It is incredibly validating to see this film achieve such an exciting milestone.
Congratulations to the filmmakers, cast and our colleagues around the world this is a sweet start to 2024.
This second frame of 2024 also offered a pair of new titles in MiramaxsThe Beekeeperand ParamountsMean Girls.
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The global 3-day is estimated at$37.1M.
In IMAX,TheBeekeepergrossed $8.1M worldwide.
The Jason Statham-starrer performed best inChinawhere hes a strong draw.
4 with $4.4M,The Beekeeperwas the No.
1 import for the frame which was led again by local comedyJohnny Keep Walking!
($108.5M running cume).
TheMiddle Eastcollectively opened at No.
Markets still to come include Scandinavia, Korea and Japan.
Mean Girls, meanwhile, bowed in just 16 offshore markets, clicking with$6.5Mincluding No.
1 debuts inAustralia($2.3M) andMexico($1.7M).
The global 3-day is$34.5M.
The strong digital campaign has seen impact offshore where U.S. comedies tend to be favored in Anglo-Saxon markets.
In holdover news, Warner Bros/DCsAquaman and the Lost Kingdomsurfed to another$16.6Min 78 overseas markets.
The international running total now stands at$265.5Mand the worldwide tally through Sunday is$373.7M.
Japandebuted this session to an estimated $1.6M on 986 screens at No.
The results are ahead of the opening weekend ofThe Flashby 8% andBlack Adamby 41%.
The IMAX global cume now stands at $32.8M.
Universal/IlluminationsMigrationflew to another$8.9Mfrom 74 overseas markets for a 50% drop.
The international cume is now$86.9Mwith global at$172.6M.
Drops across EMEA were heavier heading into the weekend with a number of markets having finished school holidays.
Individual holds were good with Spain notably up 30%.
Still to come are the UK and Japan.
The weekend granted$8.6Min 51 markets for a running overseas total of$160.4Mand$223.4Mglobal.
The international cume is$22.8Mfor$78Mworldwide.
Upcoming key market releases include Germany, Mexico, Spain, France, Brazil and Italy throughout January.
Notably this session, the Emma Stone-starrer bowed at No.
2 in theUKwith $2M ($2.3M including previews).
It also opened in Finland (No.
- and Norway (No.
4); it posted the best opening weekend ever for a Yorgos Lanthimos film in both markets.
In already opened markets,Poor Thingsheld by +2% in Australia and -3% in Greece.
