"Transformers" smashes July 4th, Wednesday records
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Sci-fi action film "Transformers" smashed another box-office record by grossing $29.1 million on its second full day of release -- the most ever for a July 4 holiday, according to figures released on Thursday.
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The fourth quarter got  off to a bang in the home video world this week, with both  high-profile DVD releases that hit stores Tuesday -- "X-Men:  The Last Stand" and "The Little Mermaid" -- exceeding sales  expectations.
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Steven Spielberg is the producer.  Giant, ass-kicking robots are the stars.  So why are Transformers fans so  freaked out? Two words: Michael Bay.
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Although the reviews were lackluster, Michael Bay's Transformers has become the fastest selling title on HD DVD. More than 100,000 copies of the movie sold in the first day and over 190,000 in the first week, setting a record that beat every title on both HD DVD and rival format Blu-ray.
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A look at the top movies stories this week.
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By the standard box office reckoning, DreamWorks' "Shrek 2" won the summer box office derby with domestic ticket sales of &#36;440 million. And Lions Gate's "Fahrenheit 9/11," though a resounding success, was the summer's ninth most successful movie with a domestic gross to date of &#36;119 million.
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The superhero epic &quot;X-Men: The Last Stand&quot; proved magnetic over the Memorial Day weekend, taking in &#36;120.1 million, the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend.
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All the best of the week's movies stories
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Transformers is a movie in 2007 because of the toy-media industrial complex invented in the 1980s. That's when sprawling lines of figures started to be marketed as characters in a ready-mixed narrative, making them must-have collectibles.
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Two years after opening in China,  the martial arts thriller "Hero" set a record for an Asian film  in North America, kicking off at No. 1 with a  better-than-expected haul of $17.8 million, according to studio  estimates issued on Sunday.
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Top 5 Movies of the Week (As on October 28th, 2004)
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For much of its core 20- and 30-something male audience, Michael Bay's "Transformers" film is more than just a reason to go to the movies on a hot, summer night. It's also an excuse for a grown man to head to the toy store.
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Here is a list of the top five movies of the week.
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This week's new releases include the 1973 thriller "Charley Varrick," groundbreaking anime from Japan and four films featuring the martial arts star Sonny Chiba.
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Nicolas Cage's action movie "Ghost  Rider" broke the record for the U.S. Presidents Day holiday  weekend with ticket sales of $51.5 million, while four other  movies also opened strongly, according to studio estimates  issued on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES  - "Transformers" triggered box-office fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday, "Ratatouille" successfully competed against family barbecues, and "Live Free or Die Hard" continued to wave its flag.
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Superman did his part to uphold the American way of moviegoing over the five-day Fourth of July weekend, conquering the box office by selling &#36;76 million worth of tickets from Friday through Tuesday.