Refresh for latest…: As global turnstiles start greasing up for next week’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, audiences are continuing to warm up to the two current titles in wide release: Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level and Disney’s Frozen 2. Expanding to another 34 offshore hubs after an early rollout last weekend, The Next Level delivered $85.7M this session, lifting the international box office cume to $152.5M in 52 total markets so far. This puts the sequel to the 2017 hit at $213M global. And that’s as The Next Level exploded to a $60.1M domestic debut, far exceeding expectations. The Dwayne Johnson-starrer was No. 1 in 44 overseas markets this frame and is tracking 33% over Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (at today’s exchange rates). Related Story 'Frozen 2' Heats Up $1B+ Worldwide Box Office; 6th Disney Title Across The Threshold In 2019 Leading on the new game was the UK with a 5-day of $12.6M including previews (+32% on … [Read more...] about ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Steps It Up To $213M Worldwide – International Box Office
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‘Frozen 2’ Heats Up $1B+ Worldwide Box Office; 6th Disney Title Across The Threshold In 2019
After crossing the unprecedented $10B milestone worldwide last weekend, becoming the first studio ever to do so, Disney has bragging rights to another notch in its belt as Frozen 2 topped $1B global on Saturday. This means that the Mouse has roared to have six movies over $1B in 2019. The international box office portion of Elsa’s reign is $666M with $366.5M domestic for a worldwide cume of $1.033B. Frozen 2 went out in a different release pattern to that of the original, which took 15 weeks to get to $1B, whereas the current movie has done it in just four frames. There are still markets to come on F2 including Brazil in January. The current weekend was worth $55.7M from 48 material markets (95% of the offshore landscape). The global session was $74.9M. Related Story 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Swells To $60M+ Opening; 'Richard Jewell' & 'Black Christmas' Earn Lumps Of Coal The Chris Buck/Jennifer Lee-helmed sequel is Disney Animation’s 3rd … [Read more...] about ‘Frozen 2’ Heats Up $1B+ Worldwide Box Office; 6th Disney Title Across The Threshold In 2019
‘Uncut Gems’ Shines With Biggest A24 Per-Screen Opening, ‘A Hidden Life’ Debuts, Lionsgate Drops Limited ‘Bombshell’ Release – Specialty Box Office
The weekend sparkled with the limited release of the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler. A24’s crime thriller earned an estimated gross of $525,498, opening in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles with a per-screen average of $105,100. This is a shining moment as the limited opening of Uncut Gems makes for the biggest per-screen average opening ever for A24. The film is currently riding the wave of buzz from its festival runs as it continues to gain momentum with its 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes and A- Cinemascore. It also has a landslide of awards season love including multiple nominations from the Film Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards and National Board of Review — all of which have Sandler on their Hest actor list. We hear it is playing very well in all five theaters to huge crowds with sold-out advance sales and boosted with Q&As. This could do nothing but good as Uncut Gems puts a … [Read more...] about ‘Uncut Gems’ Shines With Biggest A24 Per-Screen Opening, ‘A Hidden Life’ Debuts, Lionsgate Drops Limited ‘Bombshell’ Release – Specialty Box Office
‘Jumanji 2’ Rules Overseas Box Office With $85 Million
Photo: Frank Masi Photo: Frank Masi Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Frank Masi ‘Jumanji 2’ Rules Overseas Box Office With $85 Million 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Sony’s “Jumanji: The Next Level” powered international box office charts, collecting $85 million from 34 markets over the weekend. The action-packed sequel kicked off in North America with $60 million for a global start of $145 million. “Jumanji: The Next Level” debuted in a handful of foreign territories last weekend, bringing box office receipts to $152 million overseas and $213 million worldwide. The United Kingdom led all territories with $12.6 million over its first five days in theaters, followed by Germany with $4.6 million. Other … [Read more...] about ‘Jumanji 2’ Rules Overseas Box Office With $85 Million
UPDATE: International Box Office: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Has No. 1 Japan Opening; ‘Lego’ Builds to $121M Overseas; ‘Frozen’ Crossing $1B Worldwide; ‘Robocop’ Takes $20.5M In China; More
6th UPDATE, 9 PM: Final numbers are in for The Lego Movie, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Pompeii and this year’s Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave. All have been updated below. Slave grossed another $7M over the weekend in 55 markets to bring its total international cume to $89.93M and its worldwide to $140.5M. Its top grossing market is the UK, followed by France and Spain where it had a terrific jump of 56% at the box office. It also had a nice 20% bump in Australia. It will open in Japan on Friday, the first territory to open since winning the Oscar. The other big winner at the Oscars with 7 statues, Gravity is still playing to bring its international cume up to $436.9M for a worldwide total of $707.3M. The breakdown of grosses territory by territory are below. 5th UPDATE, Monday 12:33 PM: Ride Along numbers have been updated as have some of grosses of The Wolf Of Wall Street. Meanwhile, Dallas Buyers Club, which won Matthew McConaughey an Oscar is … [Read more...] about UPDATE: International Box Office: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Has No. 1 Japan Opening; ‘Lego’ Builds to $121M Overseas; ‘Frozen’ Crossing $1B Worldwide; ‘Robocop’ Takes $20.5M In China; More
Box Office: ‘Jumanji 2’ Is #1 with $60M, ‘Richard Jewell’ Underperforms
Jumanji: The Next Level topped the weekend box office in its debut, bringing in $60.1 million, while Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell underperformed, debuting at the No. 4 spot with just $5 million following a barrage of media controversy over the way it portrayed a journalist.Starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, Jumanji 2 outperformed the original 2017 movie, which brought in $36.2 million on its opening three-day holiday weekend. The new release has exceeded Sony’s conservative expectation of a $35 million domestic opening. The first Jumanji turned out to be a global smash hit, grossing $404.5 million domestically and $962.1 million worldwide. Richard Jewell bowed at $5 million, a big disappointment for Warner Bros., which had estimated a $10 million debut. The movie earned mostly positive reviews, especially for the lead performance by Paul Walter Hauser as the security guard who was falsely accused by the FBI and the media of carrying out the 1996 … [Read more...] about Box Office: ‘Jumanji 2’ Is #1 with $60M, ‘Richard Jewell’ Underperforms
