Worldwide field workplace December 13-15
| Rank | Movie (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Moana 2 (Disney) | $83.8m | $717m | $57.2m | $379.5m | 53 |
| 2. | Depraved (Common) | $44m | $525m | $21.5m | $165.9m | 82 |
| 3. | Pushpa: The Rule – Half 2 (varied) | $29.2m | $166.8m | $27.6m | $154m | 37 |
| 4. | Kraven The Hunter (Sony) | $26m | $26m | $15m | $15m | 61 |
| 5. | Gladiator II (Paramount) | $17.5m | $398.5m | $9.7m | $252.6m | 66 |
| 6. | The Lord Of The Rings: The Warfare Of The Rohirrim (Warner Bros) | $8.6m | $10.3m | $4m | $5.7m | 73 |
| 7. | Her Story (varied) | $7.1m | $88.1m | $7.1m | $87.7m | 8 |
| 8. | Pink One (Warner Bros) | $6.8m | $175.3m | $2.3m | $82.6m | 76 |
| 9. | The Final Dance (varied) | $6.6m | $29.6m | $6.6m | $29.3m | 8 |
| 10. | Cells At Work! (Warner Bros) | $5.7m | $5.7m | $5.7m | $5.7m | 1 |
Credit score: Comscore. All figures are estimates
Moana rides the wave
Disney sequel Moana 2 held the worldwide field workplace lead for a 3rd consecutive weekend, with a drop of 46.2% on final outing nowhere close to sufficient to knock it off high spot.
The animated function added $83.8m from 53 territories, for a world complete of $717m – sneaking previous the $714m of Dune: Half Two to grow to be the fourth highest-grossing launch of 2024.
Additionally it is the fourth highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation Studios launch ever, behind Frozen II ($1.5bn), Frozen ($1.3bn) and Zootopia ($1bn).
The movie remained in high spot in most main markets, together with North America, UK-Eire, France, Germany and Mexico; and is the primary non-local title in markets together with China.
The most effective holds this weekend have been in Korea (-35%), Australia (-37%) and Japan (-37%), as a part of a $379.5m worldwide complete – the fifth highest-grossing worldwide launch of the 12 months, forward of titles together with Venom: The Final Dance ($334m), Kung Fu Panda 4 ($354m), and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ($375m).
With all worldwide markets now open, the coveted $1bn mark could also be past Moana 2, however it seems to have received the battle of the November blockbuster releases, forward of Common’s Depraved and Paramount’s Gladiator II.
Depraved defies gravity
John M. Chu’s fantasy musical Depraved continues to play nicely after 4 weekends in cinemas, surpassing Les Misérables to grow to be the second highest-grossing stage adaptation of all time, behind solely Mamma Mia! ($611.4m).
The movie opened in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland this weekend, taking a cumulative $6m – greater than double the beginning of Les Misérables when excluding previews. Its $4.9m in Germany was the most important non-sequel opening of 2024, and largest stage adaptation opening ever.
The UK and Eire continues to go to Ozin droves, dropping simply 35% with $4.4m. This was solely simply behind the $4.6m of Moana 2, elevating the prospect of Depraved regaining its primary spot available in the market subsequent week. It has now crossed $50m within the territory – additional particulars will probably be posted in Display’s UK-Eire field workplace column later right now.
Different sturdy holdovers included the UAE (-21%), Hong Kong (-22%), Israel (-24%), Taiwan and Korea (each -27%).
The movie is now as much as $525m, of which $165.89m comes from worldwide territories – in step with The Little Mermaid and Mamma Mia 2 and above Les Misérables on the similar stage.
The primary a part of the two-part story sees Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba battle then group up with Ariana Grande’s Galinda, to attempt to assist the animals of Oz. Half Two, which shot consecutively with Half One, will probably be launched on November 21, 2025.
Kraven, Rohirrim stumble
After a number of periods of thriving openers, each Sony’s long-awaited Marvel title Kraven The Hunter and Warner Bros’ animation The Lord Of The Rings: The Warfare Of The Rohirrim suffered on opening weekend.
Kraven began with simply $26m worldwide, comprised of $11m from North America and $15m from 60 different worldwide territories.
It was down on the also-disappointing $49.1m begin of fellow Sony Marvel function Madame Net from mid-February this 12 months; and approach off the $175m begin of Venom: The Final Dance from October, with that movie now as much as $475.4m.
The one solace for Sony would be the key Kraven markets nonetheless to come back: France (December 18), Ukraine (December 19), Thailand (December 25), India (January 1, 2025) and South Korea (January 17).
The movie tells the story of Kraven, a person whose advanced relationship along with his ruthless gangster father begins him down a path of vengeance. J.C. Chandor directs from Ricardh Wenk, Artwork Marcum and Matt Holloway’s screenplay, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola and Christopher Abbott starring.
Warner Bros’ The Lord Of The Rings: The Warfare Of The Rohirrim didn’t excite both Tolkein or anime followers, with a flat $8.6m weekend from 73 territories. North American led the way in which with $4.6m from over 2,600 areas; whereas UK-Eire made simply $607,000 from 515 websites.
Pushpa earnings
Bollywood crime drama Pushpa: The Rule – Half 2 profited from the lacklustre openings, holding its quantity three spot within the world chart with a $29.2m session from 37 territories.
$27.6m of this got here from worldwide markets, the place the movie is now as much as a formidable $154m ($166.8m worldwide).
The field workplace seems to not have been adversely affected by the arrest of its Indian star Allu Arjun on December 13, every week after a stampede at a screening in Hyderbad, India attended by Arjun killed a girl and left her son significantly injured. Arjun was granted an interim bail by the Telangana Excessive Courtroom shortly after his arrest.
The sequel, directed by Sukumar, sees the eponymous character wrestle to maintain his sandalwood smuggling enterprise within the face of opposition from the police.
Gladiator II battles for extra
Paramount’s Gladiator II is closing in on the $400m mark, with a $17.5m session taking it to $398.5m from 5 weekends in cinemas. Prime areas included the UK and Eire, the place it added $1.2m to hit $35.7m; France, the place $1.1m took it to $26.4m; and Mexico, the place $705,000 topped as much as a $15.6m complete.
Ridley Scott’s 2000 first movie made $465.5m worldwide, which, albeit at considerably completely different forex charges, continues to be nearly in attain for the sequel.