Updated: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another had a fantastic hold in the sophomore session, dropping only 22% at the international box office. The Warner Bros title added $21.7M in 77 overseas markets this weekend to lift the international running cume to $58.9M with global passing the century mark to reach $101.7M through Sunday.
Notable holds were in such markets as New Zealand (+7%), Germany (+5%), Chile (+2%), Denmark (+1%), Italy (-4%), Poland (-5%), Holland (-7%), Colombia (-13%), Belgium (-17%), UK (-19%), Mexico (-20%), Australia (-22%), France (-24%), Spain (-25%) and Brazil (-29%).
That’s the power of word of mouth.
In Europe, the Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer was the No. 1 film for the region for the 2nd weekend in a row with an outstanding -19% hold. Turkey debuted this weekend at No. 1.
For Latin America, the film had just a 23% drop; OBAA is already PTA’s biggest film in 13 markets in the region.
The IMAX running cume for overseas is now $5.4M.
Up ahead, China will be the last market to open, on October 17.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl is forecast at $13M for the weekend in 54 offshore markets. This puts the estimated weekend global box office at $46M.
The event “non-film” is only playing this weekend. It’s released by AMC Theatres Distribution in partnership with Variance Films in the U.S. & Canada, and in partnership with Piece of Magic Entertainment internationally. We are hopeful for more clarity on overseas numbers tomorrow.
Turning back to studio releases, New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: Last Rites added an estimated $9.3M this weekend in 76 markets. The international running cume is now $290.4M and the global total is $458.2M through Sunday.
Moving up to the No. 6 spot globally for 2025 so far, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle has now grossed $633M. Per Sony, that includes Japan and select other Asian markets. For Crunchyroll/Sony markets it equates to $324.6M. The latter added $10.2M this weekend, including $6.7M overseas.
The Top 5 CR/Sony markets to date are: Mexico ($17.4M), Germany ($14.4M), France ($14.2M), India ($9.3M) and UK ($8.9M).
And, in anticipation of James Cameron’s next Na’vi movie, Disney re-released Avatar: The Way of Water to $6.8M overseas and $10M global. Avatar: Fire and Ash goes in December and there was a sneak peek on the current limited engagement for the latest title.
This additional release overseas makes Avatar: The Way of Water the second highest grossing film of all time in Australia, behind only Avatar, and surpasses Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Additionally, in New Zealand, Avatar: The Way of Water is the first film to ever cross NZ$ 20M.
The re-issue was No. 1 in Thailand (non-local), Indonesia (non-local), Vietnam (non-local), Bulgaria and Romania.
The Top 5 for the return to Pandora are: France ($800K), Germany ($500K), China ($400K), Mexico ($400K) and UK ($400K).
MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (SNY): $5.2M intl weekend (13 markets); $44.4M intl cume
The Bad Guys 2 (UNI): $4.4M intl weekend (80 markets); $141.2M intl cume/$222.4M global
Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie (UNI): $3.8M intl weekend (44 markets); $10.9M intl cume/$32.5M global
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (UNI): $3.5M intl weekend (40 markets); $45.2M intl cume/$87.5M global
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (SNY): $2.6M intl weekend (55 markets); $11.5M intl cume/$18.1M global
HIM (UNI): $1.2M intl weekend (40 markets); $1.7M intl cume/$25.2M global