Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie and How To Train Your Dragon 2 also prove popular in the UK.
Transformers: Age of Extinction has already scooped more than $400m at the global box office and the UK looks set to add to that haul, with major buzz generated by cinemagoers through social networks.
Nearly 22,000 comments were made online from June 26 to July 3, ahead of its UK opening this weekend. Of those, around 25% expressed an intent to view.
It dwarfed Noel Clarke’s The Anomaly and Melissa McCarthy comedy Tammy, both opening this weekend.
Irish comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, adapted from a hit BBC series, also generated chatter online with more than 7,300 comments – with nearly a third of those expressing intent to view.
Animated sequel How To Train Your Dragon 2 is also firing up online buzz, with nearly 6,400 comments ahead of its July 10 UK opening.
