Refresh for the latest…: Storming 63 international box office markets in its opening frame, and before the domestic market enters the arena this coming week, Paramount and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II debuted is estimated $87 million. This falls within our pre-release projection and also marks the biggest overseas start for a Ridley Scott-directed film, as well as Paramount’s best offshore bow for a US R-rated film.
Back to the Colosseum, 24 years after the Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator This sequel, which reinvented the swords and sandals genre, was No. 1 in major markets. It performed best in the Great Britain with a #1 launch of $11.4 million from 722 locations.
The next thing was France for $10.3 million at 729 locations. Spain grossed $5.6 million from 411, Australia grossed $4.9 million at 353, and Mexico agreed to $4.7 million of the 922.
Elsewhere among the number 1s, Germany‘s start was $4.3 million from 650 locations, Italy grossed $3.8 million on 530, Korea did $3.2 million of 545 and Brazil accounted for $3 million from 759 sites.
This is all in anticipation of its domestic (and Chinese) release on November 22nd.
We’ll go into more detail about the lead roles of Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Connie Nielsen in a moment (including marketing and partnerships that helped strengthen the film).
Meanwhile at Sony Venom: The Last Danceafter surpassing $400 million worldwide earlier this week, has now reached the international lifespan of Venom: Let there be carnage. The offshore cume is $308.5 million coming from a $17.3 million weekend in 66 overseas markets (-49% from the previous session). Worldwide the cume is now $436.1 million.
Here are the top 5 international markets so far: China ($90.3 million), Mexico ($18.8 million), Great Britain ($15.3 million), Germany ($13.1 million) and Korea ($12.1 million).
The charmer from Universal/DreamWorks Animation The wild robotwhich, as we reported on Saturday, has surpassed $300 million worldwide, he added $6 million this frame (-35% compared to last weekend). The international cume until Sunday is $170.7 million for $308.5 million global.
Upturns and strong persistence were seen in several markets. Spain had its best performance in week 6 and is now at $10 million The wild robot the lives of passed away How to train your dragon 2 And HTTYD3. There was another red alert for the weather in the Valencia region this week, but the strong result is supported by an excellent FilmAffinity score (7.9), the highest ever for a DWA film.
Still top Mexiconow with $20 million, followed by the Great Britain for $17 million and France for $12.4 million.
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