We are not officially ready for our weekly Box Office Breakdown, but we might as well go ahead and get two nuggets out of the way:  not only did Transformers already shatter the totals for a Tuesday opening, but it broke the record for the biggest Independence Day ever.

It’s Tuesday take of $27.4 million practically doubled the record established by 2006’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($15.7 million).  From there, it gained momentum and took in an additional $29.1 million on Wednesday—a hefty gain over the previous 4th of July winner, 2004’s Spider-Man 2 ($21.95 million).

I’m just hoping that more and more people will watch it on Thursday, so less and less people will be crowding the theater with me this weekend…