Early Friday estimates give Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen another narrow win over its main competition through the July 4th extended weekend, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Transformers 2 behind stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox added $17.8 million on Friday to push its domestic total to $268.7 million, enough to surpass Disney and Pixar’s Up for the top grossing film of the year. Barring a major setback today from July 4th festivities, Revenge of the Fallen will complete its revenge on critics by crossing the $300 million barrier when the weekend wraps on Sunday.
Ice Age 3 performed strong Friday as well with an estimated $17 million in returns. That brings its total box office gross to $41.9 million with a shot at reaching $70 million when the weekend numbers are totaled.
Michael Mann’s Public Enemies brought in $10.1 million Friday pushing its total to $25 million. $40 million through the weekend is not out of the realm of possibility.
Check back tomorrow for Saturday’s numbers and the completed weekend box office estimates.
