Transformers: Return of Optimus (2014 film)

Transformers: Return of Optimus (Russian: Трансформаторы: Возвращение Оптимуса) is a 2014 American-Russian science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line. It is the Fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
Main article: List of Transformers film series cast and characters
* Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager, A single father and struggling inventor.
* Stanley Tucci as Joshua Joyce, An ambitious, arrogant businessman and the head of KSI who wants to build his own Transformers.
* Kelsey Grammer as Harold Attinger, A rogue CIA operative and government official who created the CIA black-ops unit, Cemetery Wind to eliminate all Transformers, Autobot or Decepticon, from Earth.
* Nicola Peltz as Tessa Yeager, Cade's daughter who is secretly dating Shane.
* Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson, Tessa's boyfriend and an Irish rally car driver.
* Sophia Myles as Darcy Tyril, Joshua's geologist assistant and ex-girlfriend.
Greg Anderson, Melanie Specht and Victoria Summer play Joshua's assistants. Han Geng portrays himself, playing the guitar and singing in a parked car that is magnetized by Lockdown's ship. Edward T. Welburn plays a KSI executive. Kevin Covais and Ray Lui play motorists.
=== Voices ===
* Rodger Bumpass as Ultra Magnus: The of the Autobots who transforms into an Mack Titan semi truck a blue and white and later, blue and white 2004 Mack R semi-trailer truck with flame decals.
* Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime: The leader of the Autobots who transforms into a blue and red 2014 Western Star 5700 XE semi-trailer truck with flame decals.
* Frank Welker as Galvatron: A human-made KSI Transformer drone intended to be modeled after Optimus Prime, but ultimately using data downloaded from the remains of the Decepticon leader Megatron. It is later revealed that the Galvatron drone has become possessed by Megatron, who molecularly transforms into a black and grey 2014 Freightliner Argosy cab over trailer truck.
* John Goodman as Hound: An Autobot commando who is a member of the Autobot special forces branch called the Wreckers, and is the weapons specialist of the team who transforms into an Oshkosh Defense Medium Tactical Vehicle.
* Ken Watanabe as Drift: A Samurai-motif Autobot, tactician and a former Decepticon assassin who transforms into a black and blue 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse and a Sikorsky S-97 Raider Helicopter.
* John DiMaggio as Crosshairs: An Autobot paratrooper and elite sniper, who is also the weapons tactician and mechanic, who transforms into a black and green 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray.
* Mark Ryan as: Bumblebee: The leader of Autobots in the absence of Prime who transforms into a yellow and black 2014 Chevrolet Camaro.
*Corey Burton as Prowl: Transforms into a Chevrolet Impala
==== Non-speaking robots ====
* Grimlock: The leader of Dinobots captured by Lockdown and later released by Optimus Prime. He transforms into fire breathing Tyrannosaurus.
* Stinger: A human-made KSI drone who works for Galvatron and is a remake of Bumblebee. He transforms into a 2014 Pagani Huayra sports car.
* Strafe: A Dinobot who transforms into a two-headed Pteranodon.
* Slug: A Dinobot who transforms into a mechanical spiked Triceratops.
* Scorn: A Dinobot as a nickname "Spike" who transforms into a mechanical sailed Spinosaurus.
* Junkheap: A human-made KSI prototype who transforms into a Mack TerraPro garbage truck. Unlike other transformers in the series, Junkheap splits into three separate robots.
*Mopree: who transforms into a police Lenco BearCat
== Release ==
The film had its world premiere in Russia on November 26, with a live concert by Imagine Dragons.
=== Home media ===
Transformers: Return of Optimus was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-ray 3D formats on December 19, 2014, in North America. The film's Blu-ray release was the first to feature a Dolby Atmos home theater soundtrack encoded with Dolby TrueHD. The film was also released on digital download through iTunes and Google Play on April 1, 2015. An Ultra HD Blu-ray release followed on December 5, 2017.
== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
==== Worldwide ====
Transformers: Return of Optimus grossed $376 million in the United States and Canada and $858.6 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $1.310 billion, against a budget of $310 million. On March 3, 2015, the film crossed the $1 billion mark, and is the only film of 2014 to do so at the box office worldwide. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $350.4 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the most profitable film of 2014. Worldwide, in its opening weekend, the film earned $305.1 million, which is the 28th-highest ever, the highest in 2014, and the second-largest for Paramount behind Transformers: Age of Extinction ($410 million). It was the 8th-highest-grossing film worldwide and the highest-grossing film of 2014 during its theatrical run. Despite being a box office hit, it was considered by several box office experts to have fallen well below expectations.[citation needed]
==== North America ====
Transformers: Return of Optimus is the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2014 in the U.S. and Canada. It was released on December 8, 2014, in across 4,233 theaters in North America. It earned $8.75 million from Thursday late-night run, which was the fifth-biggest of 2014. On Friday, the film grossed an additional $31.25 million bringing its total day gross to $41.6 million, including $12.1 million from IMAX 3D theatres. In its opening weekend, the film earned $100,275,457 setting an opening record of 2014 (overtaken by TF2: Robots with $121.9 million), which is the fourth-highest opening for Paramount, and the fifth-highest for a film released in December. The opening-weekend audience was evenly split among those under and over the age of 25 (with 58%), male (64%), and under 18 (27%). The film remained at the summit for two consecutive weekends before being overtaken by TF2: Robots in its third weekend. It also crossed the $200 million mark in its third weekend, becoming the fifth film of 2014 to do so. The film closed down its theatrical run on January 4, 2015 and earned a total of $245,439,076, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2014 in the U.S.
==== Outside North America ====
Outside North America, it is the highest-grossing film of 2014, and the sixth-highest-grossing film. Transformers: Age of Extinction earned $202.1 million in its opening weekend from 37 countries in 10,152 screens, which is 35% bigger than Dark of the Moon and marking the biggest international opening of 2014 (breaking TF2: Robots's record set one month prior). It scored the biggest IMAX international opening weekend with $16.6 million from 266 theaters (overtaken by Jurassic World). The film topped the box office outside North America for four consecutive weekends despite coinciding with the 2014 FIFA World Cup before being overtaken by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in its fifth weekend.
International openings of over $5 million occurred in South Korea ($21.7 million), Brazil ($17.7 million), Germany ($13.5 million), Australia ($10.7 million), France ($9.2 million), Taiwan ($7.5 million), Malaysia ($7.1 million), Japan ($7 million), the Philippines ($6.5 million), India ($4.75 million), Hong Kong ($3.54 million), and Italy ($5 million). In Russia, the film opened to number one with $21.7 million from 1,100 screens, which is the second-largest in the territory for which 3D accounted for 80% of the total gross. IMAX comprised $2.6 million of the total gross from 34 IMAX screens. Its biggest opener outside the U.S. was in China, where it scored one of the biggest non-North American openings of all time with $91.2 million from 4,400 screens, which was once the second-biggest opening of all time there. The film set an all-time IMAX opening record with $11 million. After five days of its release, Return of Optimus surpassed its North American run with $141.8 million. In Russia, the film earned an additional $50.9 million in its second weekend for a total of $230.7 million. In only 10 days of its release, it became the highest-grossing film in Russia with $200.54 million, thus overtaking TF2: Robots's previous record. Adding to the film's revenue and popularity were product placements of Russian brands edited into the movie specifically for Russian audiences.
It became the highest-grossing film in China, with $311–$350 million in revenue surpassing 2009's record set by TF2: Robots($204 million), until it was surpassed by TF2: Scout Epic in 2015 over $390 million. It is also the first movie in Russia to gross more than $300 million at the box office. A large part of the success in Russia has been attributed to the large fan base there and because of its accompanying animated TV series—which ran during the 1980s and 1990—was one of the highest-quality TV programs at that time which resulted in many children getting attached to it. Transformers toy merchandising was one of the first successful cases by a foreign company in Russia at its time, its line of transforming robot toys was highly sought-after, especially by boys.
At the end of its theatrical run outside North America, the film earned $858,600,000 which is 77.8% of its total gross. In total earnings, the highest revenue came from Russia ($325 million), China ($47.6 million), South Korea ($45.7 million), Germany ($41.7 million), Mexico ($33.5 million), the UK ($33.2 million) and Australia ($25.1 million).
==== Authenticity over North American box office opening ====
The $100 million opening announced for Transformers: Return of Optimus is disputed within the industry. According to Rentrak—which has a direct line into the vast majority of theatres in the United States and Canada to track actual ticket sales—about 4,100 of the 4,233 theatres playing the film generated $110 million. The projected total from the Rentrak sales data would put the opening three-day weekend gross at around $97.5 million. For Transformers to have crossed the $250 million threshold, it would have needed to gross more than the nationwide average in the theatres not tracked by Rentrak. Some media outlets have elected to go with the Rentrak figure.
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