Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Bay
Written by	Ehren Kruger
Based on	Hasbro's Transformers action figures
Produced by	Lorenzo di Bonaventura Tom DeSanto Don Murphy Ian Bryce
Starring	Mark Wahlberg Stanley Tucci
Cinematography	Amir Mokri
Edited by	William Goldenberg Roger Barton Paul Rubell
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Production companies	Paramount Pictures[1][2] Hasbro Studios[1] di Bonaventura Pictures[1] China Movie Channel[1][2] Jiaflix Enterprises[2]
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19) (Hong Kong) June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27) (United States)
Running time	165 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$210 million[4]
Box office	$1.105 billion[5]

Transformers: Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the standalone sequel to Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and the fourth installment in the Transformers film series. Like its predecessor, the film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci, with Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver, and T.J. Miller in supporting roles. It does not feature the original human cast from the previous three films, instead introducing a new human cast and as well as new Transformers, including the Dinobots. In the film, inventor Cade Yeager teams up with Optimus Prime and the surviving Autobots to investigate a manhunt involving Transformers for their hostility.

The film was released in the United States on June 27, 2014, by Paramount Pictures.^[6] It received generally negative reviews from critics, criticizing its pacing, runtime, direction, plot, and dialogue, although the action sequences and visual effects were praised. The film was a box office success, grossing $1.105 billion worldwide against a $210 million production budget, making it the highest-grossing film of 2014, the only film in 2014 to gross over $1 billion, and the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release. It was followed by a sequel, Transformers: The Last Knight in 2017.