Typically, the Transformers films do much better overseas than they do domestically. Last year’s Transformers: The Last Knight, for example, took in $229 million in China, versus $130 million domestically.
Bumblebee, the upcoming prequel/spinoff of the big-screen Transformers franchise, has landed a release date in China.
Charlie (Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town.