Boxoffice Rewind: The Transformers Franchise
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 180
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Episode description
In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle and Jesse Rifkin break down the opening weekend of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse–and what word of mouth could mean for holdover potential, as this weekend the superhero sequel is up against new release Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. In the feature segment, co-host Daniel Loria is joined by Romeo Duchene and Russ Fischer in a look back at the impact of the Transformers franchise.
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Episode Resources:
- AMC Theatres On Demand Taps Fandango’s Vudu as Official Streaming Destination
- Weekend Box Office: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Spins a $120.5M Domestic Weekend, $208.6M Global Launch
- SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Co-Director Kemp Powers on Miles Morales’ Inter-dimensional Journey
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:59 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opening weekend
- 06:10 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ upcoming release
- 09:07 Describe the Transformers franchise
- 12:24 Hasboro adaptations
- 16:56 July 2007 - Transformers
- 40:17 June 2009 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- 52:41 June 2011 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- 01:01:53 June 2014 - Transformers: Age of Extinction
- 01:14:10 June 2017 - Transformers: The Last Knight
- 01:25:11 December 2018 - Bumblebee
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