The Top Ten of All Time

Nelson here…
In he next few days Revenge of the Fallen will surpass Spiderman 2 and LOTR: Return of the King and place itself into the domestic top 10 highest grossing films… [ Read more ] of all time. Sweet revenge indeed.
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Boom Goes The Dynamite: Transformers 2 Tops the Box Office for 2nd Week

Updated studio estimates Monday made it pretty clear who was No. 1 in the photo-finish race for boxoffice supremacy this weekend, with Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” topping the domestic pack with $42.4 million.
Final official data from Nielsen EDI will be released midday Monday. But morning updates from various studios consistently showed Fox’s “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” in second place with less than $42 million in Friday-Sunday boxoffice. On Sunday, both Par and Fox estimated their pics had taken in a chart-topping $42.5 million in boxoffice over the three-day Fourth of July frame.… [ Read more ]

TF Revenge of the Fallen becomes highest grosser of 2009

Nelson here…
Revenge of the Fallen becomes highest grosser of 2009 in less than 2 weeks. Don’t wipe your eyes, you read right.
“According to estimates from Box Office Mojo, the blockbuster grossed $17.8 million on Friday, edging past Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ $17 million for the top spot the second day in a row…With a ten-day total of $268.7 million, director Michael Bay can now stake his claim to making the highest grossing film of the year.”

Source: EW… [ Read more ]
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Happy 4th of July

We wish you a happy and safe 4th of July!
To everyone else, we thank you for visiting Michael Bay dot com!… [ Read more ]

"Four"

DreamWorks is firming up a deal to preemptively acquire screen rights to “I Am Number Four,” the first of a six-book science fiction deal that has “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” director Michael Bay aboard to produce and possibly direct. DreamWorks is working on a high six-figure deal, sources said.
The real surprise in the deal, though, is the identity of one of the two authors. Though WME began shopping the book Thursday under a pseudonym, sources said one of the writers is James Frey, best known for writing “A Million Little Pieces.” Neither the agency nor the studio would confirm.… [ Read more ]