Paramount/Hasbro Entertainment’s “Transformers One” is looking to keep the September momentum going at the box office, earning $3.36 million from Thursday preview and advance fan screenings as it expands to 3,978 domestic locations today.
That result is just slightly below the $3.8 million preview total of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” which opened in August 2023 to $28 million. But it does top the $1.75 million preview total of Paramount’s family film “IF,” which opened to $33 million last May. “Transformers One” is expected to do slightly better with a $30-34 million start.
Reviews for the film have been strong, carrying an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score that is second only to the 2018 film “Bumblebee” for the highest scoring “Transformers” film ever.