 million, boosting its 10-day total to $109.
1 million, and action adventure "Live Free or Die Hard," starring Bruce Willis, was No. "Transformers" is based on the 1980s toys that shift shape from cars and planes to become alien Autobots and Decepticons warring against each other here on Earth. The toys have built a loyal fan base of mostly boys and young men, and they turned out in droves for the movie.
But curiously, the film's co-producers at Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks said the second-biggest group of supporters was mothers, who recommended the movie almost unanimously. "We knew we had hard-core fans who wanted to come, (but) literally every one of the (major audience) groups turned out," said Rob Moore, president of worldwide marketing and distribution at Paramount. Moms, in particular, "see the movie and see the spirit with which it is done -- the fun of it," Moore added.
"Transformers" debuted in a limited number of theaters on Monday and began a widespread release on Tuesday in the United States and Canada ahead of the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Transformers," the big-budget movie about alien robots battling on Earth, raked in $67.
6 million at box offices over the weekend to land at No.
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