‘Barbie’ & ‘Oppenheimer’ Reach Major Milestones, ‘Meg 2’ Chomps On $142M Global Debut; Disney Tops $4B WW For The Year So Far – International Box Office

UPDATE: A big weekend at the box office with something for everyone and notable milestones including Barbie crossing the $1B global mark while Oppenheimer topped $550M, as we noted earlier. In new plays, Meg 2: The Trench opened to a strong $142M global and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem started rollout with $8.5M in just 30% of its offshore footprint (global was $51.6M). Meanwhile, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is nearing $500M worldwide and Insidious: The Red Door has become the top-grossing horror movie of the year at $182.5M.

Also in the mix, Disney crossed $4B worldwide, the first studio to do so this year. Of the total $4.005B, $1.595B is from domestic and $2.41B from the international box office, powered by such titles as Avatar: The Way of Water, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Little Mermaid, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Elemental and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

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As we wrote on Sunday, Warner Bros’ Barbie became only the second movie to cross $1B this year while Greta Gerwig has become the first woman to surpass that benchmark as a solo director. For more on Barbie, see here.

Universal’s Oppenheimer is now at an estimated $553M through Sunday, the fifth biggest Christopher Nolan title of all time. The overseas weekend was $52.8M (-31%) for an offshore cume of $324.4M which is above Dunkirk, Interstellar, Tenet and The Dark Knight Rises at the same point. This is the top Nolan movie ever in 46 markets including the Netherlands, India, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Norway & the UAE.

In IMAX, Oppenheimer has now joined the format’s global Top 10 releases of all time at No. 8 and with a running total of $114.2M. It’s also the biggest Nolan movie ever in IMAX. At $49.6M internationally, this is the 4^th highest ever IMAX title in like-for-like markets.

Overall, the Top 5 markets to date are the UK ($50.3M), Germany ($28.3M), France ($24.2M), Australia ($18.2M) and India ($16.1M). For more on Oppenheimer’s milestones, see here.

Korea, Italy and China are still due to release this month.

In new play, Warner Bros/Legendary’ East’s Meg 2: The Trench chomped on $142M globally with $112M from 75 overseas markets. The sequel was No. 1 in 23 offshore hubs, including China, Spain, Indonesia, Taiwan and Mexico as well as in the Middle Eastern region.

In like-for-like markets and using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking on par with Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 5% over The Meg, 6% above Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, 11% above Pacific Rim: Uprising and 12% over Rampage.

In Latin America, the 3D share was a great 21% while the movie opened ahead of M:I7 by 20% and 107% above Indiana Jones 5. In Malaysia and Thailand, it scored the biggest WB opening of 2023.

The top debut was China at $53.3M and boosted by the presence of action star Wu Jing. The results are 8% over Jurassic World Dominion, 11% better than the original Meg, 41% above Rise of the Beasts and 109% over M:I7.

Mexico was next with $7.6M at No. 1 and above comps. The UK also gave the giant shark a No. 1 start with $5.1M and 9% ahead of The Meg and other creature comps. France bowed with $4.5M, roughly on par with The Meg and over other monsters. In Spain, the No. 1 launch of $3.4M topped The Meg by 50% and was more than double the start of Kong: Skull Island.

Also getting going was Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem with the first 24 markets releasing this session for $8.5M. The UK ($5M) and Germany ($1M) were the only majors. Markets yet to open include France, Mexico and China this week, followed by Spain and Brazil in August and Australia, Korea and Japan in September.

In holdover news, Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One added $17.6M in 69 markets, a drop of 45%. The overseas cume is $342.8M for $493.8M global. Top markets are China ($47.6M) Korea ($30.3M), the UK ($29.7M), Japan ($21.3M) and France ($20.4M).

Disney/Pixar’s Elemental added $14.2M, a great hold of -29%, from 51 markets for an international cume of $275.4M and a global take of $423.7M. Italy notably saw a 28% hike versus last frame. Japan was new this session at $2.3M ahead of the Obon holidays and the 2^nd best opening weekend of all Disney/Pixar animation films since the start of the pandemic era. Social scores are  ahead of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Inside Out and Encanto.

Top 5 markets to date are Korea ($48.1M), Mexico ($20.1M), France ($18.9M), UK ($18.2M) and China ($15.9M).

MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
Haunted Mansion (DIS): $4.2M intl weekend (37 markets); $17.6M intl cume/$59.6M global
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (DIS): $4.2M intl weekend (52 markets); $197.8M intl cume/$368.4M global
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (PAR): $2.9M intl weekend (38 markets); $276.7M int cume/$433.7M global
Insidious: The Red Door (SNY): $2.5M intl weekend (59 markets);$101.8M intl cume/$182.5M global
The Super Mario Bros Movie (UNI): $997K intl weekend (81 markets); $778.6M intl cume/$1.353B global

PREVIOUS, SATURDAY UPDATE: It is incredible, and incredibly encouraging, to see that here we are with yet another amazing weekend at the global and international box office. To wit: the third week of Warner Bros’ Barbie continues to reign tall as she surfs towards the coveted $1B milestone this weekend. Through Friday, the Greta Gerwig-directed pic is at $951.M worldwide including $527.7M from 69 overseas markets in release.

What’s more, as noted previously, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has reached the $500M global milestone, on its way to an estimated $551M through Sunday. (See more here)

On Barbie, the Top 5 to date are the UK ($80.6M), Mexico ($46.6M), Brazil ($37.2M), Australia ($36M) and, somewhat improbably, China ($30.1M).

Meanwhile, WB’s China coproduction Meg 2: The Trench is now in 75 markets and has grossed $46M through Friday after a strong $34M Friday. That includes a terrific $20.5M start in China at No. 1 yesterday, on par with Kong: Skull Island, and ahead of the original Meg (+37%) as well as more recent comps like Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and Mission 7.

CMC releases the movie in China where today it was overtaken by a local total in preview release. The social and critical scores in China on Meg 2 are higher than the original, but it’s getting beat in presales for the next several days.

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PREVIOUS FRIDAY: As she heads into the third weekend of release, Warner Bros’ Barbie has hit two new milestones, crossing both $500M at the international box office and the nine-century mark worldwide. The Greta Gerwig-directed phenomenon added $16.8M from 69 offshore markets on Thursday, bringing the overseas total to $509.7M through yesterday. Globally, the doll is standing tall with $916.1M as she looks to rollerblade past $1B this weekend.

The Top 5 markets to date for the Margot Robbie-starrer are the UK ($77.3M), Mexico ($45.8M), Brazil ($36.5M), Australia ($34.3M) and China ($29.5M).

Speaking of China, Warner Bros’ co-production Meg 2: The Trench has taken its first bites at the international box office, grossing $11.5M through Thursday in 57 markets. The giant shark also swam into China today, opening with an estimated RMB 146.1M ($20.4M). That figure is not included in the numbers through Thursday and while there is not yet a Maoyan audience score in the market, the ticketing platform is predicting an RMB 1B ($140M) finish across the full run.

The first Meg installment was a surprise summer hit when it opened in August 2018. Jason Statham returns here while massive Chinese action star Wu Jing joins the proceedings. Ben Wheatley directs the story of a research team taking on countless creatures whose deep-water habitat is being invaded. Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber and Dean Georgari are screenwriters.

Thursday for the pic was worth $8.1M. Latin American markets opened strong with the film ranking No. 1 for the region, topping the opening days of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by 134%, Pacific Rim: Uprising by 94% and Godzilla: King of the Monsters by 51% as well as coming in roughly on par with The Meg.

The top plays to date are France with $2M in the first two days, followed by Mexico with $1.4M on Thursday at No. 1 and above Kong: Skull Island (+4%), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (+8%), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (+29%), Rampage (+30%) and nearly triple the opening day of Indiana Jones 5. Germany at $1.1M was double the first day of the original and is 6% above Indy 5, 42% over Rise of the Beasts and 32% over the first day of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Italy is tracking ahead of most comps including the original, Indy 5 and M:I7. Indonesia is next up with $537K while Netherlands debuted on Thursday with a strong 3D share of 54%. Opening day results are 19% above The Meg, 27% ahead of King of the Monsters, 49% over Mission 7 and 52% ahead of Jurassic World Dominion.

A further 18 markets release today, including Spain, the UK and China.

Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer is, meanwhile, on its way across the $500M mark globally with $478.8M through Thursday. Yesterday’s offshore gross was $10.6M, lifting the international box office cume to $278.9M.

In the UK, the through-Thursday total on the Universal film is $43.1M, in line with Dunkirk. Germany is next best with a running cume of $23M, performing 15% above The Dark Knight Rises and surpassing the lifetime of The Dark Knight, having already overtaken the lifetimes of Dunkirk, Interstellar and Tenet. France has a market cume to date of $21M, which is 11% above The Dark Knight Rises and has surpassed the full run of The Dark Knight. Australia is now at $15.3M, 58% above Dunkirk, having surpassed the lifetimes of Interstellar and Tenet. India has a running total of $14.7M, having already surpassed the lifetimes of all Nolan comps. The title is the 2^nd biggest Hollywood movie of the year behind Fast X in that market.

Other notable cumes include Mexico at $12.6M; Spain with $12.1M and performing above The Dark Knight Rises (+35%), having passed the lifetimes of Dunkirk, Interstellar and Tenet;  Saudi Arabia at $9.3M which is bigger than the lifetime of all Nolan comps; and Netherlands where Oppenheimer has become Nolan’s biggest film ever, with $9.2M so far.

More to come throughout the weekend.

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