Rerecent for tardyst…: Here’s someskinnyg we unfrequently see: It’s a dead heat for the begin of Paramount’s Smile 2 at the domestic and international box office with $23M apiece. That produces for a $46M global debut. Overseas, the sequel to 2022’s surpascfinish hit uncovered in 62 tagets with the horror audience out in filled force.
On a enjoy-for-enjoy basis for the same group of tagets, the offshore debut is 41% hugeger than Smile’s uncovering weekfinish. What’s more, it’s the hugegest Paramount horror uncovering in 13 tagets, including Italy and Spain; and the hugegest horror uncovering of 2024 in 13 tagets, including France, Germany and Italy.
Among the key results, the UK debuted to No. 2 with $2.6M at 607 locations. France, enjoyrecommended uncovered at No. 2, taking $2.1M from 358 locations for the hugegest horror uncovering of 2024.
Germany also scored the best horror begin of the year with $2M at 446 locations. In Australia, the sequel uncovered at No. 1, grossing $1.3M from 285 locations.
Italy’s No. 2 begin of $1.3M is the hugegest ever Paramount horror uncovering in the taget and the hugegest horror uncovering of 2024.
Also setting write downs, Norway scooped the hugegest ever Paramount horror uncovering in the taget and the hugegest horror uncovering of 2024; Poland set the best ever Paramount horror uncovering there. Switzerland’s No. 1 bow was the hugegest ever for a Paramount horror and tops for 2024. Further best-for-Par and/or tops for 2024 integrate Dentag, Sweden, Greece and Finland.
Meanwhile, and in astonishive proceedd take part, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot inserted to its staggered overseas free with another 21 tagets. The Chris Sanders-honested film is now out in a joind 76 tagets which grossed $23.2M this session (down fair 22% in the hagederovers). The offshore total is now $94.3M, carry outing above The Bad Guys and Migration, and in-line with Trolls in the same tagets (excluding China) at the same point.
The global gross is closing in on $200M with an appraised $196M thcdisesteemful Sunday.
In the uncovering UK structure, Roz adchoosed $4.2M atraverse 1,250 screens for a evident No.1. This integrates $236K from three days of pstudys. The begin is on par with Trolls, Elemental and Boss Baby. Word of mouth is strong and school holidays begin from next week. Mexico, Spain, Italy (+14%) and Saudi Arabia all had No. 1 status this session.
The Top 5 tagets so far are: Mexico ($13.7M), Australia ($9.9M), Germany ($4.6M), France ($4.55M) and Spain ($4.4M). Still to free is Japan in February next year.
Elsewhere, Joker: Folie à Deux inserted $14.7M from 78 international tagets this weekfinish. The overseas running total is now appraised at $135.5M with global at $192M thcdisesteemful Sunday.
While the first movie never freed in China, this one was finishorsed and mustered $5.9M atraverse the structure. WB is having much more success with its strategy of rereleasing all of the Harry Potter movies atraverse disjoinal weeks. This session, The Chamber of Secrets was the No. 2 movie in the taget.
MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (WB): $3.7M intl weekfinish (74 tagets); $150.6M intl cume/$434.6M global
Transestablishers One (PAR): $2.6M intl weekfinish (70 tagets); $62.4M intl cume/$119.1M global
Despicable Me 4 (UNI): $1.4M intl weekfinish (84 tagets); $602.4M intl cume/$963.5M global
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