This is higher than the Friday estimate (see below), and well above pre-weekendprojections.
The bulk of play is coming from Europe with $33M, led by theUKs No.
1 $6.6M andFrances No.
NAPOLEON, Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte, 2023. © Sony Pictures Entertainment / Courtesy Everett CollectionSony Pictures Entertainment/Everett Collection
1 $5.6M (critics be damned, evidently).Germany, also at No.
1, grossed $3.4M,Spaindid $3.3M at No.
1 andItalytook $3.1M.
Most of Asia is still to release including China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.
In Asia and Latin America, there was encouraging Friday to Saturday pickup as families came out.
The film has an 8.6 audience score on Maoyan and a 6.7 from critics on Douban.
Maoyan is forecasting a final of $6.6M.
The market was led by new local titles that released on Friday and Saturday.
Notably, previews in Germany and France will haveWishat No.
1 for Sunday ahead of the official openings later this week.
Globally, its approaching the two-century mark with an estimated$197.3Mthrough Sunday.
The IMAX portion is now $11M worldwide.
InKorea, the sophomore session propelled it to become the biggest horror pic of 2023 there.
1 start of $14M.
Should those numbers hold, this will be well ahead of pre-weekendprojections.
Today brings Spain, among others, on board to reach 56 hubs.
In total, this weekend will rep 85% of the international footprint.
Significant markets to come are China and Japan on December 1 and Korea on December 6.
The expectation is for the mature European markets to lead play.
Notably, France is seeing a strong start thats somewhat surprising given the critical score of 2.9 on AlloCine.
The audience that I showed it to in Paris, they loved it.
Well have more throughout the weekend.
