Transformers is a 2007 live-action film adaptation of the Transformers franchise, directed by Michael Bay and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It stars Shia LaBeouf as Sam Wit-wicky. The film was a box office success despite mixed critical reaction to the radical redesigns of the characters, and reviews criticizing the focus on the humans at the expense of the robots. It is the thirty third most successful film released and the fifth most successful of 2007, grossing approximately US$709 million worldwide. The film won four awards from the Visual Effects Society and was nominated for three Academy Awards. The film became the first in a series, it revitalized media interest in the franchise, and a sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released on June 24, 2009.
《变形金刚》是2007年的一部由同名漫画授权改编的真人电影，由导演麦可?贝执导,编剧为 罗伯托?奥奇和艾里克斯?库兹曼。由席亚?拉伯夫饰演主角山姆。这部影片的票房获得了巨大 成功，尽管对于角色的重新设计引来了诸多激烈的批评，影评都表示牺牲了过多的机器人戏份来 衬托人类角色。这部电影在发行最成功影片中位列第33也是2007年排名第5的最成功的电影，在全球范围内收获票房约7.9亿美元。这部电影获得了视觉效果协会颁 发的4个奖项和3项奥斯卡提名。这部影片为该系列影片的第一部， 并且使得媒体对专营权的兴趣得以复苏,其续集《变形金刚：复仇 之战》于2009年6月24日上映。
Producers Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto developed the project in 2003. Executive producer Steven Spielberg came on board the following year, and hired Orci, Kurtzman and United States Military and General Motors lent vehicles and aircraft during filming, which saved money for the production and added realism to the battle scenes.
电影制作人唐?莫菲和和汤姆?迪桑托在2003年就开始酝酿 该片。执行制片人史提温*斯皮尔伯格在2004年加盟该片，还聘请 了奥奇和库兹曼担任编剧，还在拍摄期间还向美国军方和通用汽车 租借了汽车和飞机，这大大减少了制作费用并且增加了影片战争场 景的真实性。
Hasbro organized an enormous promotional campaign for the film.Deals were made with 200 companies to promote the film in 70 countries. This advertising blitz included a viral marketing campaign, coordinated releases of prequel comic books, toys and books, as well as product placement deals with GM and eBay.
哈斯布罗为这部电影策划了声势浩大的宣传活动，同200多家 公司签订了协议以帮助这部电影在70多个国家进行推广。这次广 告推广全面进行,包括了病毒式营销活动，同时发售了介绍性的漫 画书、玩具和书籍，还在通用汽车和易趣上进行了宣传。
Worldwide, the film was the highest grossing non-sequel movie in 2007. It grossed $709.7 million, making it Michael Bay’s second highest grossing film to date, with only the sequel surpassing this amount by around $3 million. The film was released in ten international markets on June 28，2007，including Australia, New Zealand， Singapore and the Philippines. Transformers made $29.5 million in its first weekend, topping the box office in ten countries.lt grossed $5.2 million in Malaysia, becoming the most successful film in the country's history. Transformers opened in China on July 11，and became the second highest-grossing foreign film in the country (behind Titanic), making $37.3 million. Its opening there set a record for a foreign language film, making $3 million. The film was officially released in the United Kingdom on July 27，making ￡ 8.7 million, and helped contribute to the biggest attendance record ever for that weekend. It was second at the UK box office, behind The Simpsons Movie. In South Korea, Transformers recorded the largest audience for a foreign film in 2007，and recorded highest foreign revenue of the movie.
在全球范围内，这部影片是2007年票房收人最高的非续集电 影。总票房收人为7.97亿美元，使之成为麦克_贝迄今为止票房 收人第二高的影片，其续集以高于其300万美元的票房优势位居第 一。这部影片全球公映是在2007年6月28日，包括在澳大利亚,新西 兰，新加坡和菲律宾等地。《变形金刚》上映第一周就收获了 2950万 美元的票房,在10个国家内都位居票房榜首位。该片在马来西亚的票房收入为520万美元，成为该国有史以来票房收人最高的影片。《变形金刚》于7月11日在中国首 次放映，并迅速成为该国票房收人第二的外语片（仅次于《泰坦尼克号》),票房收人达到3730万美 元。该影片在中国的首映还创造了外语片首映的记录，票房收人为300万美元。7月27日在英国正式 上映，票房收人870万英镑，并创造了当周电影观影人数的记录。在英国的票房收人也仅次于《辛普 森一家〉>，屈居第二。在韩国，《变形金刚》也创造了 2007年观影人数最多的外语片记录，同时也创造 了该国的外语片票房收人之最。
In North America, the film had the highest per-screen and per-theater gross in 2007. It was released on July 3，2007，with 8 p.m. preview screenings on July 2. The US previews earned $8.8 million, and in its first day of general release it grossed $27.8 million, a record for Tuesday box office attendance. It broke Spider-Man 2 ’s record for the biggest July 4 gross，making $29 million.
在北美地区,该片创造了2007年单家影院单场的最高收人记录。该片于2007年7月3日在美国上 映,在前天,也就是2日晚上8点进行了试映。试映收入即达到880万美元,全面首映当天的票房收人 为2780万美元,创造了星期二票房纪录。该片还打破了《蜘蛛侠》2在7月4号创造的票房纪录，收人为 2900万美元，
Transformers was released in Region 1 territories on October 16，2007 on DVD and the now defunct HD DVD format. The Wal-Mart edition of the DVD included a shortened animated version of the prequel comic book, titled Transformers Beginnings and featuring the voices of Mark Ryan, Peter Cullen and Kevin Dunn, as well as Frank Welker as Megatron. The Target copy was packaged with a transforming Optimus Prime DVD case and a prequel comic book about the Decepticons.The DVD sold 8.3 million copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling DVD of 2007 in North America, and it sold 190,000 copies on HD DVD, which was the biggest debut on the format. The DVDs sold 13.74 million copies, making the film the most popular DVD title of 2007.
《变形金刚》在2007年10月16日在一区开始发售DVD和现在已经绝版的高清格式DVD。在沃 尔玛销售的DVD版本包括了一个前传漫画书的精简动画版,该版本主打的是《变形金刚》的原始配 音马克?赖恩、彼得?库伦和凯文?邓恩,以及威震天的配音演员弗兰克?维尔克。这个版本还包括 了一张擎天柱变身的DVD碟片和一本介绍霸天虎成员的前传性漫画书。这本DVD在发售第一周就 售出830万张拷贝，成为2007年北美销售最快的DVD,同时高清版本也售出19万张拷贝，也创造了 该种版本首发最高纪录。DVD的总销量为1374万张,使《变形金刚》DVD成为2007年最畅销DVD。