‘Godzilla X Kong’ Rises To $361M WW, ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Tops $400M & ‘Dune: Part Two’ Passes $660M; ‘Boy And The Heron’ Soars In China – International Box Office
07.04.2024 - 19:17
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Refresh for latest…: A busy holdover weekend for wide studio releases was led by the trio of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two. And, in a soaring performance, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar winner The Boy and the Heron swooped into China helping the market set a new Qingming holiday record.
Meanwhile, Best Picture Oscar winner Oppenheimer, boosted by its release in Japan, has now become Christopher Nolan’s biggest movie ever at the international box office.
Before we dig into all of that, there was also fresh blood in some overseas areas with Disney/20th Century Studios’ The First Omen debuting to $9.1M from 43 markets (about 76% of the offshore landscape and notably not including France and Germany which go next weekend). This is about as expected. The global bow is $17.5M.
Latin America leans in on horror and the prequel performed best in Mexico where it opened No. 3 with $1.6M. Rounding out the Top 5 are Indonesia ($700K), UK ($700K), Korea ($600K) and Brazil ($600K).
Also, Universal began rollout in just 27 markets on Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man. The action thriller reached $2.6M in early overseas play, with the UK the top start at $1M (comping above the first John Wick). The global bow is $12.7M. International markets will continue to be added over the next few weeks including France and Korea.
Back to the behemoths, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla x Kong roared for another $59.3M in 69 overseas markets, seeing a 53% drop after Easter weekend’s very strong debut. The international cume is now $226M for $361.1M global through Sunday. Of the worldwide total, IMAX reps $34M.
In like-for-like offshore markets and using today’s exchange rates, the beasts are tracking 40%