, a special-effects movie extravaganza based on popular toys, earned US$27.5 million ($32 million) during its first full day of release and appears on track to dominate the weekend box office, according to estimates on Wednesday by distributor Paramount Pictures. After earning US$8.
8 million from Monday night screenings across the United States and Canada, the movie pulled in US$27.5 million the next day - a sum billed by Paramount as the biggest Tuesday haul for a movie. Directed by Michael Bay, a filmmaker known for such spectacles such as and , a special-effects movie extravaganza based on popular toys, earned US$27.
5 million ($32 million) during its first full day of release and appears on track to dominate the weekend box office, according to estimates on Wednesday by distributor Paramount Pictures.