International
Transformers grosses $ 372 million
MUMBAI: Paramount‘s Transformers: Dark of the Moon has managed to transform its popularity into box office delight for its producer. It has recorded the third best worldwide debut of all time and grossing $372 million through Sunday.
Domestically, Dark of the Moon‘s gross through Sunday was $162 million. It‘s expected to earn another $18.8 million Monday for a total domestic launch of $180.8 million.
With the 4 July holiday still to come, the Michael Bay film, in all likelihood, should finish Monday with a total opening gross of $405.8 million, feel insiders.
That would not change its status compared to Half-Blood Prince and Spider-Man, since Monday‘s grosses don‘t count in terms of the record. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored the best worldwide debut of all time in grossing $394 million, followed by Spider-Man 3 at $382 million.
It may be recollected that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earned $200 million in its six-day domestic debut.
Overseas, Dark of the Moon remained the undisputed king where it‘s already grossed $210 million. It beat $147 million earned by Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Through Monday, Paramount puts the film‘s foreign total to $225 million.
Paramount heavily marketed the 3D element of Bay‘s film and the efforts did pay off. In North America, the film earned 60 per cent of its grosses from 3D theaters. Overseas, where 3D continues to thrive in certain markets, 70 per cent of the grosses came from 3D.
Imax theaters playing Dark of the Moon raked in $22.5 million worldwide, while domestically, it hit another milestone, its Friday through Sunday gross of $97.4 million was seen as the best three-day number ever for the 4 July weekend.
On the other hand the Tom Hanks-Julia Roberts starrer Larry Crowne grossed an estimated $13 million through Sunday to stand at the No. 4 position at the domestic box office trailing Dark of the Moon and holdovers Cars 2 and Bad Teacher.
International
Utopai Studios unveils 4K three-minute video generation for PAI platform
New Story Agent and editing tools aim to streamline AI-led filmmaking workflows
MUMBAI: Utopai Studios has announced a major upgrade to its PAI storytelling AI platform, introducing what it claims is an industry-first capability to generate three-minute videos in 4K resolution, alongside enhancements to its Story Agent feature.
The update, rolling out from April 15, expands the platform’s capabilities across the filmmaking process, from early concept development to post-production. The company said the new features are designed to help filmmakers maintain continuity across characters, scenes and visual styles, a key challenge in AI-driven storytelling.
At the heart of the release is a next-generation model that enables more structured narrative development, allowing creators to move more seamlessly from idea to execution. With tools such as multi-shot sequencing and multi-turn editing, the platform aims to give both studios and independent creators greater control over complex storytelling workflows.
Commenting on the launch, Utopai Studios co-founder and CTO Jie Yang said, “The next phase of AI in media will not be defined by isolated tools, but by systems that can carry story, continuity and collaboration across the full creative process.” He added that the update is a step towards enabling more practical, end-to-end narrative development at a professional level.
Echoing this, Utopai Studios co-founder and chief scientific officer Zijian He said, “Generative video is opening the door to a new production model, where creative ambition is less constrained by traditional cost and complexity.” He noted that the platform combines multimodal models with iterative editing to give creators more speed, control and consistency.
The company said PAI is already being used in professional film and television productions, particularly in Hollywood, for tasks such as pre-visualisation, scene design and post-production refinements. The latest update adds features including improved voice options, character consistency, unlimited editing and more flexible asset management.
Utopai also emphasised that its models are not trained on copyrighted material, positioning the platform as a cleaner alternative for creators and rights holders navigating the evolving AI landscape.
As AI continues to reshape content creation, Utopai’s latest push signals a shift from standalone tools to integrated systems, aiming to make high-quality filmmaking faster, more flexible and increasingly accessible.
