Its distributor Paramount Pictures revealed that the sequel beat the 90.2 million dollars debut of Disney’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’.

However, the domestic gross for the sci-fi sequel was down from the 109 million dollars first weekend for ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ in 2009, reports Fox News.

Since its opening on Tuesday night, the new ‘Transformers’ has garnered 162 million dollars domestically, a drop from 200.1 million dollars for ‘Revenge of the Fallen’ in its first five days.

‘Dark of the Moon’ has also added 210 million dollars overseas, giving the movie a worldwide total of 372 million dollars through Sunday.

The movie broke the three-day ‘fourth of July weekend’ record for domestic revenue previously held by ‘Spider-Man 2’ at 88.2 million dollars in 2004.

But factoring in today’s higher admission prices, ‘Spider-Man 2’ sold more tickets than ‘Dark of the Moon’.