75723 ‘Glass’ Cracks $89M 3-Day Global Bow; ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Nears $800M WW – International Box Office

‘Glass’ Cracks $89M 3-Day Global Bow; ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Nears $800M WW – International Box Office



Refresh for latest…: M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass took the top spot at the international box office this weekend with $48.5M in 55 markets. That’s right in line with pre-weekend projections and positions the Blumhouse pic at 13% ahead of its predecessor, Split. Disney, which handled the first movie in Shyamalan’s Eastrail 177 trilogy, 2000’s Unbreakable, has overseas on Glass via Buena Vista International. Combined with the domestic take (via Universal), the global three-day weekend is $89.1M.

The Bruce Willis/Samuel L Jackson/James McAvoy-starrer opened at No. 1 in the majority of its offshore hubs (note that it currently does not have a China date — it’s understood that should it slot in, the movie would not go through Disney, rather it would be a Shyamalan deal).

Coming into the weekend, we were reminded that there is lower awareness of Unbreakable outside the mature major territories. While some expected Glass to be front-loaded, we understand the weekend didn’t reflect that overseas. We’ll see how word of mouth plays out during the next week. Internationally, the reactions have been better than the domestic RT score.

Glass’ top offshore bows were in Russia ($5.2M/39% ahead of Split), Mexico ($4.5M/+96% — best Shyamalan opening ever), the UK ($4.3M/+29%), France ($3.4M/-1%) and Korea ($2.8M). Within those, Mexico, Russia and the UK were highlights while Korea is the only one of the group that didn’t debut at No. 1, landing softly and faced with competition from the holdovers of two successful local pics. Japan was also light, not cracking the Top 10. While Japan was the biggest play for Unbreakable, Split was weak there.

Overall on Split, the UK, France, Korea, Germany and Russia were the lead markets and that film finaled at $140.2M abroad for a little more than 50% of its total.

‘Glass’ Cracks $89M 3-Day Global Bow; ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Nears $800M WW – International Box Office

Paramount

Elsewhere at international turnstiles, Paramount’s Bumblebee stung the No. 2 spot for the weekend. As we reported yesterday, the well-received Transformers origins story flew past the $400M mark globally. Through today, it’s at $412.3M worldwide and $296.4M overseas, so it will soon zip across $300M offshore. Japan doesn’t release until March 22.

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Warner Bros’ Aquaman for his part has now butterflied to $759.1M in international waters, and lifted his global cume to $1.06B.

Bohemian Rhapsody

20th Century Fox

Coming in behind the undersea adventure this weekend, Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody is now the biggest 2018 release in 13 international markets, including Japan ($88.6M), Italy ($30.5M) and the Netherlands ($19.3M). The cume on the Freddie Mercury biopic will imminently cross $800M global and $600M international.

In other milestones, Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns sashayed across $300M worldwide and will pass Chicago tomorrow.

Breakdowns on the films above and more are being updated below.

NEW
GLASS

Glass

Universal

Disney/BVI served up M Night Shyamalan’s Glass in 55 offshore markets this weekend for a $48.5M start. Globally, the 3-day bow is $89.1M (it’s $95.6M when factoring in the 4-day domestic Martin Luther King holiday Monday). The overseas bow is in line with pre-weekend projections and didn’t play as front-loaded as feared offshore through the weekend. Word of mouth will be a significant factor going forward — reviews have been better overseas than in the States. Ahead, there is not much in Glass’ way. Most upcoming titles fall in the family realm and will stagger in before Alita: Battle Angel marches in February.

Glass‘ opening this weekend is 13% bigger than Split at today’s rates and in like-for-likes. There is much higher awareness of that recent picture versus 2000’s Unbreakable which is largely known in the mature major territories.

Russia was the top opener ($5.2M/39% ahead of Split) at No. 1 for Shyamalan’s best; followed by Mexico ($4.5M/+96%), also with Shyamalan’s best opening ever and at No. 1; the UK ($4.3M/+29%) at No. 1; France ($3.4M/-1%) at No. 1; and Korea ($2.8M). The latter was a soft start and fell in at No. 3 behind two local pics.

In Latin America, all markets opened above Split (+59% overall in admissions). In Europe, the region was 30% ahead of Split. Glass also shattered Shyamalan’s opening bests in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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There is no China date on Glass for the moment, and should it slot in, the movie would not go through Disney. Rather it would be a Shyamalan show; he is understood to have self-financed the $20M movie which was a negative pick-up for Universal domestically and Disney offshore. China doesn’t typically accept horror movies, although Blumhouse’s Happy Death Day got in last year and so did Paramount’s A Quiet Place. Still, this one is more of a hybrid.

The total IMAX portion of this weekend was $3.5M internationally.

In terms of getting the word out, Shyamalan traveled to Moscow Comic-Con, the Sitges Film Festival, Munich, London and Sao Paulo Comic-Con. On January 7, there was a gala screening in Paris with the director and McAvoy in attendance. There was also a surprise screening for fans where they introduced the movie and took questions. The UK premiere was held at the Curzon, Mayfair on January 9 and was attended by Shyamalan, McAvoy, Jackson, Willis, Sarah Paulson and Anya Taylor-Joy. McAvoy and Paulson then appeared on Graham Norton January 11 and Shyamalan surprised fans at London comic book store Forbidden Planet.

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

Margot Robbie, Jenny Shircore - Mary Queen of Scots.jpeg

Liam Daniel / Focus Features

Josie Rourke’s feature directing debut had its overseas coronation this weekend in 13 markets. The Saoirse Ronan/Margot Robbie-starrer took in a solid $6.4M for a current global cume of $22.5M. Predictably, the story of the determined queen cousins opened best in the UK with Scotland standing out. The total there was $2.8M at 506 locations which was good for No. 2 and in line with The Favourite, The Post and Iron Lady, and above Victoria And Abdul, Lincoln, Suffragette and The Danish Girl.

Robbie’s native Australia was next with $970K at 225, above Darkest Hour, Brooklyn, Lady Bird, The Favourite and The Danish Girl. Italy ($817K/314), Germany ($509K/185) and Russia ($492K/615) round out the Top 5.

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The three-time BAFTA nominee’s next major openings are Spain on February 8, followed by France and Japan.

HOLDOVERS/EXPANSIONS
BUMBLEBEE

‘Glass’ Cracks $89M 3-Day Global Bow; ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Nears $800M WW – International Box Office

Paramount

Paramount’s Bumblebee zipped past the $400M mark worldwide on Saturday, and through Sunday has a $412.3M global total including $296.4M internationally. The Hailee Steinfeld-starrer held No. 1 in China and still has Japan to come on March 22. That’s been a solid play for the Transformers franchise, so there’s more fuel in the VW Bug’s tank ahead.

The current weekend was worth $20.9M in 64 markets. China accounted for $16.3M of that at 7,154 locations and despite the arrival of eight new pictures. This is the 3rd weekend in a row at No. 1 with a cume to date of $137.7M and an extension to play through the New Year holiday.

Elsewhere, the top weekend holds were in the Philippines ($869K/207 cinemas/$3.3M cume); the UK ($798K/497/$14.7M); France ($419K/473/$9M); and Germany ($205K/388/$7.6M).

AQUAMAN

‘Glass’ Cracks $89M 3-Day Global Bow; ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Nears $800M WW – International Box Office

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros/DC’s heir to Atlantis speared $14.3M on roughly 8,660 screens in 79 markets in his most recent session. The international cume to date is $759.1M for $1.06B global. All markets save Japan (February 8) are open and China is now at $289.7M as its extended run starts to slow. Below the Middle Kingdom, the Top 5 markets are Korea ($39M), Brazil ($33.9M), Mexico ($29.7M) and the UK ($27.3M).

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Bohemian Rhapsody

20th Century Fox

Any moment now, Fox’s runaway hit Freddie Mercury biopic will cross $800M at the worldwide box office. It’s currently at $798M through Sunday estimates. Internationally, the Rami Malek-starrer will also pass $600M imminently ($596M current).

The phenom added $11.3M on 4,036 screens in 44 markets this weekend — its 13th of international release. It is now the biggest movie released in 2018 in 13 markets including Japan ($88.6M), Italy ($30.5M) and the Netherlands ($19.3M).

In the current frame, Bo Rhap was No. 2 in Japan during the 11th weekend; in Holland it was No. 1 in the 12th; and in the UK the $66.27M cume takes it past Harry Potter 6 and Black Panther.

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