BoxOfficeMojo and Deadline are not nearly as "gloom and doom" as BGOL.
Some of y'all sound like you're WISHING and HOPING the movie will FAIL.
Serious question... WHY?
'Hobbs & Shaw' Repeats at #1
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4536&p=.htm
It wasn't as close a race at the top of the weekend box office as we thought it might be heading into the weekend as Universal's
Hobbs & Shaw held on much better than expected and easily retained the #1 spot for a second week in a row. As for the weekend's crowd of
six new wide releases, CBS Films, eOne and Lionsgate's
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark led the way with nearly $21 million, followed by a decent performance from Paramount's
Dora and the Lost City of Gold while Fathom and Trafalgar's release of
Bring the Soul: The Movie appears to have eked its way into the top ten.
Leading the weekend was
Hobbs & Shaw for the second weekend in a row. The film held on quite well in its second weekend, dipping just -51% for an estimated
$25.4 million sophomore frame and a domestic cume that now stands at $108.5 million.
Internationally,
Hobbs & Shaw added another $60.8 million internationally, pushing its overseas cume to $224.1 million for a global tally that now tops $332 million as it enters its second week in release. This week saw the film open in five new markets including a $6.9 million launch in France, a $2.6 million debut in Italy and a $1.6 million opening in Belgium. The film has still yet to open in Korea, where it will debut on August 14, followed by an August 23 launch in China.
‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Pumps Up $333M Global
https://deadline.com/2019/08/fast-a...a-global-international-box-office-1202665985/
Universal’s
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw put another
$60.8M in the tank during its second frame at the
international box office. The Dwayne Johnson/Jason Statham-starrer pumped up its overseas cume to
$224.1M in 66 markets through Sunday, and global to
$332.6M. The drop in offshore markets that opened last session was 52% when comping standard weekends and excluding previews.
Overall,
H&S is tracking in line with
Fast & Furious 6 and about 40% lower than
Furious 7 and
The Fate Of The Furious. By way of comparison, although it was coming off a record opening during Easter 2017, the latter film dipped by 60% in its second offshore frame.
H&S added five new markets this session, which are tracking about 30% ahead of
Mission: Impossible – Fallout combined. Despite a big holiday travel weekend,
France was the best opener at $6.9M for No. 1. The
UK is currently the lead
H&S hub at $15.6M with a good 40% drop from the debut.
Still to come on the David Leitch-helmed
Hobbs & Shaw are Korea on August 14 and
China on August 23. The
F&F franchise is a massive draw in the latter, while the stars of
H&S also excel. Johnson and Statham both spent time in Beijing this past week for a local premiere.
..thought numbers would have been better overseas....did it drop in China yet ...?
