"Transformers" Nabs $30M First Day

From dark horizons, The numbers are coming in and "Transformers" is set to do absolute gangbusters over the holiday.According to Fantasy Moguls, the film has taken in just under $30 million in its first full day of business in the United States on Tuesday. Take note that this does NOT include the $8.8 million the film earned on Monday evening preview screenings. Even so, that opening day figure is easily the all-time best Tuesday opening ever, and the fourth best opening day of 2007, trailing only the Spiderman-Shrek-Pirates trifecta ($59.8M, $38.4M & $42.9M respectively) in May.

As critical reviews have come in, early very positive buzz has tapered off to a more mixed, but still slightly positive reaction. The film scored a 59% approval rating and 6/10 average score on Rotten Tomatoes, whilst Metacritic gave it a 62/100 critics reviews score and an 8.3/10 user rating. Not faring as well is heavily panned Mandy Moore/Robin Williams comedy "License to Wed" which pulled in a mere $2 million on Tuesday. In comparison this past weekend's "Ratatouille" in its fifth day of business scored four times as much with $7.9 million.