Transformers has made $55 million opening day

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ brought in $16 million on Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning midnight shows and did $44.2 million last night for a current combine total of $71 million in 2 days $55 Million. The midnight shows were 2nd only to ‘The Dark Knight,’ and, if Wednesday number are correct, it will be the biggest Wednesday opening ever.

We get this from THR about the Midnight Screenings:

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” stormed about 3,000 locations Tuesday night, and the first midnight screenings of Michael Bay’s action sequel captured a mighty $16 million.

It puts the Paramount release in impressive company: While “The Dark Knight” holds the record for midnight grossers, having picked up $18.5 million in 2008, the “Transformers” number approaches that of Fox’s “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” which grossed $16.9 million in 2005. “Transformers” can boast the biggest midnight gross for a movie opening on a Wednesday.

…and we get this about the Wednesday opening from The Examiner:

When the official full day of runs started on over 4,200 screens yesterday for the famed franchise, it pulled in an overall gross of $55 million for best Wednesday premiere ever ahead of the aforementioned “Order of the Phoenix”, which had a total of $44.2 million on its Wednesday business.

All of this money for a movie that none of us feel only 1 of our geeks feel is worth it at all.   I guess when it comes to Michael Bay the old “LOUD NOISES” approach works better than negative critic reviews.