Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark film series and the video game series, consisting of "Transformers: War for Cybertron" and "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". The Dark Spark is a powerful artifact that is capable of ripping holes in dimensions, which brings two "Transformers" universes together. The story takes place before the Ark is launched in "Fall of Cybertron", while in an alternate universe it takes place before the events of "Age of Extinction". The game begins in continuity with the film, wherein a mysterious purple meteor crashes into Earth. The Autobots reach the crash site and Optimus sees an ancient Cybertronian relic called the Dark Spark,
Transformers: Dark of the Moon on July 1, 2011, the release was brought forward to June 29, 2011. It was announced in November 2010 that unlike "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", no scenes in the film were shot with IMAX cameras. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" had grossed $352.3 million in North America, and $771.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.123 billion. It is the 20th-highest-grossing film of all time, as well as the second-highest-grossing 2011 film, the highest-grossing film of the "Transformers" series, the second-highest-grossing film by Paramount (behind "Titanic"), the fourth highest-grossing third instalment of a series (behind "",