‘Black Panther’ Roars To $910M WW, $403M Overseas – International Box Office
by
Nancy Tartaglione
March 6, 2018 11:03am
TUESDAY AM UPDATE: With
$909.8M at the global box office through Monday, Disney/Marvel’s
Black Panther has now surpassed
Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, Batman Vs Superman, Spider-Man: Homecoming and
Spider-Man 3 worldwide. Based on the weekend’s numbers, we saw this $900M+ milestone coming — and $1B is on the cards next weekend. The film has also crossed $400M at the
international box officewith
$403.4M through yesterday. Overseas, the industry sees this one getting to about $600M, including what sources peg as an umtimately possible $100M-$120M in China which bows on Friday.
PREVIOUS TUESDAY, with weekend actuals: With a 3rd leading
domestic weekend in a row, and as overseas turnstiles tipped towards $400M, Disney/Marvel’s
Black Panther grossed
$899.9M globally through Sunday. With Monday’s figures included that will have pushed the Wakanda wonder past the $400M offshore and $900M worldwide milestones — we’ll have a full update on yesterday’s takings later today. The breakdown through Sunday was
$501.7M in North America and
$398.2M at the international box office.
The Ryan Coogler-helmed
Black Panther is the 5th Marvel Cinematic Universe title to reach $900M globally, after
The Avengers, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Iron Man 3 and
Captain America: Civil War. For T’Challa, the $1B worldwide box office mark lies ahead next weekend. Overseas, the industry sees this one getting to about $600M, including what sources peg as a possible $100M-$120M in China.
Domestically,
Black Panther continues to play at the top end of the Marvel echelon while the best overseas comps are
Doctor Strange,
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 and
Thor: Ragnarok.
BP is dominating each of those.
Internationally, this frame was worth
$57.7M in 56 material markets. Overall abroad, holds were generally solid with a 42% decline from last weekend. While Italy and Spain have been notably soft on the Panther, he’s come up a bit in Germany versus the early dominance of
Fifty Shades Freed. Elsewhere,
BP is the highest-grossing movie of all time in West and East Africa; the top MCU title in the Netherlands; and has run past the lifetime of
Thor 3 in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, demonstrating the strong appetite in South East Asia despite initial concerns.
Next weekend T’Challa takes on
China and should take the win with advance ticket sales that have been tracking at the level of
Spider-Man: Homecoming. That film opened to $71M last September, and finaled at $116M.
Bona
In the meantime,
Operation Red Seacontinues to lead the charge in the Middle Kingdom, rising to
$479Mthrough Monday, after just 18 days in release. It won the international weekend with
$62.6M to top
Black Panther for the second frame in a row. Overall in China, it’s still being led by its fellow New Year release,
Detective Chinatown 2, which is closing in on $500M at an estimated
$497.7M through Monday (more in the local-language section below the main post).
Those two films kept pretty much everyone else at bay in the Middle Kingdom, although as the only new kids offering, Sony’s
Peter Rabbit had a good start at $12.7M. That helped it hop past $100M global. And, multiple Oscar nominee
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri posted a solid art-house launch of $2.4M on 972 screens.
20th Century Fox
The weekend’s major new opener, Fox/Chernin’s Jennifer Lawrence-starrer
Red Sparrow grossed
$26.6M in its maiden flight in 67 markets. That’s about equal to what the last Lawrence-fronted pic,
mother!, did in its lifetime overseas, and is 60% of
Atomic Blonde‘s full run. The movie was No. 4 internationally this weekend, No. 2 among Hollywood titles (more below).
In other Fox news,
Maze Runner: The Death Cure has topped both
The Scorch Trials and the original
Maze Runner internationally.
Elsewhere, Universal’s
Fifty Shades Freed has collared over $250M overseas as it approaches $350M worldwide. And, while Disney is going to hold off further detailed reporting on its double Oscar winner
Coco until the film opens in Japan on March 16, this weekend was worth $3.3M for a $536.4M overseas cume and $745M worldwide.
The coming frame notably brings MGM/Warner Bros’
Tomb Raider to Korea and some other Asian hubs with Alicia Vikander in the kick-ass Lara Croft role. Also debuting is Disney’s
A Wrinkle In Time in a soft overseas rollout that includes Spain, Russia and Mexico as the majors. And, as noted,
Black Panther heads to China in what will be a closely-watched performance. T’Challa will hit 510 IMAX screens there.
Breakdowns and actuals on the films above and more have been updated below.
NEW
RED SPARROW
20th Century Fox
Directed by Francis Lawrence, 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s
Red Sparrowopened No. 1 in 10 markets including some good starts in Germany, the UK, Taiwan and Spain. The Jennifer Lawrence-starrer grossed a decent
$26.6M in 67 markets, matching the lifetime of Lawrence’s
mother! from last fall. It’s also about 60% of the full business done overseas by comp
Atomic Blonde. Fox is offering a comp to
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, an older film with better known source material, but a lesser known star.
Red Sparrow is 28.3% above that movie at open, in the same markets and at today’s exchange rates.
After being led by
Black Panther for the past couple of frames,
Taiwan gave over to the Sparrow with $2.4M including Fox’s 5th biggest opening day of all time. The
UK was the lead launch at $2.57M and No. 2, although harsh weather was a factor.
Germany came in next at $2.45M for No. 2 and 15% above
The Bourne Legacy.
Spain had a good $2M start on 608 screens at No. 1.
The film has a B CinemaScore domestically and will likely under-deliver there with a take below $60M. It carries a net $69M production cost, which reportedly includes Lawrence’s estimated $15M-$20M paycheck. The film will have to sing for its supper overseas, but at this early stage, industry sources say it won’t break even at the current trajectory. Outside the mega
Hunger Games and
X-Menfranchises, Lawrence’s pictures have typically grossed over $100M offshore — although awards-season momentum and co-stars have traditionally helped.
Red Sparrow has another 10 markets to launch through May including Japan, France and Russia. It should continue to do some business with older audiences. But it will face competition from the female-led
Tomb Raider beginning next weekend and as several big titles hit marquees throughout the month.
HOLDOVERS/EXPANSIONS
BLACK PANTHER
Disney
As he got ready to roar past $400M internationally and $900M globally on Monday, Disney/Marvel’s
Black Pantherdropped 42% in the 3rd overseas session for a
$57.7M take in 56 markets. The $1B mark worldwide will be met next weekend. While play has been strong in South East Asia despite early concerns on how the film would be embraced there, next weekend will be the ultimate test when China opens. We’ve been hearing advance ticket sales are on par with
Spider-Man: Homecoming which is promising given that movie opened to $71M last September and went on to final with $116M.
The Wakanda crew have been on a tear domestically while overseas they’re comping to such Marvel stablemates as
Doctor Strange, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 and
Thor: Ragnarok. Respectively,
BP is ahead of those movies by 36%, 21% and 8%.
This week, Japan was the new play, while Russia opened wide last Monday. In
Russia,
BP has already crushed the lifetimes of
Ant-Man and
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as well as DC titles
Justice League and
Wonder Woman. As
expected in
Japan,
BP came in behind the latest
Doraemon, grossing $4.2M including previews to land 47% ahead of
Ant-Man, 32% ahead of
Guardians Of The Galaxy and to hammer out 28% more than
Thor: Ragnarok.
In Europe, the drop was 37% this session, despite some cinema closures due to Siberian-style weather.
BP held No. 1 in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. Italy and Spain have given the Panther the cold shoulder, but Germany has seen something of a rebound after a soft start that was hampered by the dominance of
Fifty Shades Freed.
In South Africa,
BP is the No. 5 all-time release, and, as noted above is the highest-grossing movie ever in West and East Africa. It’s also the top MCU release ever in the Netherlands.
Asia Pacific dipped 53% with hat tricks at No. 1 for Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore. T’Challa has exceeded the entire run of
Thor: Ragnarok in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Latin America, typically a big DC region, has been good to the Panther with a 36% drop this session and continued No. 1s across the zone. The film has surpassed
Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and
GOTG2 there.
In
IMAX, the global cume is now $65.5M including a record March opening in Japan and the 4th highest Marvel IMAX opening ever in the market, earning $713K from 29 screens.
The Top 10 overall overseas markets to date are: the UK ($49.1M), Korea ($41.4M), Brazil ($24.9M), Australia ($22.3M), Mexico ($22M), France ($21.4M), Germany ($14.9M), Russia ($12.9M), Taiwan ($11.9M) and Indonesia ($11.3M).
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