With domestics slow-crawl three-day included, that makes for a$139Mglobal opening.
This is lower than projections, with general audiences not rushing out to see the deeper universe pic.
The initial audience was ultimately more fanboy and male-skewing.
Everett
Theres an emotional story linked with The Flash/Barry Allens mother in the film, but females didnt come out.
Some UK reviews are on the low end as well.
In Western Europe, weather was a contributing factor.The Flashis tracking akin to origins storiesAnt-ManandShazam!there.
IMAX grosses accounted for $15.6M worldwide including $7.4M from international.
The film was No.
It led Friday play but then dipped belowTransformers: Rise of the Beastson that films sophomore Saturday and Sunday.
Mexicowas next with $9.4M, taking the No.
1 slot and 56% market share of the Top 5 films.
Opening weekend results are tracking ahead ofBlack Adam(+53%),Shazam!
TheUKgrossed $5.3M at No.
1 and 41% higher than last weekendsRise of the Beasts.
Theres been very hot weather in the UK which is shifting, so hope is for good midweek results.
Koreagrossed $3.8M at No.
Along with domestic, the global launch is$44.5M.
Word of mouth could help here, particularly as theres not much in the way of family competition ahead.
LikeThe Flash,Elementalalso landed a high audience score of 9.3 on Maoyan inChina.
Again, this week is going to get crowded in the market.
InKorea,Elementalwas the No.
Social scores are strong with CGV at 98%, thats on par withZootopia, SoulandInside Out.
Elementalopened tops in bothArgentinaandUruguay, ahead ofThe Flash.
Both countries have holidays on Monday and Tuesday.
In holdover news, Paramount/SkydancesTransformers: Rise of the Beastsadded another$37.2Min 68 markets during its second weekend.
The international cume is now$174.3M.Globally,Rise of the Beastshas a running cume of$278M.
Still to come are Australia/New Zealand next week and Japan on August 4.
Sony AnimationsSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseis headed for its next milestone with$489.3Mthrough Sunday globally.
Korea releases this week.
The offshore drop this session was 50%.
The global total is now$676.6M.
China has grossed $136.6M to date.
