Worldwide field workplace January 10-12
| Rank | Movie (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney) | $41.1m | $539.7m | $27.9m | $350.9m | 53 |
| 2. | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (Paramount) | $31.3m | $384.8m | $20.3m | $180.3m | 63 |
| 3. | Nosferatu (Common) | $20.5m | $135.8m | $13.7m | $54m | 64 |
| 4. | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (varied) | $19.7m | $19.8m | $4.2m | $4.3m | 35 |
| 5. | Moana 2 (Disney) | $17.6m | $989.8m | $11.1m | $554.9m | 53 |
| 6. | Depraved (Common) | $10.6m | $697.6m | $5.6m | $238.7m | 82 |
| 7. | Octopus With Damaged Arms (varied) | $10.3m | $93.8m | $10.3m | $93.8m | 6 |
| 8. | Huge World (varied) | $6.1m | $90m | $6.1m | $90m | 1 |
| 9. | Babygirl (varied) | $6m | $28.1m | $2.9 | $6.3m | 22 |
| 10. | Honey Cash Phony (varied) | $5.6m | $39.9m | $5.6m | $39.7m | 4 |
Credit score: Comscore. All figures are estimates.
Mufasa guidelines everlasting
Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King has now topped the worldwide chart for 4 consecutive weekends. The CGI blockbuster added $41.1m this weekend – down 46.8% on its earlier weekend, however nonetheless the snug market chief.
Barry Jenkins’ movie now has $539.7m in whole, comprised of $350.9m internationally and $188.8m from the US. It grew to become the ninth-highest-grossing 2024 launch this weekend, topping Venom: The Final Dance ($478m); and can high Kung Fu Panda 4 ($548m) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ($572m) inside the subsequent week.
Australia and China each posted sturdy holds, falling simply 18%; whereas Spain (-22%), Brazil (-29%) and UK-Eire (-34%) additionally held effectively. It stays the primary non-local movie in France, Germany, Spain, UK-Eire, Brazil, Mexico and Latin America general.
Sonic retains tempo
Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 maintained second spot for a 3rd weekend, including $31.3m to its whole to hit $384.8m. This got here from $11m in North America and $20.3m internationally, with a 55% drop within the latter.
It opened to $1.8m from 10,140 websites in China – the top-grossing worldwide territory for the weekend, alongside Australia, the place it was the primary movie.
It took $1.7m in UK-Eire for fourth spot; with $1.6m in Mexico for third, $1.4m in Brazil for second and $1.4m in France for third. The movie’s closing two markets, the Philippines and Turkey, open within the subsequent week.
The third title has now handed the $319.7m of the 2020 first Sonic movie; and will high the $405.4m of the 2022 second entry inside the subsequent week.
Thieves steal a high 5 spot
Christian Gudegast’s crime sequel Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera stole a high 5 spot from beneath the noses of larger studio titles, with a $19.7m weekend worldwide opening weekend from 35 markets.
The movie scored a primary opening within the US with $15.5m; with worldwide openings in Australia, France and Spain. Lionsgate distributes within the US, with worldwide distribution companions together with Metropolitan Filmexport in France and Fortunate Purple in Italy. Twelve additional territories will open from subsequent weekend, together with Germany and Mexico; with the worldwide rollout to proceed by means of March to a complete of 72 markets. The movie has $20.5m banked worldwide.
Pantera is a sequel to STX Leisure’s 2018 Den Of Thieves, which made $80m. Starring Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr., the sequel sees Butler’s ‘Huge Nick’ O’Brien on the hunt in Europe, for a person embroiled on the planet of diamond thieves and the notorious Panther mafia.
US filmmaker Gudegast has a powerful historical past with Scottish actor Butler, having written 2016’s London Has Fallen and been govt producer on 2023’s Airplane.
Babygirl drinks its milk
Halina Reijn’s awards-contending erotic thriller Babygirl breached the highest 10 for the primary time this weekend, with a $6m worldwide session.
This was comprised of $3.1m in North America – the place it’s as much as $21.7m, by means of A24; and $2.9m internationally – the place it stands at $6.3m. The movie has $28.1m in whole, from 22 markets.
UK-Eire, Brazil, Norway and Finland have been amongst these to open this weekend; with France, Belgium, Russia, and Spain to return subsequent weekend; and Sweden, Turkey, Germany and Australia to comply with earlier than the tip of the month.
Dutch director Reijn’s third function stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO who places her profession and household on the road when she begins an affair together with her much-younger intern (performed by 2017 Display Star of Tomorrow Harris Dickinson).
Landmarks on the horizon
A $20.5m weekend for Robert Eggers’ horror Nosferatu was sufficient for third place within the world chart. The Common launch, starring Lily-Rose Depp and Invoice Skarsgard, is as much as $135.8m worldwide, having crossed $50m internationally for $54m. It topped the worldwide whole of each Longlegs and Eggers’ personal The Northman this weekend; and is Eggers’ highest-grossing movie in 49 worldwide markets.
UK-Eire stays the highest worldwide market, with $2.6m on its second weekend; whereas Mexico ($1.6m), Germany ($1.4m) and Italy ($1.2m) are all performing effectively.
Disney’s Moana 2 is closing in on the lauded $1bn line, with $17.6m on its newest session taking it to $989.8m. It ought to hit 10 figures earlier than subsequent weekend; with greater than half of that quantity (at present $554.9m) coming from worldwide territories.
It has handed Despicable Me 4 ($969m) to change into the third-highest-grossing 2024 launch, behind two different Disney titles – Inside Out 2 ($1.7bn) and Deadpool & Wolverine ($1.3bn).
Common’s Depraved will have fun its personal milestone inside the subsequent few days, because it crosses $700m (at present on $697.6m). Regardless of already launching on digital platforms in lots of international locations, the movie added $10.6m this weekend, cut up between $5.6m internationally and $5m in North America.
Germany was its high worldwide market, the place it added $1.2m to hit $16.7m; whereas it’s now the second-highest-grossing 2024 launch within the UK and Eire with $74.1m, behind solely Inside Out 2.
