Box Office: ‘Transformers 4’ Tops Long Holiday With $53.8M; ‘Tammy’ No. 2 With $32.9M

Overseas, Age of Extinction remained a juggernaut, earning $95.8 million from 37 territories and crossing the $400 million mark in just 12 days for a worldwide total of $575.6 million (the tentpole hasn’t opened in most of Europe and Latin America because of the World Cup).

Back in North America, the pack of new films opening over the patriotic holiday — led by Melissa McCarthy’s R-rated new comedy Tammy — all did less than expected after launching on Wednesday. Revenue for the holiday frame was the lowest in recent memory, including being down a steep 44 percent from last year.

Hurricane Arthur probably didn’t help matters. On Saturday, moviegoing was down notably in many East Coast markets as people stayed outside after being cooped up Friday because of rain.

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