Despite a rough ride from critics, the holiday entry is the No.
1 film of the weekend internationally and globally.
In offshore markets, it ranked as the top Hollywood title in 53 of its 73 hubs.
Jason Momoa in ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’Warner Bros Pictures/Everett Collection
The global IMAX tally is $14M from 1,522 screens for the 4-day holiday weekend.
3and 68% ahead ofAnt-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
It also performed more than doubleThe Batman,The Flash,The MarvelsandBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Its projected to hit a final of $45M, per Maoyan.
The end of the year is mostly reserved for local titles.
Overall,Aquaman 2performed best in Asia where it was the top Hollywood movie in every market.
In Taiwan, it was the biggest opening weekend for a superhero movie in 2023.
In Latin America, the Jason Momoa-starrer was likewise the No.
1 Hollywood title in every market.
The overseas running cume is$171.3Mfor$254.9Mglobal including Mondays domestic estimate.
We will update accordingly.
In IMAX, the Prasanth Neel-directed actioner grossed $225K from 50 screens in India and the Middle East.
DisneysWishdropped by just 37% in its fifth overseas frame, grossing$9.6Mfrom 41 markets.
The international cume is now$86.8Mand global (not including Christmas Monday) is$144.3M.
2 this session with $1.2M, 40% aboveSing 2to set it up nicely for the holidays.
After its second weekend inJapan,Wishhas grossed an estimated $8.6M and remains the top non-local title.
Markets still to release include Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Brazil.
Universal/IlluminationsMigrationadded another 17 offshore markets this frame as it continues its staggered release pattern.
In full, the animated pic picked up another$7.9Moverseas for a$22Mcume to date.
Debuting domestically, and including the three-day only, the global cume is now$34.3M.
Saturdays performance saw the highest increase of all new openers and the highest of the top 10 films.
The opening weekend result is abovePuss in Boots: The Last WishandEncantoexcluding previews.
The film opened on four 4DX screens, six Screen-X, and one Ice.
Forty-five theaters will show it in 3D during the opening week.
Still ahead are Australia, Brazil, Korea, UK and Japan.
This portends a full overseas opening in the $70M range.
With domestics three- and four-day, the global start will top $100M.
Through Friday, the UK is at $1.6M.
Germanyalso kicked off on Thursday, taking $520K on 589 screens and ranking No.
They are 31% belowAquaman.
The launch saw 68% coming from 3D.
Including previews, the running cume through Friday is $1.5M.
The film has a 9 on Maoyan vs a 9.3 for the original film.
Meanwhile, WB/Village Roadshow/Heyday FilmsWonkahas crossed the $200M mark worldwide, landing at$215.8Mthrough Friday.
The overseas portion of that is$151.9M.
Thursdays $7.1M in 77 markets was on par with the same day last week.
