This weekend saw two new studio movies making a significant impact at the box office, exceeding expectations and setting new milestones.
Weekend Box Office Highlights
Refresh for latest…: Two new studio movies entered the marketplace this weekend, and both exceeded expectations.
Weapons Leads the Charge
New Line/Warner Bros’ Weapons led the charge for the studios at the international box office with the well-reviewed horror from Zach Cregger grossing $27.5M from 72 markets. Combined with domestic earnings, that takes the global debut to $70M.
Freakier Friday’s Performance
Meanwhile, Disney’s Freakier Friday, with a $15.5M overseas launch in 46 markets, had a global bow of $44.5M.
Jurassic World Rebirth Milestone
And, there’s a new milestone for Universal/Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth. Read on…
International Opening Performance
Weapons’ international opening is tracking above Speak No Evil (+164%), Smile (+77%), The Black Phone (+59%), Evil Dead Rise (+34%) and M3GAN (+29%).
Regional Highlights
In Europe, Weapons was tops for the region including the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Holland, and Poland. In like-for-likes, the debut was ahead of Sinners (+33%), Smile (+46%) and Speak No Evil (+110%).
In Latin America, the film ranked No. 1 regionally, though it came in below Freakier Friday in Mexico and some other markets. Still, it outperformed The Black Phone (+17%), Evil Dead Rise (+22%) and M3GAN (+32%) on a regional basis.
In Asia, Weapons topped studio play, particularly notable in Indonesia at No. 1 amid local horror titles.
Top Overseas Markets
The Top 5 overseas starts for the Julia Garner-starrer are: UK ($3.6M), Mexico ($2.7M), France ($2M), Australia ($1.8M) and Spain ($1.6M).
The Imax portion worldwide was $8.1M, including $1.9M from overseas.
Freakier Friday’s Opening
Turning to Disney’s Freakier Friday, the body-swap comedy saw overperformance in Latin America, landing a surprise No. 1 in Mexico ($2.8M) and other regional markets.
Overall, the female and family-skewing pic opened bigger than 2003’s Freaky Friday and 2024’s Mean Girls in like-for-like markets. The film is yet to open in Korea, Japan, and some smaller Asian territories.
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Top Overseas Markets for Freakier Friday
The Top 5 overseas markets at open are: Mexico ($2.8M), UK ($2.4M), Australia ($1.4M), Argentina ($800K) and Colombia ($800K).
Holdovers and Future Releases
In holdovers, Marvel/Disney’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps has reached $434.2M worldwide, including $203.8M from the international box office.
As for Universal/Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth, it is on the cusp of crossing $800M globally, with an estimated offshore cume of $473.2M.
The weekend gross in Japan opened at $7.5M, the biggest 3-day launch for a studio title since The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023.
The Top 5 JWR markets to date are: China ($78.1M), UK ($45.3M), Mexico ($35.3M), Germany ($30.5M) and France ($26.6M).
As Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys 2 continues its overseas rollout, the sequel added $9.3M this frame, lifting the offshore running cume to $40.5M.
Several markets are still to come, including Brazil, China, Italy, Germany, and Australia.
As for Warner/DC’s Superman, the international total is now $247.6M for $578.8M worldwide.
Here are the Top 5 offshore: UK ($35.2M), Mexico ($22.7M), Brazil ($16M), Australia ($15.4M) and France ($14.7M).
