, which grossed US$709mil worldwide, and then returned for four sequels. Two follow-up films,, grossed over US$1bil worldwide.
According to Bay, even franchise executive producer Steven Spielberg told him to stop after the third movie. "I made too many of them," Bay said."Steven Spielberg said, 'Just stop at three'. And I said I'd stop. The studio begged me to do a fourth, and then that made a billion too. And then I said I'm gonna stop here. And they begged me again. I should have stopped. they were fun to do.", bombed with film critics and grossed a franchise low US$605mil worldwide.
US director Michael Bay at the premiere of his latest film 'Ambulance' in Madrid on March 24, 2022. – Photo: AFPmovie. "It was technology we didn't know would work, and then it became very successful," Bay said."It was the first time digital effects were that highly reflective, so it broke a lot of new ground. It was a fun experience. It made more than US$709mil, that's a lot of movie tickets and a lot of people that have seen it."franchise starting with the 2018 spinoff movieTransformers.