Action franchisesare some of the most financially lucrative film series out there. 2024 alone has shown this, asDeadpool & Wolverine, the firstDeadpoolmovieto be a part of the MCU franchise, made over $1 billion to become the second-highest grossing of the year to date.Dune: Part Two, a sci-fi action movie, was also incredibly financially successful, making $714.4 million at the worldwide box office.
While the action franchise phenomenon started decades ago, the 21st century has been a great time for the action franchise. Successful series includeThe Fast and the Furious,The Expendables, andMission: Impossible, which has released the majority of its entries post-2000. The MCU is a particularly notable example of the success of action franchises. Of the top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time, three of them (Avengers: Endgame,Avengers: Infinity War, andSpider-Man: No Way Home) are MCU films. Another successful action franchise from the 2000s has found one of its entries on the streaming charts recently.
Transformers Is Doing Well On Streaming
Transformers Made The Netflix Top 10 In The United States
Transformershas now climbed up the Netflix charts. The 2007 film is the first in the Michael Bay franchise, kicking off the financially successful series. While the film got mixed reviews among critics, getting a57% Tomatometer, the film’s audiences have always been its biggest champion. The audience Popcornmeter was far more positive, as audiences gave the movie at 85% approval. Likewise, the film did extremely well at the global box office, making over $709 million worldwide. Now, theTransformersfranchise is one of the most successful action franchises of all time.
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Transformershas made it into theNetflixtop 10 in the United States.Transformersmade it to no. 8on this list for the week of December 2 to December 8. To achieve this feat, it ranked aboveMidwayandWe’re the Millers. Also making it onto the Netflix charts in the United States this week wereOur Little Secret,Subservience,That Christmas,Run All Night,Little, andMary.
Our Take On Transformers' Success
The Franchise Is Leaving Netflix Soon
TheTransformersfranchisehas become a $5.8 billion IP, demonstrating its popularity. As such, it makes sense that so many people would be catching the film on streaming. While this much traffic to Netflix is good for the streamer in the short term,four films in the franchise will soon be leaving the platform. This might cause increased viewership of the franchise for the time being, asTransformersfans will be eager to watch the movies before they leave Netflix.
Transformers
Cast
Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, introduces audiences to a world where two factions of alien robots, the Autobots and Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth. Shia LaBeouf stars as Sam Witwicky, a teenager who becomes an unwitting participant in their conflict. The film showcases the heroic Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, as they strive to protect humanity from the malevolent Megatron and his Decepticon forces.
