--- description: Sequel adds to $100 million earned last weekend title: July 4th: Transformers Continues Box Office Dominance, Beats Tammy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41f78ad1d52d675b/698699daadae4474f6543f12/859169_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Transformers_ Smashes _Tammy_ at Start of Slower Box Office Weekend  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 4, 2014 4:34 PM CUT  TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, Optimus Prime, 2014\. Ph: Industrial Light & Magic/©Paramount Pictures TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, Optimus Prime, 2014\. Ph: Industrial Light & Magic/©Paramount PicturesParamount  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 4, 2014 4:34 PM CUT _Transformers: Age of Extinction_ [netted ](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/transformers-age-of-extinction-edges-out-tammy-at-thursday-box-office-1201258148/ "undefined")almost $10 million at the box office on Thursday, adding to the $100 million it earned last weekend and transforming _Tammy_ into a dud as Hollywood kicked off what looks to be [a quieter-than-usual Fourth of July weekend](http://time.com/2955005/fourth-of-july-movies/ "undefined"). The science fiction film is expected to earn another $55 to $60 million by the end of the holiday weekend, [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/transformers-age-of-extinction-edges-out-tammy-at-thursday-box-office-1201258148/ "undefined") reports, but the weekend is shaping up to be far less lucrative than in previous blockbuster years. Early figures show _Tammy_, which opened Wednesday, coming in second at the box office. The Melissa McCarthy comedy netted $5.5 million, _Variety_ reports. Other movies rounding out the top five earners Thursday included the family friendly _Earth to Echo_, horror film _Deliver Us From Evil_, and comedy _22 Jump Street_. The Independence Day weekend typically yields high profits for Hollywood, but this year’s offerings are on track to earn less than usual. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2957007/transformers-age-of-extinction-tammy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2957007/transformers-age-of-extinction-tammy/"},"headline":"Transformers Smashes Tammy at Start of Slower Box Office Weekend","datePublished":"2014-07-04T16:34:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:58:56.384Z","description":"Sequel adds to $100 million earned last weekend","url":"https://time.com/2957007/transformers-age-of-extinction-tammy/","keywords":["movies","Hollywood","Box-office","Transformers","fourth of july"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41f78ad1d52d675b/698699daadae4474f6543f12/859169_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41f78ad1d52d675b/698699daadae4474f6543f12/859169_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, Optimus Prime, 2014. Ph: Industrial Light & Magic/©Paramount","caption":"TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, Optimus Prime, 2014. Ph: Industrial Light & Magic/©Paramount","creditText":"Paramount","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2957007/transformers-age-of-extinction-tammy/","name":"Transformers Smashes Tammy at Start of Slower Box Office Weekend"}}]}] ```