Refresh for latest…: Coming in ahead of projections, New Line/Warner Bros’ Final Destination Bloodlines has arrived with a $102M global start this weekend. In a rare feat, that number is made up of an even split of $51M each from domestic and the international box office for the well-reviewed title.
Overseas, the Zach Lipovsky- and Adam B. Stein-directed installment is by far the best debut of the long-running franchise. It ranked No. 1 in 53 offshore markets this session, and in like-for-likes is tracking above Smile (+232%), Happy Death Day (+194%), Saw X (+173%), Final Destination 5 (+133%) and The Final Destination (+96%), among others.
Warners has been packing in movies in this first half of the year, and kudos to them and the success of A Minecraft Movie, Sinners and now the latest Final Destination, which comes ahead of what’s expected to be a mega-weekend for Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on deck. All boats rise.
With regard to Bloodlines, it came in No. 1 in all of Latin America, topping the lifetime grosses of Smile 2, Halloween Ends, Scream VI and The Final Destination. In Europe, it was No. 1 for the region, notably in the UK and France.
Overall, the Top 5 starts were Mexico ($5.5M), UK ($5.3M), Philippines ($3.4M), India ($3M) and France ($3M).
Meanwhile, Marvel/Disney’s Thunderbolts*, in its third weekend, added $15.7M from overseas. That brings the international running total to $170.3M and global passes the three-century mark to reach $325.7M.
The Top 5 to date are: UK ($18.4M), China ($15.2M), Mexico ($13.7M), France ($8.6M) and Australia ($7.8M).
In its continued run, Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie built another $8.3M into the mix from 78 overseas markets. That’s a strong -35% holdover from last weekend. The international running cume is now $512M with the worldwide total to-date at $928.6M.
Top five markets through Sunday are: UK ($72.1M), Germany ($37.6M), Australia ($34.6M), Mexico ($32.5M) and China ($28.7M).
Next weekend portends a double whammy of Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
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