2009 June : Michael Bay Dot Com

Jun

Shooting at the Pyramids of Giza

By Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Throughout history, great leaders have stood in marvel at the foot of the pyramids of Giza —Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte. Now it’s Optimus Prime’s turn.
Moviegoers who helped Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earn $200.1 million in its opening five days, just short of record-holder The Dark Knight, know the computer-effects-heavy film plays a lot of tricks on the eye. One thing they’re seeing for real are the pyramids, because director Michael Bay was determined to shoot the shapeshifting-robot finale on the surface of the ancient structures.… [ Read more ]

Jun

TF2: More that meets the critic's eyes

Pic takes $200.1 million from domestic box office
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
The ‘Transformers’ sequel pulled in $390.4 million worldwide over 5 days.
Aside from its whopping five-day domestic tally — the second highest of all time — Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” broke records in several countries overseas, leading to a massive $390.4 million worldwide opening through Sunday, one of the best global launches ever.
Official weekend numbers released Monday morning showed “Transformers 2″ grossing $200.1 million domestically-slightly less than the $201.2 million estimated on Sunday-over the course of its five-day opening.… [ Read more ]

Jun

A Little Something From the Heart

Nelson here…
For haters and critics, here’s a little something from me to you: my sympathy goes out to you guys… [ Read more ].
Maybe next time we could have a $20,000 contest for the crankiest and most hateful review. And if you make it personal, I might throw in a bottle of Cristal.

Jun

TF2 exit polls

Paramount’s national exit polling revealed several notable facts. While the first “Transformers” film, released in 2007, skewed 60-40 toward men over women, the split in the new film was more even at 54% male, 46% female. More than 90% of those surveyed said the new movie was as good as or better than the first film. About 67% of moviegoers polled said the film was “excellent,” an even better score than that generated by Paramount’s “Star Trek,” one of the year’s best-reviewed movies.… [ Read more ]

Jun

Revenge of the Fallen Day 3: $36.7 million

From Variety… [ Read more ]:
Paramount-DreamWorks’ action-sequel “Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen” continued to dominate the box office Friday raking in $36.7 million and raising its running domestic cume to $125.9 million over three days.
While “Revenge of the Fallen” is heading for a five-day worldwide B.O. record, box office observers have estimated that its domestic haul over the same frame could be north of $190 million. “Dark Knight” holds the five-day opening domestic B.O. record with $203.8 million. Directed by Michael Bay who also helmed the first “Transformers,” “Revenge of the Fallen” is currently playing at 4,234 theaters, 169 of which are Imax.

Jun

Above The Line: An interview with Michael Bay

By: Mike Fleming
As Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” chases box office records after grossing $60.6 million on opening day, the filmmaker took time out to talk with BFD about the business of blockbusters, the impact of piracy, and the virtues of sharing risk with studios.
BFD: How do you spend opening night?
Bay: I always go to Mr. Chow’s for dinner with my producers, studio and marketing execs, my agents and lawyers. We get our first numbers there and then we hit the theaters.… [ Read more ]

Jun

Michael Bay at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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Jun

Revenge of the Fallen has a $27 million Thursday

Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is on its way to scoring one of the top five-day openings of all time at the worldwide box office.
The film’s opening-day bow of $60.6 million from 4,234 runs at the domestic box office was the best ever for a Wednesday release and the second best of all time after that of “The Dark Knight” ($67.2 million).
Early estimates for Thursday show “Transformers 2″ grossing another $27 million, bringing the two-day domestic cume to a bfo $87 million.… [ Read more ]

Jun

WSJ interviews Michael Bay

This coming weekend could make Hollywood history for Michael Bay, the movie director behind the big-budget epics “Armageddon” and “Pearl Harbor.” His latest release, the $200 million action-adventure movie “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” is poised to possibly become the biggest opening in Hollywood history, with estimates that it could gross more than $200 million by Sunday’s end—rivaling the record-shattering totals for last summer’s “The Dark Knight.” But the 44-year-old director, who has a predilection for massive budgets and pyrotechnic explosions, has already set his sights on a radically new goal: making an art film.… [ Read more ]

Jun

M&M's behind the scenes with Michael Bay

Here are behind the scenes video’s of Michael M&M ads.

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