At the same time, were seeing encouraging numbers for all major titles in release.
And thats a great thing; yes, there is reason to be positive.
Neither of the current films in release are close to done.
Universal, Disney, Paramount, WB
To wit:DM4still has Japan, Korea and Italy on deck.
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Uni has this one domestically and starts release on July 19.
Before we dig further into the numbers, heres a snapshot look at the cumes forDM4andIO2.
Despicable Me 4had an$88Mweekend in 78 overseas markets, a 38% drop from last frames holdovers.
The international total is now$226.7Mfor$437.8Mglobal.
In new play, WB started rolling outTwisters, launching in 38 markets and grossing$11.5Mon 8,266 screens.
Mexicolaunched with $3.3M at No.
Next week will see another 38 overseas markets open, including most of Europe and China.
Japan and Korea go in August.
Word of mouth and reviews are strong, teeing up a long run.
The next market to release is Japan this week.
The Imax global cume is $18.3M.
TheUKlaunched with $12.2M at No.
1 and performing over 2xDM, in line withDM2andMinions: The Rise of Gru, and just offDM3andMinions.
1 with $9.3M through Sunday.
InMexico, the $24.2M running cume meansDM4has surpassedDespicable Me,Zootopia, SingandFrozens lifetimes.
Japan releases this week, followed by Korea on July 24 and Italy on August 21.
Meanwhile, at a touch over$1.35Bworldwide,Inside Out 2, is currently the No.
3 animated film of all time.
Within the next days, it will overtakeThe Super Mario Bros Movie($1.362B) at No.
17 on the all-time global chart.
With$777.5Moverseas through Sunday, the Kelsey Mann-helmed charmer is now the No.
5 animated title internationally (soon to surpassSuper Mario Bros $787M).
Hong Kongopened this session with a $1.9M No.
1 (or $7M including previews).
Those previews were the highest sneaks of all time.
InPortugal,Inside Out 2posted the second highest industry opening weekend ever, only behindAvengers: Endgame.
Internationally, the running total is 9% aboveA Quiet Place Part II.
Excluding China its 32% above.
