After earning $8 million Monday night, the Paramount film took in an additional $27.5 on Tuesday, its first full day in theatres. The previous record holder was the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which earned $15.7 million in the same time frame.
Tranformers earned an impressive $36.3 million in only 28 hours.
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Amaury Nolasco, Kevin Dunn and Ronnie Sperling all star in the film, which is based on the popular brand from the 1980s.