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"Transformers: Age of Extinction has hit $1 billion (\u00C2\u00A3594m) in the worldwide ticket sales.  The latest instalment of Michael Bay&amp;#039;s blockbuster series becomes the first film of 2014 to reach the milestone.  The success of the film - which stars Mark Wahlberg and Kelsey Grammer - is largely due to its international performance. It became the first film to take $300m (\u00C2\u00A3178m) at the Chinese box office, and has performed strongly in other territories. It has taken $241.2m (\u00C2\u00A3143m) to date at the domestic box office, which is a low for the franchise. Paramount chairman and CEO, Brad Grey, said of the film&amp;#039;s achievement: &amp;quot;Time and again, Michael has delivered pictures that audiences around the globe truly love. &amp;quot;Along with the immensely talented and versatile Mark Wahlberg, the great Steven Spielberg as executive producer, and a superb cast, he created a powerful relaunch of this franchise.   &amp;quot;This tremendous accomplishment \u00E2\u20AC\u201C to be the first film of 2014 to earn over $1 billion at the box office \u00E2\u20AC\u201C proves once again that Michael is a world-class filmmaker at the top of his game.&amp;quot; Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the only other instalment of the series to pass the billion dollar mark, taking $1.12 billion (\u00C2\u00A3666m) worldwide in summer 2011. Last week, Paramount announced that they have extended and expanded Bay&amp;#039;s first-look deal following the success of his latest blockbuster. Watch a trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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