In the mid-90s, the Transformers brand was struggling. After fizzling out in the late ’80s, the franchise had attempted a return with 1992’s Transformers: Generation 2, but the toyline and comic ...

So far this summer, the box office hasn’t seen an opening weekend on the level of 2022 hits like “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” or “Jurassic World: Dominion.” But ...