Despite the many trials and tribulations leading up to the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – from star Shia LaBeouf's life-threatening injuries on and off the set during production to leaked emails from director Michael Bay to studio execs attacking their lack of marketing – the sequel to 2007's Transformers grossed an estimated $201 million in its first five days at the box office, the second best five-day opener ever after The Dark Knight. During the 3-day weekend alone the movie grossed an estimated $112 million.
According to Box Office Mojo, those numbers make Transformers: ROTF the movie with the largest June opening and the highest-grossing non-holiday, non-Friday opening period. By comparison, the first Transformers movie grossed $70.5 million in its 3-day opener and took 12 days to reach the $200 million mark.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was also the highest grossing IMAX movie ever, opening to the tune of $11.7 million over the 3-day period ($14.4 million over 5 days), eclipsing the 3-day IMAX opening of Star Trek.