‘A Minecraft Movie’ Blasts To $551M Global; ‘The Amateur’ Spies $32M – International Box Office
Refresh for latest…: The Chicken Jockey has galloped past the half-century mark at the global box office, with A Minecraft Movie at an estimated $550.6M worldwide through today. Of that, $269.6M is from overseas.
During the sophomore session, the Warner Bros/Legendary hit added $79.6M from 76 international box office markets for a -42% hold excluding China. Despite the current geopolitical discord, the movie was No. 1 in that market on both Saturday and Sunday, and is in a tight race with a local title for the weekend win.
Overall overseas, the Jason Momoa/Jack Black-starrer is tracking strongly above comps in like-for-like markets at today’s rates. Examples include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (+229%), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (+76%), Sonic 3 (+75%), Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (+71%), Kung Fu Panda 4 (+61%) and Jumanji: The Next Level (+40%).
The Top 5 markets so far are the UK ($39.8M), China ($20.3M), Germany ($18.9M), Mexico ($18.7M) and Australia ($18.5M).
Kids holidays are up and running in many offshore markets and will continue through Easter, boding well for midweek play. Japan and Korea are also still to release, at the end of the month.
We’ll dig into more Minecraft detail below.
New this frame was 20th Century/Disney’s The Amateur with $17.2M from 52 material overseas markets where it opened day-and-date with domestic. The global launch is $32.2M, slightly above projections. The Rami Malek-starrer was No. 2 in most offshore plays, behind Minecraft. The best performances for the spy thriller were in Europe and Latin America.
From director James Hawes, the globetrotting movie was No. 2 non-local in all European majors including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. The opening weekend was 8% ahead of The Accountant regionally in like-for-likes at current rates.
Across Latin America, it debuted at No. 2 in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay. The bow was 27% ahead of Argylle and 23% over The Creator regionally in like-for-likes at today’s rates.
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