Transformer was release in Malaysia (and Singapore? Normally at the same time and date) on 28th June 2007 while US on the 3rd Jul 2007 to ride on Public Holiday on 4th of July. Malaysian Opening week is at 817, 000 of admission tickets sold (about MYR8 millions) according to UIP Malaysia.

This is US 2 days box office sold of Transformer; $65,725,939 (Fantastic 2 days opening figures, I guess the 4th of July must have boost the sales a little)

I realize that most movie in the US box office are only hovering around 300 – 350 millions (below 400 millions). In order to have a 600 millions ($600,743,440 to be exact) mark as per what Titanic had done, you need a repeat customer and longer week plays (customer demand). That’s what happens to Titanic! I personally went for 6 times!

In order to make a 400 millions mark you need fans! George Lucas has lot of fans, yes Star wars fans! I am one of them.

How did James Cameron (Titanic) pull the job is beyond our imagination. My personal believe is that a successful business lies in our obsession on the subject not 100% focus on money making. James Cameron obsession on underwater shooting has brought us documentary of Titanic, not just the successful movie by itself and had inspired lot of people on the ROV use and improvement on the vehicle itself for whatever reason or purposes. (ROV was originally use by the US Navy for deep-sea rescue and recovering object from ocean floor)

George Lucas is another director who brought Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) to the big screen with the box office sold at US $431,065,444. He is another successful example who obsesses with sci-fi and sounds (THX was a high tech sounds processing/ certification products and trade mark that most of us salute in our home or cinema/theater set up) able to bring more juice to the movie experience. Star wars episode 4 in 1977 (the year I was born) has made the world watching a movie in a whole new dimension.

So in my opinion, Transformer has huge fans base to double digit the box office collection. So, will transformer surpass the 400k mark? Or 600k mark?

A must watch movie!