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Originally posted by: NIBMRatchet @ TFW2005.com

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Reports are coming in that thanks to Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount has achieved global Box-Office supremacy for 2011.

Despite their largely successful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II, Warner Bros. had to settle to the second place as Paramount dominated the world crowning as the “world's most successful studio”.

"This achievement reflects the combined efforts of our entire team across the globe and the careful process by which we select the projects and partners we believe in," said Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey. "We produce pictures that aspire to entertain audiences around the world, while at the same time we have sought to find innovative ways to reach moviegoers in this changing entertainment environment." The studio will release Brad Pitt zombie flick World War Z, Sacha Baron Cohen's latest The Dictator, toy franchise sequel GI Joe: Retaliation and a fourth Paranormal Activity film in 2012.

Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Transformers: Dark of the Moon was crowned box office king of 2011 in Hong Kong, but more surprising was the record-breaking success of You Are the Apple of My Eye, the little Taiwan romcom that could, which took over the title of the highest grossing Chinese-language film ever in the territory.

The third installment of the Michael Bay toy-inspired franchise accumulated HK$84.7 million ($10.9 million) in a three-month run during the summer of 2011, almost doubling the HK$48 million gross of its 2009 predecessor, Revenge of the Fallen, according to the Hong Kong Motion Pictures Industry Association. The last chapter of the Harry Potter saga, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, took HK$76.8 million for second place.

Congratulations Hasbro, Paramount and Michael Bay! And we at TFW2005 would like to thank all the fans who supported the movie franchise, for without you, this achievement is not possible.

Original Source: Paramount Dominates The World With Transformers: Dark Of The Moon @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.