Transformers Rules 4th of July Weekend Box Office

Entertainment July 3, 2011 AT 6:31PM By UsWeekly Staff

Credit: Paramount Pictures

Robots clearly rule at the box office!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon topped this holiday weekend's box office chart, ranking in a reported $97.4 million, according to early Sunday estimates.

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Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Hungtinglton-Whiteley's flick even bested its predecessor, Transformers (2007), which drew $70.5 million. Dark of the Moon is expected to take in $372 million worldwide by Monday.

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Kiddie animated flick Cars 2 zoomed to second place this weekend with a $25.1 million take, followed by Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake's raunchy comedy Bad Teacher ($14.1 million) in its second weekend in theaters.

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Rounding out the weekend box office was the Tom Hanks-Julia Roberts rom-com ($13 million) and Selena Gomez's teenybopper flick Monte Carlo ($7.6 million).

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July 05, 2011 - 8:19pm Thomas Chi
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July 04, 2011 - 12:51pm Margie Anne Guinto
I love it! I think it's the best among the three...will watch it again this weekend for sure! :)
July 04, 2011 - 12:00am Cathy Whyte Anderson
It was awesome movie.It was better then the second one. Only thing is that I would have rather seen Megan Fox instead of the other girl. Megan is much more believable in that role.
July 03, 2011 - 11:35pm Riley Schlichte
Great movie! Way better than the second one! Loved it