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This film was apparently not successful since there are very low ranking critic reviews such as iMDb rating a 5.7/10. In my opinion, the cinematography was very well directed demonstrating the CGI and special effects used. However, the plot was dragged out and very cliche, giving the audience no real understanding and satisfaction of viewing this film. 

Actors: 

1. Mark Whalberg
2. Nicola Peltz
3. Jack Reynor 

Box office: 1.104 billion USD

Budget: 210 million USD

Synopsis

After defeating Sentinel Prime and Megatron's army in Chicago, the Autobots have gone into hiding after the government deemed all transformers as threats, and thus, began to hunt them all down. The government has thus replaced the Autobots with their own transformers using technology from the fallen transformers. Meanwhile, a mechanic, his daughter, and his daughter's boyfriend become dragged into the conflict upon discovering Optimus Prime in their possession, and all the while, a mysterious new enemy, Lockdown, sets his eyes on earth.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2109248/synopsis

Case study:

Film opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSagbWAFOp4

Director: Michael Bay

Writer: Ehren Kruger

Stars:Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor

I believe that Mark Whalberg and Nicola Peltz play a huge role in making this movie a success since they have also played in very well known films such as Ted, Shooter, Eye of the Hurricane and Affluenza.

Michael Bay was the director of this film, thus giving him a huge role on how the movie is finally made a produced.

A media franchise is a collection of media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original work of media.

Box Office:   US

 Budget: $210,000,000 (estimated)

–Opening Weekend: $100,038,390 (USA)

–Gross: $245,428,137 (USA) (3 October 2014)

Release Date: 27th June 2014

Runtime: 165 min

Production Company: Paramount Pictures 

Paramount Pictures have also produced high grossing films such as Forest Gump and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Distributors: Paramount Pictures (UK), Paramount Home Entertainment (2014) (UK) (DVD)

Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews:

I agree with these reviews since the critics summarise the film accurately. The acting of this film was poor and the CGI was overwhelming towards the audience.