‘Godzilla X Kong’ Roars Past $436M WW; ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Tops $450M; Latest ‘Detective Conan’ Huge In Japan – International Box Office
15.04.2024 - 12:05
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Refresh for latest…: As it crossed the $1B international box office milestone this past weekend, Warner Bros again owned the frame with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and its third session haul of $33.7M from 71 markets. That was good for a 47% drop from the previous weekend and lifts the overseas cume to $278.6M and global to $436.6M. Meanwhile, WB and Legendary’s other major title in the marketplace, Dune: Part Two, now has a shot at getting to $700M worldwide.
While 2024 may end up down on 2023, coming out of last week’s CinemaCon exhibition conference, it’s not all doom and gloom — something we heard in a refrain — as several titles continue to post solid numbers. There’s also plenty of local play doing great business, notably in Japan this frame where the 27th movie in the Case Closed series, Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram, has opened to a franchise best launch (more below).
Taking GxK first, in like-for-like international markets and using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking 45% ahead of Godzilla, 21% higher than Meg 2: The Trench, 9% over Godzilla Vs Kong, 1% above Dune: Part Two and 7% below Kong Skull Island.
Notably, in China GxK has become the first Hollywood title to pass $100M there since Meg 2: The Trench which was a Chinese co-production.
GxK is also WB’s biggest movie ever in Cambodia, while the UAE this frame gave it the best opening weekend of the Monsterverse. There are still seven markets to release including most of the Middle East this week and Japan next week.
The Top 5 markets to date are China ($108.8M), Mexico ($27.7M), UK ($14.6M), India ($12.8M) and Australia ($9.5M).
In IMAX, GxK now has a $38M global cume, $14.8M of which is from China.
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