The first animated Transformers movie in close to four decades, Transformers One, from Paramount and Hasbro Entertainment grossed $3.36M from Wednesday fan shows (7PM) and Thursday previews (5PM). That figure beats out a slew of family movie previews including that of Paramount’s IF ($1.

Not only is it the first feature-length animated movie starring the Robots in Disguise since 1986’s Transformers: The Movie, it’s also one set far earlier in the Transformers timeline. Rather than taking place on Earth,

Transformers One' is overly protective of Transformers mythology, but at least it earns its investment in the story, unlike the live action movies, which have yet to transform into anything interesting.

That figure beats out a slew of family movie previews including that of Paramount’s IF ($1.75M), The Garfield Movie ($2.3M), Trolls Band Together and even the live-action spinoff Transformers movie, Bumblebee which did $2.15M.

There’s more than meets the eye at the box office this weekend. Paramount and Hasbro’s “Transformers One,” the franchise’s first fully animated film since 1986, has made $3.36 million in Thursday previews at the box office.

"We're used to seeing the story begin once the planet's dying and they leave for Earth," the filmmaker tells TheWrap The post ‘Transformers One’ Director Josh Cooley Hints at Potential Trilogy: ‘There’s Definitely More Story to Tell’ appeared first on TheWrap.

ILM tells IndieWire about innovating a handmade animated look influenced by the '80s cartoon series for the origin story about Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Transformers One” is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends, in theaters beginning Sept. 20.