The start there was $25.7M, making it the 2nd best opening for a Hollywood movie in 2024.
Were hearing thats down to strong word of mouth, reviews and social scores.
Either way, its a surprise.
Xenomorph in 20th Century Studios' ALIEN: ROMULUS20th Century Studios
Meanwhile, Sony/Wayfarer StudiosIt Ends with Ushas blossomed to $180M global after just 10 days.
Turning back toAlien: Romulus, No.
1 openings included China and Korea as well as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
In Europe, the No.
1s were in Italy, Spain, UK and Poland, among others.
And it bestedPrometheusandAlien: Covenantin Mexico and Brazil, among others.
Imax embraced $16.8M, or 15.5% of the global opening weekend total.
This is the 2ndhighest worldwide start ever for the format in the month of August.
The global number is higher than the lifetimes ofGirl on the TrainandWhere the Crawdads Sing.
Both Europe and Latin America are blooming on the movie.
The top market so far is the UK ($14.6M).
Still to release are Italy, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea and Japan.
Meanwhile, Livelys husbands movie has now grossed $1,142.6M worldwide.
The split onDeadpool & Wolverineis$545.8Mdomestic and$596.8Moffshore.
This fourth weekend for the Merc was worth$32.9Moverseas.
The holdover drop was 45%.
Globally,D&Wis the No.
9 MCU release ever, earlier this week it surpassedJokerto become thebiggest R-rated movie of all time globally.
Still to release is Italy on August 21.
1 animated film ever overseas as it passedFrozen 2s $976M.
The global total is now$1.626B.
As Anthony has reported,domesticis looking at a $40M-$42M+ bow.
Good news for the industry, and for Disney in the wake of its mega-successesInside Out 2andDeadpool & Wolverine.
On Friday, the movie came in at No.
2 with $6M, then shot up to No.
The gross through today is nearly $15M as of midnight local time.
This points to a $23M China weekend which will keep it at No.
1 in the market.
Social and critical scores are strong.
The Douban score is 7.7, higher thanAQP: Day Ones 5.6,Alien: Covenants 7.4 andPrometheus 7.6.
Well have a full update tomorrow.
