Updated to the latest…: worldwide evil Sings at the global box office, estimated at $164.2 million First time. This is a bit away from where it was expected to land through Sunday, as we noted yesterday (see below). The first part of this Broadway musical is directed by Jon M. Chu $114 million Local and $50.2 million From the international box office.
Meanwhile, before we delve deeper into Elphaba and Glinda's opening numbers, Paramount's The second wrestler It has crossed the two-century mark globally, and now with $221 million All over the world. This includes two weekends of overseas play and the first domestic frame – the Ridley Scott-directed sequel has had an early release in overseas markets. The North American launch was $55.5 million, while the frame was added for the second season $50.5 million (-42%) for running outside $165.5 million.
the thisClose numbers on evil and G2 Out this weekend it's not an apples to apples comparison. G2 It plays in many markets where evil It has yet to be released.
Whichever way we slice it, it's good news all around with strong plays from both films — and more (I'm looking at you, Paddington in Peru).
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Previous, updated Saturday worldwide evil He sits beautifully in his world debut, now with anticipation $165 million During Sunday. As expected, the bulk of the dollars going into the witches' cauldron comes from North America, with the expected split at $117 million Local and 48 million dollars From the international box office.
Globally, evil It will mark the biggest weekend for a film based on the Broadway adaptation Wretched ($103 million); 6y the biggest opening weekend of 2024 worldwide; And the fourth-largest opening weekend ever for a musical worldwide, ahead of Little mermaid ($163.6 million).
Internationally, evil It falls within the pre-opening range. The film has only been released in 61 overseas markets, accounting for 65% of the overseas footprint – as France, China, Germany and Japan have yet to release the first installment of the Jon M. Chu-directed Broadway musical adaptation.
However, in similar launch markets, evil On his way to the top start of a movie based on the Broadway adaptation, he accepted Wretched. The outside estimate of $48 million also marks No. 6y The biggest opening weekend ever at the international box office for a musical Mamma Mia: Here we go again ($43 million); And 7y Biggest opening weekend ever overseas for a musical in comparable markets in today's dollars Wonka ($45.7 million).
the UK Under the influence of Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba and Ariana Grande's Glinda as the leading overseas market with an expected $15M+ through Sunday. The UK & Ireland debuted on Friday with a massive $4.9 million for the day across 2,250 screens, the clear No. 1 title in the market with a 63% share of the box office total. This marks the second largest Friday opening of the year (behind Deadpool Wolverine). It is also Universal's biggest opening day since No time to die It was released in September 2021, as well as Universal's fifth-largest Friday opening ever. IMAX delivered Friday's highest-grossing opening in the PG film format.
Ahead of Friday's market opening, Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Vue, noted “record-breaking pre-sales for… evil“, which was” tracked in line with Barbielast year.”
elsewhere, evil He was stopped in first place AustraliaThursday achieved the third-biggest opening day of 2024. Koreawhich leans toward musicals, has $3.3 million through Saturday, with a solid 94% score on the CGV Egg.
Mexico It opened Thursday to deliver the biggest opening day ever for a musical and revue evil It is the clear No. 1 title on the market.
There's also, of course, the continued overseas play of Paramount and Ridley Scott The second wrestler To be taken into consideration here. The sequel began rolling out overseas last weekend (before this domestic session) and will be well above the $200 million mark globally as of Sunday.
We'll have a full international box office report tomorrow.
