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The "Transformers" franchise has grossed more than 2.6 billion dollars to date. But with "Age of Extinction", the 3-billion-dollar mark should be easy to break, especially since the locations and the involvement of Bingbing Li mean that the film is strongly aimed at the large Asian market.
Anyone who would like to read again how the franchise has developed technically and continued to raise the bar over the years – three "Transformers" articles are available to download as PDFs.
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