With $16 million in tickets sold and all Imax showings sold out, Transformers:  Revenge of the Fallen had the biggest Wednesday midnight box office take ever.  The Transformers sequel had the third biggest midnight opening, behind The Dark Knight, which had an $18.5 million open on a Friday, and Star Wars III:  Revenge of the Sith, with a $17 million midnight opening on a Thursday. 

The film is expected to break the five day Wednesday-opening weekend record of $152.4 million set by Spider-Man 2. 

Revenge of the Fallen is getting generally poor notices, with only a 21% positive rating on RottenTomatoes.com, but that’s unlikely to affect the take.