Indeed, it could even appear like Paramount is whistling past the graveyard. If Deadlineis correct that means more than a few studio hands could be looking at the growing trend of 2014 and its total drop of 0.9 percent from last year’s annual box office with a staggering 14.9 percent decline from last summer-when Iron Man 3 cleared $174 million in its opening weekend and Man of Steel devoured $116 million in three days (the latter of which is considered a disappointment!)-and there is a shiver of Spielbergian prophecy running down their accountants’ spines. The reason to inflate that number, beyond the awesome headlines the movie enjoyed on Sunday, is that like every other branded blockbuster before Transformers this year, the numbers are good…but they’re not as good as last year or the year before that. So, why is controversy blowing up with online Hollywood trade site Deadlineaccusing Paramount of straight up inflating and misreporting its numbers? In fact, Deadlinepersuasively broke down in their box office coverage, first in print and then in video, that Transformers: Age of Extinction could very likely have “only” earned $97 million to $98 million this past weekend-a number that would still gel with our own headline of it being the biggest opening of 2014. And even if the Monday number of supposedly $100.04 million is inaccurate, Transformers: Age of Extinction is still an unbridled hit that could rocket into the billion dollar club if the international movie gods are as generous as they were last week when China helped push Transformers 4 to an international cume of $300 million. The entire industry is at the moment holding its breath, praying to the movie gods that at least a Michael Bay franchise that has sacrificed Shia LaBeouf on the same altar as Megan Fox will be enough for $100-plus million boffo glory.
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