Refresh for latest…: Although the Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t factor abroad, moviegoers took in a cornucopia of offerings at the international box office this weekend, clocking new milestones for many.
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald leads the overseas chart for the second weekend in a row as it tracks roughly on par with the previous film in the Wizarding World spinoff series. With $83.7M in the sophomore frame, the offshore cume is now $322.6M for $439.7M global. But there was plenty of magic reserved for new entry Ralph Breaks The Internet and pulsing holdovers Venom, Bohemian Rhapsody and more.
Off a phenomenal China performance, Sony’s Venom continued to course this frame and has now crossed $800M worldwide. At $822.5M, it is the 2nd highest grossing superhero origin movie ever globally, behind Black Panther. Of $610.8M at the international box office, $242.9M is from the Middle Kingdom.
Fox
Elsewhere in Asia, there is a cultural phenomenon afoot as Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody hits higher and higher notes. The offshore cume is now $320.2M with Korea and Japan seeing increases this weekend. In the former, the Freddie Mercury biopic has jumped a staggering 80% from opening to is Fox’s No. 1 movie of the year there. Globally, the Rami Malek-starrer is at $472M.
In new play, Disney’s Wreck-It-Ralph sequel is on a staggered pattern to roll through the rest of the year and into February 2019. Early in the run, it is already tracking almost three times bigger than the original. Breaking into 18 markets this weekend, including China, Mexico and Russia, the $41.5M launch also puts it well ahead of Big Hero 6, Moana and Coco in like-for-likes. Combined with domestic’s great start, the global cume is $126M with play ahead in such key majors as the UK, Japan, Australia, Korea, Brazil, Germany and France.
Disney
Highlights for the Phil Johnston/Rich Moore-helmed adventure comedy include Mexico where Ralph scored the biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios launch ever -– at $6.3M it’s only 28% below Dis/Pixar’s local phenom Coco. The China bow of $19.5M is right on par with expectations and comes in just below Incredibles 2. Ralph has a better Douban score at 8.4 and landed well ahead of the sophomore turn of Fantastic Beasts.
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FB2’s China take has surpassed the lifetime of the previous film in dollar terms while the movie elsewhere held the No. 1 position in 37 markets this session. Japan, a typically important hub for the Wizarding World, opened to $13M (including $1M on 31 IMAX screens) for WB’s biggest start of 2018 and similar to FB1.
In additional milestones to those noted above, WB’s A Star Is Born has topped $350M worldwide while Universal/Working Title’s Johnny English Strikes Again is now the highest of the franchise overseas.
Universal
Also from Universal, Night School has crossed $100M worldwide to become the No. 5 comedy of 2018 and the No. 2 original comedy of the year. The Kevin Hart/Tiffany Haddish-starrer has done its top offshore business in the UK, Australia and the Middle East, and is holding well in Germany which is a key hub for Hollywood comedies. Rollout continues through February with the current offshore cume at $24.2M for $101.1M global.
Outside Disney’s Ralph and Vanellope, the other new face at offshore turnstiles this session was Lionsgate’s Robin Hood which put $8.7M in the quiver from 33 markets. The UK was the top hub at a lackluster $1.7M. The majority of markets release in the coming week.
Breakdowns on the films above and more are being updated below.
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