Shockwave (Transformers) Shockwave (Transformers) Shockwave is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. Throughout his incarnations, he is usually distinguished by a laser cannon instead of one of his hands and his distinctive face, which is featureless save for a single robotic eye. He is also commonly portrayed as a cold, emotionless Decepticon that serves as Megatron's "mad scientist". Due to issues with Hasbro's trademark of the name Shockwave, some products were also released under the name Shockblast or "Shockblast the Great". As the Decepticons' military operations commander, Shockwave's power is second only to Megatron, and even
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 "",