Refresh for latest…: New this weekend at the international box office, Warner Bros began pre-domestic release on Amazon MGM Studios’ Red One. The opening numbers on the Christmas-themed movie are within the range we expected heading into the frame, coming in at $26.6M from 75 offshore markets.
For Latin America, the film ranked No. 2 behind the 3rd weekend of Venom: The Last Dance, but results are above comps like Central Intelligence.
In Europe, and at today’s rates, Red One s tracking ahead of Central Intelligence and Skyscraper.
Asia, as previously was never expected to excel; however in the region, (excluding China and Japan), reviews were mostly positive, and the film ranked as the No. 1 or No. 2 U.S. film in all but two markets. At the end of the day, and as we have previously noted, this is not a movie expected to resonate in this region.
Breaking down the Dwayne Johnson/Chris Evans-starrer, the UK gave it a No. 2 start, ahead of a number of comps. Mexico was a No. 2 start, with families dialing in; Spain it it took No. 1 .
The films is performing well in many markets, but we have to be honest about Christmas just not resonating everywhere.
With another solid overseas hold, Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance continues to defy expectations, now at $279.4M in international box office, and $394.2M globally as it tangos towards the four-century mark. This third weekend licked up $33M from 66 offshore markets (-51% versus last frame).
The Marvel symbiote is still generating interest in China, but this weekend did not lead the pack. Nevertheless, that remains the top market for the threequel at $82.8M with a Maoyan-projected final of $93M.
Rounding out the Top 5 markets to date are Mexico ($17.2M), UK ($14.3M), Germany ($11.5M) and Korea ($11.2M).
The Imax global cume is $29.6M.
Also heading towards a milestone, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot added $9M from 80 markets this session (-49%), lifting the international cume to $161.6M and global to $292.M. The film has now surpassed Encanto overseas.
The Top 5 are to date are Mexico ($19.1M), UK ($16.5M), France ($11.7M), Australia ($10.9M) and Spain ($9.3M); the latter seeing double-digit uplift in admissions every day from Monday-Thursday during the local Fiesta del Cinema promotion, and despite ongoing strife in the Valencia region following catastrophic weather.
MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
Smile 2 (PAR): $3.7M intl weekend (62 markets); $63.1M intl cume/$123.6M global
Anora (UNI): $1.6M intl weekend (26 markets); $5M intl cume
*I’m Still Here (SNY): $1.3M (Brazil)
Transformers One (PAR): $575K intl weekend (30 markets); $69.8M intl cume/$128.7M global
*Piece By Piece (UNI): $380K intl weekend (9 markets); $380K intl cume/$10.1M global
*Denotes new