By Monday, Paramount forecasts that the third "Transformers" will have taken in 116 million dollars in four days in North America and 181 million dollars since its wide-release debut last Wednesday.

截至周一，派拉蒙预计，《变形金刚3》四天之内将在北美席卷1.16亿美元，自上星期三广泛首映以来吸金1.18亿美元。

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