Refresh for latest…: Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2 dialed up a $42M start globally, including $15.5M from the international box office – the latter above The Black Phone and Sinners in the same markets.
The Universal release of the Scott Derrickson-directed Ethan Hawke-starrer is playing in 71 offshore markets, led by Mexico at $4.3M. It was No. 1 for the weekend there with a 58% share. The launch is above the first film, as well as Weapons, and more than 3x Smile 2 and Sinners.
In the UK & Ireland, $1.48M placed it at No. 2 behind Uni’s other opener, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie. The UK bow for Black Phone 2 is 19% above the first film.
Brazil was another highlight at $1.2M, and with Saturday over-indexing as cinemagoing was boosted by cool and rainy weather. Black Phone 2 ranked as the clear No.1 title in the market and came in above the first film, as well as topping Smile 2, Weapons and Sinners.
Australia and France round out the Top 5. In Oz, the sequel did $908K at No. 1 with business continuing to build throughout the frame. France captured $569K as Blumhouse’s first 16-rated film in the market.
Upcoming releases include Germany, Spain, Korea and Japan.
The sophomore session for Disney’s Tron: Ares was down 54% internationally with an additional $14.1M from 52 material markets. The overseas cume to date is $48.4M, lagging domestic’s $54.6M for a $103M global total through Sunday.
China was new this weekend, but, as expected, did not light up, giving the movie a $2.8M launch. Tron: Ares was the top non-local title, slightly edging the arrival of One Battle After Another ($2.5M).
It was No. 1 again in a handful of smaller markets, and No. 2 in Australia, Brazil and Mexico.
The Top 5 after two weekends are: Mexico ($4.9M), UK ($4.3M), France ($3.3M), China ($2.8M) and Germany ($2.7M).
The global Imax total so far is $17.6M including $7.1M from overseas.
Warner Bros’ Paul Thomas Anderson critical darling One Battle After Another continued to hold strongly with a 38% drop for another $11.8M from 78 overseas markets in release. The offshore cume has crossed the century mark with $100.6M through today. Global is now $162.5M.
The Top 5 international markets are: UK ($13M), France ($10.1M), Germany ($7.7M), Italy ($5.2M) and Australia ($4.6M).
Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie notably added the UK and Spain this session, bringing the number of overseas markets in release to 60. The frame was $6.8M to reach an international cume through Sunday of $28.2M, above Captain Underpants on a like-for-like basis. Holdovers were down 46%.
UK & Ireland had a No. 1 start with $2.3M including Thursday’s strong “Purrsday” previews, and also the highest screen average in the market. There was especially strong performance in Scotland, where schools are at the back end of their early October half term, ahead of holidays rolling out across the rest of the UK. The weekend result is in line with the openings of both Bad Guys films, above Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Captain Underpants and Paw Patrol.
Spain also had a No. 1 start with $1M including last Saturday’s previews. The opening result excluding previews is in line with Captain Underpants, and above Sonic 3 and Paw Patrol.
Still to release is Japan in March next year.
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