‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ Tops $150M In Global Bow; ‘Black Panther’ Now #1 Solo Superhero Movie WW – International Box Office
March 25, 2018‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ Tops $150M In Global Bow; ‘Black Panther’ Now #1 Solo Superhero Movie WW – International Box Office
Refresh for latest…: Legendary/Universal’s Pacific Rim: Uprising came in slightly higher than Saturday estimates, topping $150M worldwide on its opening weekend with $150.5M. The debut clocked $122.5M at the international box office, including $65M in China which was the biggest home for the original 2013 film — and a large part of why the sequel was greenlit under the previous leadership of Wanda-owned Legendary.
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Legendary is carrying the bulk of the estimated $155M production budget at about 90% while Universal is reportedly covering 10%. Pac Rim 2, which was roughly $35M cheaper than the first movie, was built for overseas, and particularly Asia where starts were strong but not earthshattering. (For a look at breakeven potential, check out Anthony D’Alessandro’s scenario here).
The China launch number for the Steven S DeKnight-helmed sci-fi sequel is on par with Black Panther from two weeks ago, and that film only just crossed $100M in Middle Kingdom dollars on Thursday. Word of mouth is understood to be pretty harsh, not boding well for monster/bot legs there — the Saturday-Sunday drop was also on par with BP at about 36%. And, Ready Player One is on deck. In brighter news, the IMAX China opening topped Black Panther for the biggest-ever March launch weekend at $7.6M on 507 screens.
Outside China, Korea was the lead play on Uprising at $6.9M which is decent, but not great. The opening is in line with Kong: Skull Island. Malaysia got off to a very good start to track above comps, as did Indonesia with the biggest opening day of all time for a Legendary movie.
Turning back to China, last week’s winner, Tomb Raider, saw a 72% drop and has now cumed $69.4M there. Overall, the Warner Bros/MGM reboot saw a 61% drop from the launch frame last weekend, now with $170M internationally and $211.7M global box office.
Black Panther for his part passed $600M at the international box office and has eclipsed Iron Man 3 and The Fate Of The Furious to become the No. 12 global release ever. T’Challa is also now the star of the No. 1 solo superhero movie of all time worldwide with $1,237.3M.
For families, Sony’s Peter Rabbit kept stuffing his basket with a $28M weekend and $76.3M to date abroad. That includes a great two weeks in the UK where the total is a hop, skip and a jump from $20M.
In other major toon returns, Universal scored with its first release of a DreamWorks Animation movie since acquiring the company in 2016. Boss Baby bounced into Japan via Uni’s partner Toho Towa with $7.8M to score the biggest opening weekend ever for DWA.
Also in Japan, Disney/Pixar’s Coco is keeping ‘em sweet with $16M after the sophomore session. The movie has now grossed $560M overseas to top Finding Nemo and become the No. 3 original IP animated release ever.
Breakdowns on the films above and more are being updated below.
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