$709 Million Action Movie That Began $5.8 Billion Franchise Climbs Netflix Chart 17 Years Later

Action franchises are some of the most financially lucrative film series out there. 2024 alone has shown this, as Deadpool & Wolverine, the first Deadpool movie to 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. Titles like these go to show that action franchise entries are the way to go when it comes to the box office.

While the action franchise phenomenon started decades ago, the 21st century has been a great time for the action franchise. Successful series include The Fast and the Furious, The Expendables, and Mission: 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, and Spider-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

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Transformers has 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 a 57% 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, the Transformers franchise is one of the most successful action franchises of all time.

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Transformers has made it into the Netflix top 10 in the United States. Transformers made it to no. 8 on this list for the week of December 2 to December 8. In order to achieve this feat, it ranked above Midway and We're the Millers. Also making it onto the Netflix charts in the United States this week were Our Little Secret, Subservience, That Christmas, Run All Night, Little, and Mary.

Our Take On Transformers' Success

The Franchise Is Leaving Netflix Soon

The Transformers franchise has 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, as Transformers fans will be eager to watch the movies before they leave Netflix.

Source: Netflix