Refresh for latest…: Still a lot of holdover business in the early part of the year at the international box office as we ride out late 2024 releases. That shouldn’t take away from the fact that Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King — which, recall, initially started softer than expected — now leads a global weekend for the 6th time in a row.
Meanwhile, Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still tearing up records. After becoming the biggest of the franchise globally last weekend, it’s now tops for the trilogy overseas.
Starting with Mufasa, the worldwide total to date is $626.7M, while the running international cume is $405.6M.
Overseas, Mufasa added $15.4M this session (-29%) and is still the No. 1 non-local film in France, Germany, Spain, Brazil and the Latin American region overall as well as many smaller markets.
The Top 5 markets to date are: France ($38.1M), UK ($34.7M), Mexico ($28.3M), Germany ($27.8M) and Italy ($23.1M).
Sonic the Hedgehog 3, meanwhile, added another $10.6M this frame, taking its offshore cume to $220.5M — the best of the franchise — and global to $446.6M. No wonder the studio announced a Sonic 4 earlier this week.
Top 5 here on S3 are: UK ($28.9M), Mexico ($21.1M), France ($18.4M), Australia ($17.1M) and Brazil ($12.3M).
Elsewhere, after sailing past the $1B mark globally last weekend, Disney’s Moana 2 added another $5.8M internationally (-32%) to lift the overseas cume to $576M and worldwide to $1.026B. With the most recent business, the sequel becomes the No. 3 Walt Disney Animation Studios all-time global release and the 11th overall, topping Zootopia ($1,025.5M). It will soon pass both Finding Dory ($1,029M) and Despicable Me 3 ($1.035B) to become the No. 9 animated release ever on a worldwide basis.
Top 5 on Moana 2 are: France ($61.8M), UK ($51.2M), Germany ($44M), Australia ($31.8M) and Japan ($31.6M).
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