After that, the studio launchedAquaman and the Lost Kingdomworldwide andThe Color Purpledomestically.
The combined split on those is $277M for North America and $423M at the international box office.
And when studios do, moviegoers the world over come out to theaters in droves.
December 2023 moviesWB, Paramount, Universal
In Warners case, they were rewarded by moviegoers to the tune of $700 million.
That is an impressive haul.
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In new play,Australiadebuted to an estimated $5.7M at No.
The film has already surpassed the lifetime gross ofThe Marvelsin the market.
The global running cume in Imax is $25.6M with Mondays holiday included.
Japan is the last market to release on January 12.
The offshore cume is now$244.4Mwith global at$386.9M(which includes domestics Monday estimate).
In Imax,Wonkas global total is $14.5M.
Korea is the last market to release and is set to debut on January 31.
Illumination/UniversalsMigrationwinged its way to a 70% jump overseas amid the holidays, and crossed $100M worldwide.
It added$17.1Min 68 offshore markets this weekend for an international total of$46.5Mas staggered rollout continues.
The global cume is now$100.8M.
Australiawas a new play with $2.9M, since beginning release on December 26ths Boxing Day holiday.
4 in the market, the animated sky-trip pic is running aboveWishwhich opened on the same date.
France was up 116% this session while Germany doubled last weekends result.
Italy increased 86% and Spain was up 38%.
Denmark (+208%) and Netherlands (+130%) also saw mega upticks.
Still to release are Brazil, Korea, the UK and Japan.
That lifts the international cume to$115.8Mand global to$176.4M.
Australia was a new entry at No.
5 for the weekend after opening on Boxing Day and with six weeks of summer school holidays ahead.
The running cume there is $2.1M.
Taiwan debuted at No.
2 with $600K.
Markets still to come are Korea and Brazil next session.
The film is directed by Chen Xiaoming and Zhang Pan and based on the TV series.
ComedyJohnny Keep Walkingwas the runner up at an estimated $32.4M over the three-day stretch.
IMAX on those pics combined grossed $1.6M in the market.
The IMAX global cume jumps to $20.2M.
