MONDAY WRITETHRU UPDATE: The global box office is humming with Sony/Marvel Studio’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossing the $1 billion threshold abroad in 12 days of release, the second-fastest to do so after Avengers: Endgame. The Destin Daniel Cretton movie is now the 12th highest ever at the worldwide B.O. with $1.67B ($654.3M domestic, $1.013B overseas). Brand New Day is chasing history with more records in store and $2 billion global soon within its reach.
Brand New Day becomes the 16th movie to gross north of $1B at the foreign box office. Read on, as we have more deep dive stats on each territory’s milestones and records.
On Sunday, Universal’s The Odyssey became Christopher Nolan’s highest grossing movie ever of his career with $1.1B.
Brand New Day charted $144.2M stateside, the third highest second weekend ever at the North American B.O. and one of eight movies to ever gross more than $100M in its second weekend. Pic’s $654.3M stateside running cume is the most a movie has ever made over ten days.
For the most part, the movie was No. 1 everywhere in its 67 markets at 72,800 plus screens — except for Korea where Universal’s The Odyssey docked grabbed a No. 1 take of $14.5M. Brand New Day was $10.9M there, -46% for a running cume of $43.4M; +25% over No Way Home. Overall global second weekend for the Tom Holland-Zendaya movie is $381.3M with $237.1M coming from offshore, a 47% ease. Brand New Day was also second in Japan to local animation title Chiikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island‘s third weekend (that pic having Y1.699 BN while Spidey had Y629M or $4M, -60%, $18.6M cume, +14% over No Way Home). Rentrak reports that Chiikawa overall take in three territories (notably Japan, Hong Kong) was $11.95M, No. 7 for the global weekend with a running cume of $45M.
China again led the international weekend with $29.1M for a cume of $186.7M. Brand New Day became India’s biggest Hollywood release ever, after a $10.6M weekend taking its tally to $52.8M. Brand New Day also became No. 1 MPA title of all-time in Pakistan with $539K 2nd weekend, -42%, $2.1M cume. United Arab Emirates had a $3.3M second frame, -54%, $12.8M cume; making it the No. 2 MPA title of all-time.
Brazil delivered the frame’s best hold among top 10 markets, -31% for $14M and a $46.9M cume. Brand New Day is the No. 1 movie of all-time in that territory after two weekends in release, +40% Spider-Man: No Way Home and +4% over Avengers: Endgame.
Spain’s $4.9M (-49%) second weekend and $28.6M running cume makes it the No. 1 pic of all-time there, +81% above No Way Home and +17% over Endgame.
Other places where Brand New Day is the top grossing MPA movie ever after two weekends in release include Peru ($3.3M, -46%, $14.1M cume; +81% over No Way Home, +17% over Endgame) and Italy ($6.4M weekend, -53%, $31.2M cume; +57% over No Way Home, +3% over Endgame)
In the Philippines ($5.4M weekend, -43%, $17.2M cume) the pic is the no. 2 of all-time, 7x bigger than No Way Home.
Other top weekend results are UK ($16.2M, -49%, $87.6M cume; +13% over Endgame), Mexico ($15.3M, -51%, $65.9M cume on par with No Way Home and Endgame), France ($14.9M, -46%, $50.2M cume; +20% over Endgame), Australia ($12M, -44%, $39.1M cume; +26% over No Way Home), Germany ($10.9M, -32%, $38.1M cume, +87% from No Way Home).
Malaysia was $4.6M, -39%, $14.2M cume, +46% over No Way Home, Indonesia was $4.4M weekend, -43% in its second frame, with $13.7M on par with No Way Home; Colombia was $4.5M, -21% in weekend 2 with $13.3M, +3% over Endgame; while Central America was $3.1M, -42% in weekend 2, $11.3M cume, +45% over No Way Home.
To summarize (and to even repeat), Brand New Day has passed the lifetime of No Way Home in the following markets: Bulgaria, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Suriname, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, UAE, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
Universal’s The Odyssey saw a fourth global weekend of $113.6M with $81.9M from overseas ($649.9M running foreign cume) and $31.7M domestic ($461.3M). It’s ranked No. 2 for the global weekend. As we told you at $1.11 billion, it’s the second biggest R-rated movie ever behind Deadpool & Wolverine‘s $1.33B.
Korea’s start of $14.4M is the biggest in Nolan’s career in the market, ahead of Dark Knight Rises. It’s also Uni’s second-biggest opening weekend ever, only behind JW: Fallen Kingdom. It also achieved the biggest ever August opening weekend for an MPA title, and the second-biggest MPA opening weekend of the year, only behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Odyssey owned 44% share of the whole market on Saturday. This follows a fantastic Wednesday start that achieved the studio’s biggest non-holiday opening day ever in the market, the second biggest MPA opening day of the year behind Spider-Man, and the third biggest opening day ever for a Nolan film in Korea, only behind Oppenheimer (which released on a national holiday) and The Dark Knight Rises. Audience reactions are excellent, with a great CGV Egg Score of 97%. Imax drove close to 20% of pic’s opening day gross. In its opening weekend alone, Odyssey bested the lifetimes of No Time to Die and Tenet.
UK and Ireland saw $7.1M for a running cume of $82.4M, the No. 2 pic in the market behind Brand New Day and Nolan’s biggest pic ever in his native land.
France’s weekend 4 added $7.1M, for a $60.8M cume through Sunday, surpassing the lifetime of Top Gun: Maverick. And, yes, Nolan’s biggest title in the market.
Germany added $5.2M, for a $39.4M cume, the pic being Nolan’s second-biggest film in the market, having overtaken the lifetime of The Dark Knight Rises earlier in the week.
Italy saw $4.6M in weekend 4 and a $50.6M cume through Sunday above all key comps at the same point including Avatar: The Way of Water. The Odyssey is a strong No.2 behind Spider-Man. The movie is Nolan’s biggest ever in Italy.
Australia grossed $3.7M in its fourth frame, and with a $33M running total, it’s Nolan’s biggest ever in the market.
Mexico grossed $3.1M in weekend four with $30.6M, also the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s biggest there.
Spain added $2.5M in Wknd 4 to reach a cume of $29.8M, overtaking the lifetime of Oppenheimer this week to become Nolan’s biggest film ever in the market. Pic ranked second behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
The Netherlands saw $2.1M in its fourth session for a $15.6M cume through Sunday, now Nolan’s second-biggest film in the market.
Brazil also added $2M in weekend 4 an $18.5M cume through Sunday. The director’s biggest there.
In Saudi Arabia, The Odyssey is Nolan’s biggest film in the market, having overtaken the lifetime of Oppenheimer earlier in the week. Weekend 4 minted $1.8M to reach $14.4M cume to-date.
In the No. 3 spot was Paramount/Spin Master’s Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie with $23M weekend and a $25M foreign B.O. running cume from 30 territories, a 75% foreign footprint. The pic opens this Friday in U.S./Canada in addition to 22 more territories, with another 12 markets to follow thereafter.
Pic’s top ten highest openings included: China opened at #7 grossing $5.5M at 10,830 locations. France No. 3 grossing $4.5M including paid previews at 734 locations. UK with $2.2M in No. 3 with paid previews at 620 sites. Germany No. 3 with $2.2M and paid previews and at 593 theaters. Poland saw a No. 2 bow with $1.3M at 295 locations, including previews. Spain opened No. 3 grossing $745K at 361 locations. Netherlands also saw a No. 3 opening but with $615K including previews at 133 locations. Denmark No. 3 with $504K plus previews at 115 sites. Norway was No. 3 with $431K at 118 theaters, while Sweden also notched third with $396K including previews at 112 locations.
China’s family movie All Wishes Come True ranked fourth on the global weekend chart with $19.4M after four weekends in release with a running cume of $208.3M.
Toy Story 5 with $1.094B running cume is now Pixar’s third highest global grossing pic ever ahead of Toy Story 3 ($1.067B) and Toy Story 4 ($1.074B), and, yes, the best in franchise. It’s now the No. 8 MPA animated global theatrical release. The pic’s eighth global weekend was $13.2M in the No. 5 spot ($3.9M domestic, $9.3M from 52 territories) with North American running cume at $470.4M and foreign at $623.6M. Toy Story 5 remains the No. 1 non-local release YTD in Japan ($65.7M) and Mexico ($78M best territory outside U.S./Canada) as well as Argentina ($23.9M), Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay and the Latin America region as a whole. Other updated local cumes are UK ($71.6M), China ($42M), France ($35M), Brazil ($34.1M), Australia ($31.7M), Spain ($22.2M) and Korea ($19.9M).
Universal’s Minions & Monsters added $13.2M global in its sixth weekend ($3.5M domestic, $9.7M int’l) for a running worldwide tally of $473.9M ($176.3M domestic, $297.6M foreign) tying for the No. 5 spot. Japan opened to $2.7M this weekend across 566 screens, ranking No. 3 in the market, behind local hit animation Chiikawa and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
And the rest:
8. Moana (Dis) $8.4M WW ($5.6M Int’l at 52 territories, $2.8M dom), Cume $280.4M WW ($159M int’, $121.4M dom)/Wk 5
9. To Your Island (China) $7.5M Int’l/Wk 1
10. Obsession (Uni/Foc) $6.1M WW ($5.9M Int’l, $210K dom), $488.1M WW ($224.7M Int’l, $263.3M dom)/Wk 13
New opening was Taiwan with a No. 5 start with $263K at 81 screens, above Longlegs, Sinners, Smile, more than double Scream 7 and more than 3x The Black Phone.
Taiwan enjoyed an exceptional start, grossing $263k across 81 screens, above Longlegs, Sinners, Smile, more than double Scream 7 and more than 3x The Black Phone.Pic hits Korea on Sept. 2.
Leave a Reply