The Way Of Water Tops At $850M, Wakanda Forever Soars To $800M – Deadline

off the second weekend, James Cameron‘s symbol pictureWater way It has been dealt with as much as a bank $855.4 million worldwide through Sunday. Second year session added $168.6 million In the International box office in 52 markets vs. a 601.7 million dollars cume run.

Also outside, the long-awaited 20th Century Studios/Disney spin-off has passed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness And the Minions: The Rise of a Gru becoming Hollywood’s No. 3 biggest selling of 2022. It’s also now the No. 5 studio title in the pandemic era and is soon to top No time to die613 million dollars.

The drop overseas from its opening weekend was 42% (-38% when excluding China), with Christmas Eve falling on Saturday and today Christmas Day. Business on the 24th is generally quiet with cinemas in many markets closing early while the UK is traditionally closed on the 25th.

Some markets were higher than the last session, or saw only single-digit declines, notably Israel (+22%), Hong Kong (-4%), France (-7%), Korea (-7%), Indonesia (-8%), and Ukraine. (-9%).

midweek Last week was very strong, seeing 69% of the opening of the Friday/Saturday/Sunday session last weekend (excluding China). The sci-fi saga is expected to continue that trend this week with the holidays in full swing and plenty of vacation distractions in the back view.

China, the highest market to date, is down 55% this weekend adding $25.9 million to the $100.5 million domestic amount. The film had a strong Saturday/Sunday play compared to Friday, and ticket site Maoyan raised its lifetime bid to 1.11 billion yuan ($160 million). Still less than the original (unedited) 2010 movie, but better than what we’re seeing given Covid concerns in the market.

KoreaAnd the symbol picture: water methodMarket No. 2, it also had a strong performance on Saturday/Sunday and brought in $53 million to date. France ($52.3 million), India ($37 million) and Germany ($35.7 million) out of the top five.

In IMAX, Na’vi scored the third-highest-grossing second weekend of all time with $27.6 million worldwide. The foreign currency price is $62.8 million against $97 million globally. Single market highlights include China with IMAX grossing $25.8 million, 26.2% of the total gross. In France and Korea, IMAX sales rose in its opening weekend. in France water method It is the biggest IMAX title ever while it ranks second in markets like India, Thailand and Vietnam. In 10-12 days of release, a total of 40 markets have already seen it water method Enter the IMAX Top 10 Charts.

After debuting at Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s overseas Puss in Boots: Last Wish Added 28 markets for the holiday session, and made a profit $16.5 million In total 53. The comment from last weekend was +6% and vaccum until Sunday $32.5 million for $50.8 million Worldwide, including Mondays domestically, an estimated $57.2 million worldwide.

Removal Chinawhich had a soft start of $358k with significant Covid impact, opening markets are estimated to be in line with singing 2above Ferdinand And a little below the first sing.

It was the top opening Mexico With $3.1 million including paid previews. The market has been generally soft over the past few weeks, with the focus on Christmas celebrations after two years into the pandemic during which the public faced restrictions around the holiday. The school holidays last until January 9th and the family audience should move in after this weekend.

Germany It grossed US$1.45 million including previews, while Spain (with many movie theaters closed for Christmas) $1.17 million. Friday was significantly higher than its opening Friday singing 2 In line with FerdinandAnd the encanto And the Kung Fu Panda 3. Holland Opening is estimated at $760,000, including previews.

France All Play leads with $8.6 million (+46% in this session), followed by Mexico And the Italia ($3 million). Tomorrow, Australia opens with Korea, Brazil and Japan in 2023.

Meanwhile, Disney/Marvel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever It has reached the $800 million mark worldwide with an estimated gross $799.5 million until sunday. included in it is 373.8 million dollars from the international box office and $425.7 million domestically. The top 5 markets are United kingdom ($38.5 million), Mexico ($35.5 million), France ($30.6 million), Brazil ($20.8 million) and Australia ($19.2 million).

CUMES UPDATED VARIETY / NB

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (DIS): $2.2 million international weekend (50 markets); $373.8 million / $799.5 million worldwide

Whitney Houston: I want to dance with someone (SNY): $2.6 million international weekend (31 markets); $2.6 million / $7.9 million worldwide

Musical Matilda by Roald Dahl (SNY): $1.4 million international weekend (UK only); US$19.7 million cume