> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ holds off ‘Spider-Verse’ - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-transformers/ - Published: 2023-06-12T11:00:32.000Z - Updated: 2024-01-19T16:29:40.000Z - Description: The newest ‘Transformers’ movie doesn’t fully recapture the franchise’s box office magic while ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ quickly tops its predecessor’s haul. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Transformers Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of June 9-11, 2023. ## 1\. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts **Weekend gross:* $60.5M* **Total domestic gross:* $60.5M* **Last weekend:* New release* **Percent drop:* NA* In a close weekend, *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* held off *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* to win the weekend. It helped that the latest *Transformers* movie had not only Thursday previews but also a Wednesday fan event to pad out its box office haul. (It’s kind of funny that as we transitioned from midnight screenings to Thursday and even Wednesday screenings, the industry just silently agreed to keep pretending those box office numbers were part of the Friday totals.) Anyways, *Rise of the Beasts* wasn’t a massive box office hit like *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* ($109 million opening weekend), *Transformers: Age of Extinction* ($100 million opening weekend) or *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* ($97.9 million opening weekend), but it did represent a decent bump from *Bumblebee* ($21.6 million opening weekend) and *Transformers: The Last Knight* ($44.7 million opening weekend). I’m not about to declare the *Transformers* franchise back in action, but this is a positive opening weekend for the series — especially if you take into account the cameo at the end of *Rise of the Beasts* and what it could mean for future installments … ****Popculturology** is a free newsletter fueled by my love of pop culture. If you already are a subscriber, ****please consider becoming a supporter** by [upgrading your account](https://www.theomnicosm.com/#/portal/). ## 2\. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse **Weekend gross:* $55.4M* **Total domestic gross:* $225.4M* **Last weekend:* 1st* **Percent drop:* 54* *Across the Spider-Verse* was just a few million away from holding onto the No. 1 spot at the box office. I can’t imagine Sony is disappointed in how the film has performed, though. In addition to being a critical and a fan hit, *Across the Spider-Verse* has already topped *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*’s domestic ($225.4 million vs. $190.2 million) and worldwide ($390 million vs. $375.5 million) hauls. ## 3\. The Little Mermaid **Weekend gross:* $22.8M* **Total domestic gross:* $228.8M* **Last weekend:* 2nd* **Percent drop:* 45* It’s kind of wild how closely this version of the *Little Mermaid* is tracking with the live-action *Aladdin*. *The Little Mermaid* grossed $22.8 million for a $228.8 million domestic total through three weekends. *Aladdin* grossed $24.7 million for a $232.6 million domestic total through three weekends. ♥️ Follow me on [****Threads**](https://www.threads.net/@billkuchman?ref=theomnicosm.com) and [****Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/popculturology/?ref=theomnicosm.com). ## 4\. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 **Weekend gross:* $7M* **Total domestic gross:* $335.4M* **Last weekend:* 4th* **Percent drop:* 34* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* has remarkable staying power. Through six weekends, the film is still in the top five. The third *Guardians* movie now ranks at No. 15 on the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s domestic box office chart. It should pass *Thor: Love and Thunder* ($343.3 million), but *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* ($389.8 million) is probably out of reach. ## 5\. The Boogeyman **Weekend gross:* $6.9M* **Total domestic gross:* $24.7M* **Last weekend:* 3rd* **Percent drop:* 44* Gonna skip over *The Boogeyman* so we can talk about the movie that finished behind it … ## 6\. Fast X **Weekend gross:* $5.2M* **Total domestic gross:* $138.1M* **Last weekend:* 5th* **Percent drop:* 46* What happened to *Fast X*? I usually don’t go beyond the top five films for **The Box Office Report**, but I needed to address the last *Fast & Furious* movie falling out of that group by its fourth weekend in theaters. *Fast X* is the third lowest grossing *Fast & Furious* film when it comes to the domestic numbers, topping only *2 Fast 2 Furious* and *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift*. (Its worldwide numbers are stronger, sitting exactly in the middle of the chart, if you include *Hobbs & Shaw*. Are people tired of this franchise? Is there the financial incentive to make not only another film but also give **Dwayne Johnson** a spinoff before that one? *Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.* ## Next weekend Two big new releases next weekend: *The Flash* and *Elemental*. *The Flash* will obviously win the weekend, but I’m more curious to see how *Elemental* performs. Pixar’s streak at the box office hasn’t been great since *Incredibles 2* opened with $182.7 million in 2018 and *Toy Story 4* opened with $120.9 million in 2019\. The following year saw *Onward*’s potential dashed as the pandemic began (it managed only a $39.1 million opening weekend less than a week before the world shut down), and Disney then sent Pixar’s next two offerings, *Luca* and *Seeing Red* directly to Disney+. When Pixar resumed its status as a theatrical offering last summer, *Lightyear* debuted with $50.6 million. 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