TRANSFORMERS - FILM BOSSES CELEBRATE MOVIE BOOM OF 2009

FILM BOSSES CELEBRATE MOVIE BOOM OF 2009

Hollywood bosses have defied the international economic downturn to make summer 2009 the most successful in U.S. box office history - with help from blockbusters including TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN and HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.
Summer box office revenues currently stand at $4.17 billion compared to $4.16 billion takings last year (08) - and film executives expect profits to be boosted further by the upcoming Labor Day holiday on 7 September (09).
According to Daily Variety, movie takings will be up three per cent on 2008.
The numbers have been achieved by a slew of major releases including the latest in the Transformers and Harry Potter franchises, which took $399 million (£249 million), and $294 million (£183 million) at the U.S. box office respectively.
Other highly profitable pictures, which have drawn crowds to movie theatres, include Star Trek, The Proposal, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and surprise hit The Hangover.