UPDATED: The global and
international box office were extra animated this weekend with the expansion of Illumination/Universal’s
Despicable Me 4 to
domestic as well as another 52 overseas markets. At the same time, Disney/Pixar’s
Inside Out 2 continues to jump for joy having reached
$1,216.9M globally. It’s also now the No. 5 animated film of all time worldwide and No. 10 internationally. A notable new record places
IO2 as the biggest film of all time in Mexico.
DM4, which began a staggered overseas release pattern a few weeks back, now counts
$229.5M globally with several key majors still to come including France, Germany, China, UK, Japan, Korea and Italy. The international cume to date is
$107M.
Although
Inside Out 2 had a slightly bigger overseas weekend ($78.3M) than
DM4 ($73M), let’s start with the latter as there were a host of new openings.
In a total 73 markets,
DM4’s $107M through Sunday is in line with
Minions, above
Minions: The Rise of Gru and well above
DM3 and
DM2 at the same point. In total, 18 of the new markets are estimated to have logged the biggest opening of the franchise, bringing the tally to 24 which have done so thus far.
This wider frame for the return of Gru included such notable new markets as Mexico, Spain and Brazil.
Mexico brought in $12.6M. The film had a very strong start on Thursday with $2.5M, the 3rd highest opening day for the franchise and the 4th biggest opening Thursday ever for an animation. Note that around 52 sites were impacted this weekend by Hurricane Beryl. The 4-day $12.6M opening is in line with
Minions,
DM3 and above
MTROG and
DM2. Wide holidays begin on July 12.
Brazil grossed $5.9M for the biggest launch of the
DM/
Minions franchise and the 2nd biggest Illumination opening in the market, narrowly below
Super Mario, as well as the 4th biggest animated opening of all time. Winter school holidays run until the end of July.
Spain opened across 808 screens with $5.7M at No.1, well above
DM2 and
DM and just off
MTROG. The Wednesday debut delivered the 2nd biggest opening day of 2024 and the 2nd biggest opening day of the
DM/Minions franchise.
Indonesia’s $2.6M came in above
DM2,
Inside Out 2,
Super Mario and just off
DM3. Wednesday, was the 2nd biggest opening day ever for Illumination, the 2nd biggest opening day of the franchise and the biggest opening day of 2024.
In the
Netherlands, $2.6M including six days of previews during which the film was No. 1 each day, places
DM4 above
MTROG,
Minions and
DM2 (excluding previews).
Poland opened with $2.5M at No.1, surpassing the total lifetimes of
DM and
DM2, performing above
Inside Out 2 and just off
DM3. The film grossed $900K from four days of previews which is the biggest preview result of the franchise. The
UAE at $2M is estimated to have beaten
Super Mario to become Illumination’s biggest opening in the market as well as the biggest animated opening of all time.
Sweden, with $1.9M, notched the 2nd biggest animated opening ever, only behind
Frozen 2‘s Christmas start;
Vietnam ($1.6M) put Gru at the top of the chart with over 75% market share and surpassing the total lifetime of
Super Mario after three days of play. Other No. 1 starts include Central America, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Peru, Malaysia, Norway, Denmark, Turkey and Philippines.
The Top 5 markets to date are
Australia ($16.2M),
Mexico ($12.6M),
Argentina ($6.6M),
Brazil ($5.9M) and
Spain ($5.7M).
Imax delivered $9.6M in 50 markets globally, including $1.8M from overseas (and with the previously released markets). The Imax worldwide cume is $10.1M as the movie prepares to launch on another 96 Imax screens the UK, France, Germany and more.
Over in Joy-land,
Inside Out 2 has now grossed an estimated
$1,216.9M worldwide after four weekends, including
$683.1M from the international box office. The juggernaut is now the No. 5 animated film of all time globally. Internationally, it is the No. 10 animated release ever, overtaking
Incredibles 2 ($635M),
Toy Story 4 ($640M) and
Toy Story 3 ($652M) during the frame.
It has also become the biggest movie ever in industry history in Mexico ($90.2M), Colombia, Chile and Uruguay — and the 2nd biggest film of all time across Latin America (behind only
Avengers: Endgame).
The weekend generated
$78.3M from 45 material overseas markets.With a terrific 31% drop, the Kelsey Mann-helmed pic was No. 1 again in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Korea, Australia and China (the latter non-local). Key markets showing strong holds included Australia (+4%), France (even), Germany (-7%), Korea (-11%), UK (-21%), China (-23%), Brazil (-32%) and Italy (-47%).
Here are the Top 5 grossing markets to date: Mexico ($90.2M), Brazil ($55.3M), UK ($50.3M), Korea ($48.3M) and Italy ($39.6M).
The Imax global cume is $38.1M to date.
Box office is out for the holiday weekend, and no real surprises. Inside Out 2 continues to do very well, and is over $1.2 Billion (with a B) globally now. I can only imagine how many people are breathing again in Emeryville, can't you? -3-Full.jpg)
