The Transformers: The Movie
The heroic Autobots race to stop a galaxy‑sized, planet‑devouring war machine from seizing the sacred Matrix of Leadership, all while battling an all‑out Decepticon onslaught that could annihilate their world.
“Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination.”
Synopsis
The Autobots must prevent a massive planet-devouring robot from targeting the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, while also fending off a full-scale assault from the Decepticons.
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A crew of 45+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Steven C BrownShot by Masatoshi FukuiScored by Vince DicolaDesigned by Floro Dery
Box Office
1986 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 1.0× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$5.9M
US & Canada: $5.8M — 100% of worldwide · International: $11K (0%)
Opening weekend: $2.8M — 48% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $2.8M — 48% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 990 theaters
Also known as
- Transformers - Der Kampf um Cybertronde
- Transformers: la películaes
- La Guerre des robotsfr
- Transformers - The Movieit
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Cast & Crew
45 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Orson Welles
as Unicron
Judd Nelson
as Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
Robert Stack
as Ultra Magnus
Peter Cullen
as Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
Leonard Nimoy
as Galvatron
Frank Welker
as Soundwave / Megatron / Rumble / Frenzy / Wheelie (voice)
Norman Alden
as Kranix
Jack Angel
as Astrotrain
Casey Kasem
as Cliffjumper (voice)
Dan Gilvezan
as Bumblebee (voice)
Michael Bell
as Swoop
Scatman Crothers
as Jazz (voice)
Supporting cast
21Gregg Berger
as Grimlock
Susan Blu
as Arcee (voice)
Eric Idle
as Wreck-Gar (voice)
Arthur Burghardt
as Devastator
Corey Burton
as Shockwave
Lionel Stander
as Kup (voice)
John Moschitta Jr
as Blurr (voice)
Buster Jones
as Blaster (voice)
Bud Davis
as Dirge (voice)
Walker Edmiston
as Inferno (voice)
Paul Eiding
as Perceptor (voice)
Neil Ross
as Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag (voice)
Roger C Carmel
as Cyclonus / Quintesson Leader (voice)
Don Messick
as Gears (voice)
Ed Gilbert
as Blitzwing (voice)
Clive Revill
as Kickback (voice)
Hal Rayle
as Shrapnel (voice)
David Mendenhall
as Daniel (voice)
Victor Caroli
as Narrator (voice)
Stan Jones
as Scourge (voice)
Christopher Collins
as Starscream / Laserbeak (voice)
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2Other crew
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