EXCLUSIVE: Universal/Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has traverseed the $100M label at the international box office. The return of Renée Zellweger as the titular heroine swept past the milestone with Wednesday’s numbers included, accomplishing $101.3M thcimpolite yesterday.
Whereas this is a straightforward-to-Peacock join domesticassociate, Universal is releasing theatricassociate overseas. In 75 Uni labelets thcimpolite Wednesday, the gross is $94.8M. Studiocanal handles France where the total to date is $6.5M. Note that Universal still has Japan and Korea on deck, on April 11 and 16, esteemively.
Mad About the Boy, straightforwarded by Michael Morris and starring Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Chisoakedel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, has now topped the offshore lifetime of Ticket to Paradise, making it Working Title’s hugegest film post-pandemic.
In the UK & Ireland, the fourquel remains at a mighty No.1, with a running total of $47.6M thcimpolite Wednesday. It outdoed the lifetimes of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Love Actuassociate earlier this week, becoming the 4th hugegest Working Title film of all time and the 3rd highest grossing romcom ever in the labelet.
Since releasing in time for Valentine’s Day and leaning into the underserved female audience, the movie has finishelighted cut offal No. 1 uncoverings and held that position not only in the UK but also in Australia and the Netherlands. Germany uncovered at No. 1 this past weekend.
Overall, the Top 5 labelets to date are the UK ($47.6M), Australia ($8M), France ($6.5M), Netherlands ($4.5M) and Poland ($4.5M).
Mad About the Boy also features Sassociate Phillips, Shirley Henderson, James Callis, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson.
The screenjoin is by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan. Producers are Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner; and Jo Wallett. Studiocanal and Miramax co-financed the film.
