Billion dollar baby: Transformers is 2014's first $1bn earner

Transformers: Age of Extinction has become the first film of 2014 to earn around $1bn. The movie was now all but assured of becoming a billion-dollar earner by the end of its run, as it crossed over the 800 million dollars mark globally in its fourth weekend.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

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becomes first film of 2014 to earn around $1Bn. The Paramount title was now all but assured of becoming a billion-dollar earner by the end of its run, as it crossed over the 800 million dollars mark globally in its fourth weekend, the Hollywood Reporter reported.

Age of Extinction opened to huge numbers in soccer-crazed markets where moviegoers were previously distracted by the now-completed World Cup, including Brazil, where it earned 16.5 million dollars. And in Germany, winner of the soccer championship, the movie launched to 11.2 million dollars, the biggest start of the year so far.