{"id":174423,"date":"2023-01-01T18:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-way-of-water-rises-to-1379b-global-nears-1b-overseas-deadline\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:54:13","slug":"the-way-of-water-rises-to-1379b-global-nears-1b-overseas-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-way-of-water-rises-to-1379b-global-nears-1b-overseas-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way of Water Rises To $1,379B Global, Nears $1B Overseas \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tRefresh for latest<\/em>\u2026:<\/strong> James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water<\/em> rang in the New Year with another $186.7M<\/strong> from 52 international markets for a $1,379B<\/strong> global cume to date. Including China, the film rose 6% from last weekend’s Christmas frame offshore (excluding China, it was even with last session). The international box office now stands at an estimated $957M<\/strong>meaning Way of Water<\/em> will cross $1B overseas early this week; when it gets there, it will be only the 2nd movie to the benchmark during the pandemic era. <\/p>\n

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\tThe 20th Century Studios\/Disney title is now the 15th biggest movie of all time globally, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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\tOverseas, it remains the No. 1 non-local movie in all markets and is the 13th biggest international release ever. It’s also the highest grossing release of the year offshore and the 2nd of the pandemic. <\/p>\n

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\tThe midweeks were very strong and the majority of markets posted a third weekend that was higher than the second (which played over Christmas), including the UK (+51%), Australia (+44%), Germany (+40%), France (+24%), Italy (+4%), Brazil (+1%) and Mexico (+1%). Many others saw slight drops. <\/p>\n

\n\tchina<\/strong>which had been initially worrisome, saw a 42% jump from last weekend, posting an estimated $36.9M for the session which lifts the estimated cume to $152.8M, passing Jurassic World Dominion<\/em> as the biggest Hollywood import of the year. Local ticketing platform Maoyan has increased its final projection to RMB 1.48B ($210M) which, at historical rates, would overtake the first movie’s original performance in the market. <\/p>\n

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\tRegionally, Europe has grossed an estimated $428M to date (70% 3D\/premium formats), Asia-Pacific has taken an estimated $424M (70% 3D\/PLFs) and Latin America has amassed an estimated $103M (53% 3D\/ PLFs).<\/p>\n

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\tin its third weekend of release, the Na’vi lay claim to the highest grossing title during the pandemic era in France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and Lithuania; and the biggest studio movie of the pandemic in Korea, Vietnam, India and Thailand.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Top 10 overseas markets to date are china<\/strong> ($152.8M), France<\/strong> ($95.1M), Korea<\/strong> ($74.9M), Germany<\/strong> ($67.2M), UK<\/strong> ($54.2M), india<\/strong> ($49.3M), Mexico City<\/strong> ($37.3M), Australia<\/strong> ($34.3M), Italy<\/strong> ($30.5M) and Spain<\/strong> ($28.3M).<\/p>\n

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\tWhile some offshore markets see vacations conclude this week, several are still in a local holiday period.<\/p>\n

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\tIn global IMAX, Way of Water<\/em> grew by 4% this weekend, posting the 2nd<\/sup> best ever result for a 3rd<\/sup> weekend with $28.6M. In 19 days it has reached $152.2M in worldwide IMAX box office, now behind only Avatar, Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em> and Avengers: Endgame<\/em> for the format. The offshore portion of the worldwide total is $96.9M, the 3rd<\/sup> highest International IMAX gross ever, behind Endgame<\/em> and the first Avatar<\/em>. China delivered $6.8M of the offshore frame, an increase of 19% over last weekend, for a Middle Kingdom cume of $35.7M, more than 24% of the nationwide total.<\/p>\n

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\tEighteen countries ring in the New Year with Avatar: The Way of Water<\/em> now officially their biggest ever IMAX release (the growing list includes such key markets as India, Germany, Thailand and South Korea, along with France, Turkey, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland). <\/p>\n

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\tMeanwhile, Universal\/DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish<\/em> continued its international expansion this weekend in a further 18 markets to bring the total to 71. The New Year’s session spiked upwards by 15% in the holdovers, for $22.5M<\/strong> and a $68.8M<\/strong> overseas running cume. Globally, the sequel has $129.6M<\/strong> in the kitty. Excluding China Puss 2<\/em> is in line with sing 2<\/em> at the same point offshore.<\/p>\n

\n\tAustralia<\/strong> was the lead new opener with $3.4M at No. 2. <\/em>It debuted on Monday, a holiday down under, and previewed strongly through the midweeks. As expected, NYE business was limited across the market, but reviews are positive and there’s runway ahead. The opening weekend excluding previews is more than double sing 2<\/em>also coming in above Encanto<\/em>, coco <\/em>and Ferdinand<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\tOf Central America<\/strong>the Antonio Banderas-starrer scored the biggest Thursday opening day for any DWA title, reaching $1.7M through the frame which is above Encanto, Sing<\/em>, sing 2<\/em> and Ferdinand<\/em>. Of Vietnamese<\/strong>, Puss<\/em> nabbed the 2nd<\/sup> The biggest opening Saturday for an animated title during the pandemic era and took $700K across the weekend, including strong Christmas previews last weekend. Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore have all topped the lifetime of sing 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\tOther starts included Chile<\/strong> ($600K), New Zealand<\/strong> ($500K) and Indonesia<\/strong> ($400K). NZ was more than three times bigger than sing 2<\/em>more than double Encanto <\/em>and above coco<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance<\/strong>the top market to date, grew 8% from the Christmas frame and has reached $12.7M. Germany<\/strong> saw a 73% uptick to hit $5.1M and Mexico City<\/strong> dipped just 17%, surpassing the lifetime of Encanto<\/em> with $6.6M to date. Elsewhere, Italy<\/strong> was up 140% for $4.4M so far. Of china<\/strong>, Puss<\/em> notched a strong 9.3 score on Maoyan and has now grossed $1.3M amide evolving market conditions. Still to come are Korea and Brazil next weekend, the UK in February and Japan in March. <\/p>\n

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\tSony\/TriStar’s Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody<\/em> boogied to strong increases this session with holdovers up 29%. The weekend was good for $8.3M<\/strong> in 44 overseas markets for an international cume of $13.1M<\/strong>. Notably, the UK<\/strong> launched with $4.1M and Australia<\/strong> warbled to $1.5M. Germany, Netherlands and Italy saw strong upticks. Still to come are Brazil and Mexico in January, and Korea in March.<\/p>\n

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\tUniversal also got going early overseas on Blumhouse’s scary doll pic M3GAN<\/em> with a $3.3M weekend. Mexico City<\/strong> grossed $1.7M, in line with The Black Phone<\/em> and France<\/strong> delivered $1.4M including the biggest horror opening day of the year. The launch is in line with smile<\/em> and Halloween Ends, <\/em>and above The Boy <\/em>and The Black Phone)<\/em>. Rollout continues through January, then in Japan in June.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMISC UPDATED CUMES\/NOTABLE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tLyle, Lyle Crocodile<\/strong><\/em> (SNY): $3.5M intl weekend (51 markets); $49M intl cume\/$95.6M global<\/p>\n

\n\tViolent Night<\/em><\/strong> (UNI): $766K intl weekend (75 markets); $25.3M intl cume\/$72.8M global<\/p>\n

\n\tRoald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical<\/em><\/strong> (SNY): $2.7M intl weekend (UK only); $25.5M UK cumes<\/p>\n

\n\tBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/strong><\/em> (DIS): $2.6M intl weekend (50 markets); $380.5M intl cume\/$818.5M global <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n