Refresh for new…: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another came out swinging with a $48.5M global start, the biggest of the iconic filmmaker’s career. Included in the worldwide total, the Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer from Warner Bros grossed $26.1M in 74 international box office markets, slightly higher than the pre-opening projection.
This is also PTA’s biggest launch weekend in 68 of those overseas markets, including France, Germany, Italy, UK, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.
Overall overseas and in like-for-likes using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking above Argo (+104%), Sinners (+55%), Killers of the Flower Moon (+10%) and The Departed (+8%).
Regionally, OBAA is PTA’s best opening across Europe (note that in France, the movie has a fantastic 4.7 out of 5 stars with critics/4.1 with auds on AlloCiné) and Latin America. In six LatAm markets, it’s already Anderson’s highest-grossing title ever.
The Middle East overperformed with $2.6M for the weekend.
And, in Asia, OBAA is playing on par with Killers of the Flower Moon amid strong reviews and word of mouth.
Overall, the best 5 openers are: UK ($3.4M), France ($3.4M), Germany ($2M), Italy ($1.4M) and Saudi Arabia ($1.3M).
Still to release are Korea (October 1), Japan and Turkey (October 3) and China (October 17).
In Imax, the global take was $7.5M including $2.9M from 378 overseas screens.
Sticking with Warner Bros, which crossed $4B globally this weekend, New Line’s The Conjuring: Last Rites conjured another $15.4M from 76 overseas markets in the 4th session, taking the running international box office cume to $274.4M. Global is $436M.
The best 5 to date overseas are: Mexico ($28.5M), UK ($22.1M), France ($18M), Brazil ($16.4M) and Germany ($14.4M).
Meanwhile, Japanese juggernaut Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle continued its charge this weekend, crossing $600M worldwide to become the 8th biggest movie of the year. Per Sony, the global cume is $605.4M through Sunday (subject to change/increase when Monday actuals are tallied).
Of the total, $305.4M is from Crunchyroll/Sony markets. Infinity Castle added $19.2M this weekend, including $12.1M from 62 overseas markets.
The best 5 offshore Crunchyroll/Sony markets are Mexico ($16.6M, No. 1 all-time anime), Germany ($12.5M), France ($12.3M), India ($9M, No. 1 all-time anime) and UK ($8.4M).
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