`Transformers: The Last Knight` debuts to a franchise low
(WorldNews Business)

NEW YORK (AP) - The hulking machines of `Transformers` are no longer box-office behemoths in North America. But they`re still big in China. Michael Bay`s `Transformers: The Last Knight,` the fifth installment in the Hasbro series, scored a franchise-low domestic debut with an estimated $43.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend and a five-day total of $69.1 million since opening Wednesday. All previous `Transformers` sequels opened with $97 million-plus. But Paramount Pictures` `The Last Knight,` the second `Transformers` movie to star Mark Wahlberg, still showed its might overseas. It took in $196.2 million internationally, including an impressive $123.4 million in China. Read more on...