Refresh for latest…: After opening early in 37 international box office markets last weekend, Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Heyday Films’ Wonka expanded its release this session to the rest of the world (save Korea which goes in late January). The results are sweet.
In a total 77 overseas markets, the Paul King-directed, Timothée Chalamet-starrer added another $53.6M during the sophomore session. That takes the offshore cume to $112.4M, and, with domestic, lifts global to $151.4M.
Among new openers, France led play with $5.1M at a clear No. 1 and beating all comps. In Australia, $4M was the 2nd biggest WB opening weekend of 2023 as well as the 2nd biggest family opening weekend of the year. Italy’s $3.4M start was also a clear No. 1 and tracking above comps.
In IMAX, Wonka’s global cume is $8.7M.
Elsewhere, Disney’s Wish is gaining some traction with a solid -38% hold and including a No. 1 opening in Japan this weekend of $4.4M to make it the second-biggest non-local animated start of the year. The full frame was worth $12.2M in 39 offshore markets, lifting the international total to $72M and global to $126.2M. Markets still to come include Italy, Australia, Korea and Brazil.
The Top 5 markets to date are as follows: France ($9.2M), UK ($8.4M), Germany ($7.7M), China ($5.9M) and Spain ($4.8M).
Ridley Scott’s Apple Original Films produced/Sony Pictures distributed Napoleon lifted its global take to $188.4M this session. The international weekend of $8M in 65 markets pushed the overseas cume to $131.4M.
Holdover markets continue to play well and were down 51% as a group.
The Top 5 are the UK ($15.7M), France ($13.5M), Germany ($9.6M), Spain ($9.4M) and Italy ($8.3M).
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is set to cross $300M global through Sunday. The overseas weekend was $6.5M in 84 markets, lifting the offshore cume to $155.3M and global to $300.5M.
Here are the Top 5 so far: UK ($19.8M), Germany ($14.6M), Australia ($12.5M), France ($11.7M) and Mexico ($10.1M).
Universal/Illumination’s Migration, which is on a staggered release, added $5.2M for the second frame overseas. It’s now playing in a total 26 offshore markets and has a cume of $12.3M. This session added eights markets to perform just off Wish, Encanto and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish excluding previews.
Mexico opened with $2M, including $200K from previews, at No.2 in the market behind Wonka. This is in line with Encanto and just off Wish, Sing and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish excluding previews. Migration received positive reviews from the Mexican press, and strong midweek performance is expected. Winter break for schools has now begun, lasting until January 8th.
Top 5 so far are France ($3.1M), Italy ($2.3M), Mexico ($2M), China ($1.5M) and Belgium ($570K).
Still ahead in this long rollout are Germany, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Korea, UK and Japan.
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