‘Super-Pets’ Nabs $41M WW Bow; ‘Minions’ Crosses $700M & ‘Top Gun’ Cruises Past $1.3B – International Box Office
01.08.2022 - 02:05
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Warner Bros’ DC League Of Super-Pets started wagging its tail overseas this weekend, barking up an estimated $18.4M in 63 markets That’s in line with expectations and places it 37% ahead of family comp The Bad Guys in like-for-likes. The global debut was $41.4M.
Outside the pooches, this was notably another holdover weekend for the studios while we await fresh blood in the form of Sony’s Bullet Train.
Overall, big studio titles are holding well, but we are definitely missing new tentpole product. To a degree, as Anthony has noted, that’s down to a bottleneck at VFX houses; still it would have been nice to see more engines firing in Top Gun’s tailwinds.
That’s not to take anything away from Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru which is rollicking along and led overseas for the studios this session with $25.4M in 79 markets (-36%). The international cume is now $390M for $710.4M global. The UK continues to lead play at $40M, followed by Mexico at $35.2M. Individual market holds were strong for the origins story with Italy still to come in August.
Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Love And Thunder saw a 39% dip from last session (only three MCU movies have had stronger holds in a fourth weekend), adding $20.8M from 48 material markets for an overseas cume of $361M and a global tally of $662M to overtake Thor: Ragnarok. The heroes notably held No. 1 in France, Italy and Australia this frame. Tops to date are the UK ($37.3M), Australia ($27.3M), Mexico ($26M), Korea ($22.6M) and Brazil ($20M).
Turning back to Super-Pets, the Dwayne Johnson/Kevin Hart toon is out in 76% of the offshore footprint and clocked Peru’s biggest opening weekend ever for a WB animated title while Brazil had the 2nd biggest opening weekend for a
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