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For Saturday’s bout, which will air on Showtime pay-per-view, Álvarez will gross a reported $40 million, while Plant is guaranteed $10 million.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

Sony is projecting that the film will gross $8.8 million over the weekend, which is actually better than the first film’s debut and in line with studio expectations.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2021

The overall box office this weekend is not expected to pass $65 million, and the top 12 films will gross less than $50 million.

From Reuters • Aug. 27, 2017

The Transformers series even has a dedicated writers room at Paramount Pictures now, dreaming up more films that will gross more profits on the old robots-into-cars idea.

From Forbes • May 31, 2015

But with such a large gap between the first and second films, analysts predict the film will gross about $20 million--substantially less than the $29 million the original opened with in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2014