"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" became the third U.S. major-motion-picture release this year to surpass $1 billion in global revenue, the movie's studio, Paramount, announced late Tuesday evening.
With $338 million grossed in the U.S. and Canada to date, as well as $663 million internationally, filmmaker Michael Bay's third fighting-robots film is easily the series' most successful at the global box office.
Here's the full Paramount announcement:
“TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON” CROSSES $1 BILLION WORLDWIDE
HOLLYWOOD, CA (August 3, 2011) – Worldwide box office receipts for TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, have hit $1 billion, Paramount Pictures announced today.