That gives the movie a head-start on the weekend during what's shaping up as a highly competitive summer season for Hollywood, which has major franchise films opening virtually every week.

对好莱坞来说将会是一个竞争如火如荼的夏季里，这将为该电影在周末上赢得一个领先。好莱坞几乎每周都有大部系列电影上映。

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With eight films in the Harry Potter franchise, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe are three of the highest earning actors in the world.

凭借八部《哈利·波特》系列电影，鲁伯特·格林特、艾玛·沃特森以及丹尼尔·雷德克里夫是世界上三个收入最高的演员。

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He worked on the Bond films, including GoldenEye, selling them to reluctant cinema owners who hadn't screened anything from the franchise in six years.

他曾做过包括《黄金眼》在内的邦德系列电影，把它们卖给了顽固的影院老板，这些老板有6年的时间都没有播放过一部特许电影。

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Does that hint that Abrams will be in not only a directing but also a producing role for the Star Wars franchise, for several films?

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But the sheer weight of the Mouse House may make them an impossible foe in the specific area of franchise-related tent pole films.

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And, for a limited time, all three eye-popping films in the Transformers franchise will be available in a 7-Disc Limited Collector's Edition Blu-ray Trilogy featuring each film in high definition, Transformers: Dark of the Moon in high definition 3D, more than 10 hours of special features and a plaque of movie images signed by Bay.

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