Peacock Just Dropped Four Sci-Fi Blockbusters With Nearly $4 Billion at the Box Office

If you somehow missed the era when giant robots punched each other through entire cities—or you just have a weird nostalgia for Shia LaBeouf screaming 'No, no, no, no, no!'—here's a heads-up: the first four Michael Bay Transformers movies are landing on Peacock. Yes, for better or worse, Bay's heavy-metal, explosion-fueled spin on Hasbro's classic toy line is coming to a streamer near you, in all its nearly-four-billion-dollar glory.

All the Bayhem, All in One Place

Mark your calendar for Wednesday, April 1, 2026. That's when Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Transformers: Age of Extinction all show up in Peacock's library.

Now, if you've forgotten which is which (I don't blame you), here's the quick rundown:

• The first three movies follow Sam Witwicky, who is thrown into the intergalactic war between Autobots and Decepticons because his dad skipped a Consumer Reports review and picked up a used yellow Camaro (turns out, not a good idea if you want to avoid alien conflicts—because, surprise, it's Bumblebee).
• Number four? A semi-reboot. Four years after Chicago was demolished by alien robots (so, Tuesday in Michael Bay land), the Transformers have gone into hiding and people are pretty much over giant robots. Enter Cade Yeager, a down-on-his-luck "inventor" (played by Mark Wahlberg because, of course) who buys a beat-up truck that just happens to be Optimus Prime. Commence more explosions, with Cade, his daughter, and her boyfriend all getting dragged into the neverending robot smackdown.

Would You Believe It Almost Wasn't 'Transformers'?

A fun bit of trivia: the producer, Don Murphy, originally wanted to make a movie about G.I. Joe (imagine the adrenaline there), but because of the political climate back in the mid-2000s, a Hasbro exec slid him toward the transforming robots instead. Not sure what global events would have made G.I. Joe riskier than Optimus yelling 'Freedom is the right of all sentient beings', but here we are.

Critics, Audiences, and the Money Machine

The first Transformers blasted into theaters on July 3, 2007 and critics... well, they weren't exactly charmed. Average critic score on Rotten Tomatoes? 57%. Which, to be honest, is downright generous if you remember those sequels. Audiences, though, were way more into it—85% on Rotten Tomatoes, easily making it the crown jewel of Bay's robot era.

The sequels? Let's just say it was all downhill with critics and even some fans, but ticket sales didn't seem to care. Dark of the Moon—number three, for those losing track—pulled in an insane $1.1 billion worldwide. You know, just a casual billion for robots throwing each other through office buildings.

For the obsessives: the live-action series has seven movies in total, hauling in a monstrous $5.2 billion at the box office. There's even an animated movie, Transformers One, which got rave reviews but only managed $129 million. 'Critical acclaim' doesn't always pay the bills, apparently.

'I wanted to make a G.I. Joe film, but Hasbro thought Transformers was the way to go,' producer Don Murphy explained in an old interview.

So, if you want to relive the Bay years—explosions, product placement, overblown military action, and all—Peacock is about to become your robot brawl HQ. Set those reminders for April 1, 2026. And no, that's not an April Fool's prank.