Black Phone 2 opens to $42 million at global box office, one battle after another hits $163 million
Refresh for latest…: Blumhouse Black phone 2 composed a $42 million start globally, including $15.5 million of international box office – the latter above The black phone And Sinners in the same markets.
The universal release of the Scott Derrickson-directed Ethan Hawke film is streaming in 71 offshore markets, led by Mexico at $4.3 million. It was number 1 for the weekend with a share of 58%. The launch is on top of the first film, as well as Weapons, and more than 3x Smile 2 And Sinners.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland$1.48M placed him second behind Uni’s other opener, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie. The United Kingdom bows to Black phone 2 is 19% above the first film.
Brazil was another highlight with $1.2 million, and over-indexed on Saturday as movie viewings were boosted by cool, rainy weather. Black phone 2 ranked hands down as the #1 title on the market and ranked above the first film, as well as at the top Smile 2, Weapons And Sinners.
Australia And France round out the Top 5. In Oz, the sequel grossed $908,000 at No. 1, with business continuing to grow throughout the frame. France raked in $569,000 as Blumhouse’s first 16-rated film in the market.
Upcoming releases include Germany, Spain, Korea and Japan.
Disney’s second session Tron: Ares is down 54% internationally with an additional increase $14.1 million from 52 hardware markets. The turnover abroad to date is $48.4 millionlagging behind the national $54.6 million for one $103 million global total through Sunday.
China was new this weekend, but, as expected, failed to light up, giving the film a $2.8 million debut. Tron: Ares was the first non-local title, slightly ahead of the arrival of One battle after another ($2.5 million).
It was again #1 in a handful of small markets and #2 in Australia, Brazil and Mexico.
The Top 5 after two weekends is: Mexico ($4.9 million), UNITED KINGDOM ($4.3 million), France ($3.3 million), China ($2.8 million) and Germany ($2.7 million).
The worldwide Imax total to date is $17.6 million, with $7.1 million coming from overseas.
Paul Thomas Anderson, Warner Bros’ critical darling One battle after another continued to hold strong with a drop of 38% for another $11.8 million of 78 foreign markets on release. Offshore cume has reached the century mark with $100.6 million until today. Global is now worth $162.5 million.
The 5 main international markets are: UNITED KINGDOM ($13 million), France ($10.1 million), Germany ($7.7 million), Italy ($5.2 million) and Australia ($4.6 million).
Universal Animation/DreamWorks Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie notably added the United Kingdom and Spain this session, bringing the number of foreign markets being published to 60. The framework was $6.8 million to reach an international cume until Sunday of $28.2 millionabove Captain’s Boxer Shorts on a comparable basis. Reserves decreased by 46%.
United Kingdom and Ireland had a No. 1 start with $2.3 million, including Thursday’s strong “Purrsday” previews, and also the highest screen average in the market. Performance has been particularly strong in Scotland, where schools are at the end of their term at the start of October, ahead of holidays that extend across the rest of the UK. The result of the weekend is in line with the openings of both The bad guys movies, above Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Captain’s Boxer Shorts And Paw Patrol.
Spain also had a No. 1 start with $1 million, including previews last Saturday. The opening result excluding previews is consistent with Captain’s Boxer Shortsand above Sonic 3 And Paw Patrol.
It is still to be released in Japan in March next year.
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