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UPDATE: Animation’s Domination Continues at Global and International Box Office with Universal/Illumination Despicable Me 4 leading the pack, this framework, and that of Disney/Pixar Inside Out 2 still going strong after five sessions. At the same time, we are seeing encouraging numbers for all the major titles currently being released. And that is a good thing; yes, there are reasons to be positive.
Already this week, Inside Out 2 became the highest-grossing Pixar film worldwide, and the Despicable Me/Minions The franchise became the first animated franchise to gross $5 billion worldwide. Neither of the two films currently in production are close to completion. Namely: DM4 Japan, Korea and Italy are still on deck.
IO2meanwhile, will be released in Japan on August 1 — and that market could well help propel Pixar’s sequel beyond Frozen 2 to become the biggest animated film of all time in the world.
Outside the family sphere, we have Paramount A quiet place: first day is making noise as it surpasses $100 million overseas and $200 million worldwide. And, new this weekend, Tornadoesvia Warner Bros., with an anticipated $11.5 million opening in 38 markets, including Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Uni has the film domestically and is scheduled for release on July 19.
Before we dive deeper into the numbers, here’s a snapshot of the cumulative totals for DM4 And IO2.
Despicable Me 4 had a $88 million weekend in 78 foreign markets, down 38% from last quarter’s figures. The international total is now $226.7 million For $437.8 million global.
Inside Out 2 did $50.2 million on 47 material markets (-38% compared to last week), to bring the offshore cumulative total to $777.5 million and global to $1,350.1 million.
Additionally, with this weekend’s numbers, Disney surpasses $2 billion at global box office for the year to date. Its estimated $2.075 billion has been fueled by just three major exits: Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes And The first omen.
In the new game, WB has started to roll out Tornadoeslaunched in 38 markets and generating gross revenues $11.5 million on 8,266 screens. In comparable markets and using current exchange rates, the opening weekend results are 33% higher than the previous weekend. In the storm31% more than the original Tornado and 16% higher than The guy who falls at the right time.
Mexico launched with $3.3 million at No. 2 and ahead of key comparisons including Scapegoat (+99%), Ghostbusters: Empire of Ice (+35%), Unexplored (+34%) and In the storm (+24%).
Australia raised $2.5 million, also ahead of key comparisons and including Geostorm (+136%) and Meg 2: The Trench (+14%). BrazilThe $914,000 launch is tied with Godzilla: King of the Monsters And Geostorm and well above other competitions.
Thailand started out on top with $780,000 and a 70% share of the top five films. Tornadoes“The results are up to par In the storm432% more Frozen Empire399% higher than Scapegoat154% above Unexplored and 28% larger than Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Next week, 38 more foreign markets will open, including most European countries and China. Japan and Korea will open in August.
Apple’s original films produced and distributed by Sony are also taking off Fly me to the moon launched its international journey with $9 million in 52 markets. That’s on par with the opening of last year’s surprise hit Where the Crayfish Sing for the same group of markets at current exchange rates. Word of mouth and reviews are strong, suggesting a long release period. The next market to release is Japan this week.
Coming back to the pending successes, DM4 is in phase with Minionsabove Minions 2, DM3 And DM2, at the same time, excluding China. Imax’s global revenue is $18.3 million.
It opened its doors in China this weekend with $17.7 million, the second-biggest opening weekend for the franchise and the biggest opening weekend for a Hollywood animation since 2020. UNITED KINGDOM launched with $12.2 million at #1 and achieved more than 2x revenue DMonline with DM2 And Minions: The Rise of Gruand right next door DM3 And MinionsSunday saw the Euro final played by England, but there are still six weeks of school holidays to come.
Germany started at No. 1 with $9.3 million through Sunday. Including previews. DM4 is the best launch of 2024 and had the second biggest launch in the franchise (just behind Minions). The film also got the best Hollywood launch of the year. France opened with $8.7 million on 904 screens at No. 1 in the market, in line with DM2 And MTROG out of previews.
In MexicoThe current cumulative total of $24.2 million means DM4 exceeded Despicable Me, Zootopia, sing And Frozenthe life of.
The top 5 markets to date are Mexico ($24.2 million), Australia ($22.3 million), China ($17.7 million), Brazil ($12.7 million) and UNITED KINGDOM ($12.2 million).
Japan releases this week, followed by Korea on July 24 and Italy on August 21.
Meanwhile, at a contact $1.35 billion global, Inside Out 2is currently the third highest grossing animated film of all time. In the coming days, it will surpass The Super Mario Bros Movie ($1.362 billion) at No. 2, and with a scheduled release in Japan on IO2he seems destined to reach the top Frozen 2 ($1.45 billion) as the biggest animated film ever made worldwide.
This weekend is over Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($1.31 billion), Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi ($1.334 billion), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 ($1.342 billion) and Black Panther ($1.35 billion) to rise to 17th place in the world’s all-time rankings.
With $777.5 million overseas through Sunday, the Kelsey Mann-led charmer is now the No. 5 animated title internationally (soon to surpass super mario bros(787 million dollars).
And, after becoming the biggest film of all time in Mexico in the last session, IO2 now has the same bragging rights in Brazil.
Hong Kong opened this session with a No. 1 at $1.9 million (or $7 million including previews). Those previews were the highest sales of all time. Portugal, Inside Out 2 recorded the industry’s second-highest opening weekend of all time, just behind Avengers: Endgame.
The top 5 markets to date are Mexico ($94.9 million), Brazil ($66 million), UNITED KINGDOM ($57 million), Korea ($53.3 million) and Italy ($43.3 million).
As stated, Par’s A quiet place: first day has surpassed the $100 million mark internationally and crossed the $200 million mark worldwide. $10.4 million Overseas weekend in 67 markets, offshore cumulative rises to $104.5 million while the whole world reaches $220.7 million.
Internationally, the cumulative total is 9% higher A Quiet Place, Part IIExcluding China, this figure is 32% higher.
The Top 5 so far is China ($17.3 million), Mexico ($11.2 million), UNITED KINGDOM ($10.3 million), Australia ($6.7 million) and France ($5.2 million).
MISCELLANEOUS UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLES
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