{"id":1988854,"date":"2025-08-30T20:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1988854"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:48:39","slug":"netflixs-number-1-movie-was-just-dethroned-by-a-sci-fi-box-office-bomb-its-a-must-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflixs-number-1-movie-was-just-dethroned-by-a-sci-fi-box-office-bomb-its-a-must-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s Number 1 Movie Was Just Dethroned By A Sci-Fi Box Office Bomb, It\u2019s A Must Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For over a decade, I was one of the millions of Transformers fans caught up in a sadistic social experiment in which Michael Bay unleashed mindless, over-the-top, insulting, and poorly plotted films to see if we\u2019d keep paying money for our memories of Optimus Prime\u2019s last ride in 1986 to be destroyed, over and over again. Others were stronger than I was, and the films were released to diminishing returns, until finally, someone had the bright idea to make a halfway decent Transformers film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2018,\u00a0<em>Bumblebee<\/em>\u00a0proved that the beat-up Transformers franchise had life in it, and then, in 2023, its sequel,\u00a0<em>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts<\/em>,\u00a0did everything a fan could ask for. The damage was already done, and it still flopped. Until now, when it debuted as the number one movie on Netflix, and briefly dethroned <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/most-successful-movie-2025-skipped-191057243.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:KPop Demon Hunters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">KPop Demon Hunters<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/0CYXhfl64TbnF2_aszDoRA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/542918800fd2f515896353fab789dd83\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Hb5IX.cqy5vn8XmaaVyN_A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/6a430a5e3efff6cf72e915c0d7d46573\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/ent\/transformers-rise-beasts-review.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Transformers: Rise of the Beasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Transformers: Rise of the Beasts<\/a> <\/em>starts like most of the films in the franchise, by focusing on its human characters. This time, Noah (Anthony Ramos) is at least a former military, and Elena (Dominique Fishback) the aspiring archaeologist, isn\u2019t nearly as annoying as Shia LaBeouf\u2019s Sam and Mark Wahlberg\u2019s Cade Yeager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pair find themselves on a treasure hunt alongside the Autobots through Peru to stop the Terrorcons from bringing their Master, the planet-devouring Unicron, to Earth. It\u2019s not Shakespeare, it\u2019s not even <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/a.drunkshakespeare.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drunk Shakespeare;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Drunk Shakespeare<\/a><\/em>, but it\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Transformers With Robots You Can See<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Long gone are the generic chrome and steel designs of the original Bayformers, and in their place are clearly identifiable and colorful giant robots. Including, as the title suggests, the Maximals from the legendary <em>Beast Wars<\/em> 90\u2019s CGI cartoon that went way harder than an after-school cartoon ever should, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/ron-perlman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ron Perlman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Ron Perlman<\/a> bringing Optimus Primal to life as had been foretold by fancasting going back to the dawn of AOL. Even the villainous Terrorcons, led by Peter Dinklage\u2019s Scourge, are represented by big, bold, dark colors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/6r6NiY8YYsTQF_Ut2iyGKQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/6b120d20ec7145ac6bcc4dcce2a13478\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/7hH6FAxE__JGJjg1nQ1LXA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/460e5b133dbe6ed43f6b872465a64c50\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ypYBLr4NH8ij0D6hM8KTzw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/0d87e4d5ff0cf2262cce2cf7352c6f81\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s fun and there\u2019s no mention of Romeo and Juliet laws, but <em>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts <\/em>isn\u2019t a perfect movie. There\u2019s a lot of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/cltr\/pete-davidson-net-worth.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pete Davidson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Pete Davidson<\/a> as the Autobot Mirage, which is either a good thing or a bad thing. Though the Maximals get more screen time than <em>Age of Extinction\u2019s<\/em> Dinobots, it doesn\u2019t feel like enough time is spent with them. Then again, the ending reveal kicks off a bold new direction for the entire franchise, one that\u2019s, thankfully, still coming despite the film\u2019s poor box office performance.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Rise Of The Beasts Got Robbed At The Box Office<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a crime only second to the failure of <em>Transformers One<\/em>, <em>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts <\/em>is the lowest-performing live-action Transformers movie. Yes, it was beaten by <em>The Last Knight\u2019s <\/em>$600 million worldwide gross after bringing in only $441 million, a decent haul, but an underperformance by the billion-dollar-grossing franchise\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/g3ZD8DD411VN0Evfso1SvQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/f53f5c918774eaaa30a52c9edc7d25f1\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/nkAT7VvKLHIK9.sUO.WNyQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/4ae702c7e82aefe5d243e61dbd7cd595\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"325\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/RXiQ9wTJDFB5pac4s9HGtQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/6d4595a76196e03b16e7b0ab2d512ea0\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I grew up with the Transformers and all <span>their ups and downs, including the years of Generation 1 being repackaged for syndication with CGI screen-swapping, and then the trend-chasing shift with\u00a0<em>Transformers: Armada.<\/em><\/span> I loved both <em>Transformers One<\/em> and <em>Rise of the Beasts<\/em>. There\u2019s nothing more I want than for the franchise to dive deep into the lore of the comic books or, at least, after nearly a decade of teasing, give us an all-out brawl with Unicron that ends with Stan Bush\u2019s \u201cThe Touch.\u201d Hopefully, the streaming success of <em>Rise of the Beasts<\/em> on Netflix will help the cowardly executives at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/paramount-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paramount;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Paramount<\/a> realize the true potential of robots in disguise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over a decade, I was one of the millions of Transformers fans caught up in a sadistic social experiment in which Michael Bay unleashed mindless, over-the-top, insulting, and poorly plotted films to see if we\u2019d keep paying money for our memories of Optimus Prime\u2019s last ride in 1986 to be destroyed, over and over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1988855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[358795,344389,358794],"class_list":["post-1988854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-drunk-shakespeare","tag-transformers","tag-transformers-movie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Netflixs-Number-1-Movie-Was-Just-Dethroned-By-A-Sci-Fi.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}