‘F9’ Driving Past $500M Global; First Hollywood Movie To The Mark In Pandemic Era – International Box Office
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UPDATE: Universal’s F9 is gearing up to hit the $500M mark globally, a milestone it will cross on Monday as it becomes the first Hollywood movie to do so during the pandemic era, and the first since any studio film originally released during 2019. The Justin Lin-helmed title will also join China’s Hi, Mom and Detective Chinatown 3 as only the third film of any provenance to get there in 2020 and 2021. The worldwide cume through Sunday is $491.5M. This includes domestic‘s $24M three-day.
F9’s $23.8M international box office weekend was powered by No. 1 starts in five new markets including Spain where the film set pandemic records — despite competition for eyeballs with Euro 2020 — and came in ahead of Hobbs & Shaw. The overseas total is now $374.4M in 50 offshore markets. The IMAX global cume is projected at $35M through Monday. The Toretto family still has France, Germany, Japan and Italy to come. It’s looking like F9 will ultimately land in the $600M neighborhood overseas, which would be in line with Hobbs & Shaw at today’s rates.
Estimated to come in just below F9 for the global No. 1 spot this weekend is China’s 1921, a propaganda movie officially released on July 1 for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the communist party. The movie did about $34.2M in the four-day session, while previews last weekend accounted for another $11.5M lifting the total debut to $45.7M (F9’s global weekend was $47.8M).
Also notably in China, and even with the focus on local celebrations, Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway hopped to an 11% drop in its fourth frame, grossing a total $27.8M so far there. The sequel overall added $9.2M across 37 markets for a $92.1M international cume demonstrating continued playability as holdover markets dipped just 14%.
Also hitting a milestone, Disney’s Cruella crossed $200M global in its sixth weekend. Of the worldwide total $204.4M, $127.8M is from 43 overseas markets. The weekend was good for $9M in those hubs with a strong -18% hold from last session. In France, where the film is a purely theatrical play, it was No. 1 again with a slight 6% dip from opening. Korea, which is not a Disney+ market, jumped 25%, holding No. 2 again behind local hit Hard Hit. Out of the Top 10 Cruella markets, four do not have Disney+: China, Korea, Russia and Saudi Arabia while France is not day-and-date owing to local windowing regulations.
Meanwhile, Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II scared up another $6.3M for an overseas cume of $122.5M which is 10% ahead of the original; global is $268.3M. New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It conjured $6M to lift the international total to $111.4M and global to $173.7M.
Both of those films benefited from a finally reopened Germany, and it’s making distribution smile to have such a major back in business. WB/Legendary’s Godzilla Vs Kong was No. 1 there with $1.3M, followed by Conjuring 3 at No. 2 ($1.2M), Peter Rabbit 2 at No. 3 ($1M), Constantin’s local family comedy Catweazele at No. 4 and AQP2 at No. 5 ($880K). Restrictions currently vary from one state to another and should ease over time.
A note about Godzilla Vs Kong: the total international cume now stands at $346M for $446.6M global, however, these figures do not include Japan which also released this weekend via Toho. The Japan gross will be reported on Monday.
In new releases, Universal/Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge started rollout in 22 offshore markets for a $3.6M debut that was led by Mexico. Overall, the openings are in line with Purge: Election Year.
Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow opens this week, beginning international rollout on Wednesday.
Break downs on this weekend’s movies above and more have been updated below.
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THE FOREVER PURGE
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THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS
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HOLDOVERS
F9
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In 50 overseas markets, the offshore cume is $374.4M. This is expected to grow to around the $600M mark. Spain jumped right in this weekend, grossing $3M, ahead of Hobbs & Shaw and landing a solid No. 1 despite La Roja advancing in the Euro 2020 tournament. This is the biggest opening of the pandemic era. On Friday, the movie had the biggest opening day since Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker in late 2019.
Singapore ($1.8M), Finland ($600K) and Turkey ($500K) were also new and saw No. 1 bows as well as setting pandemic records. Mexico was the top holdover with $3.8M (-50%) for a running $18.8M cume that surpasses the lifetime of Hobbs & Shaw. Other weekend highlights include the UK (-59%/$14.1M cume), Brazil (-32%/$5.5M) and Australia (-49%/$13.4M).
Still to join the Toretto family’s latest are France, Germany, Japan and Italy through the summer.
PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY
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CRUELLA
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The Top 10 to date are China ($23.8M), Korea ($14.9M), UK ($11.8M), Mexico ($11M), Russia ($9.8M), Saudi Arabia ($7.6M), Australia ($6.4M), France ($5.2M), Spain ($4.8M) and Japan ($4.4M).
A QUIET PLACE PART II
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Germany was a new hub as it gets back on its feet with $880K including previews at 445 locations for No. 5. Denmark debuted at No. 2 with $160K from 70.
Individual drops were good with Korea down just 28% for a $6.8M cume. France dipped 21% to total $4.1M and the UK is at $14.4M after five sessions. There are 14 markets left to open including Brazil on July 22.
THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
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In France, the pic jumped 28% in admissions during the Fête du Cinéma promotion. The market total is $13.5M to top all other Conjuring titles. That’s the second best score overall for the current movie which is led by Mexico with $16.4M. There are 10 markets left to release including Japan on October 1.
LUCA
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MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
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In The Heights (WB): $1.7M intl weekend (26 markets); $8.7M intl cume/$35.6M global
Spirit Untamed (UNI): $1.44M intl weekend (23 markets); $9.2M intl cume/$26M global
Godzilla Vs Kong (WB): $1.3M intl weekend (Germany only); $346M intl cume/$446.6M global (excludes Japan)
Wrath Of Man (MIR): $861K intl weekend (44 markets); $71.6M intl cume/$99M global