SUNDAY UPDATE: Disney's Zootopia 2 has continued its wild ride throughout this weekend, landing the biggest global launch for any movie in 2025 at an estimated $556.4M through Sunday. The international box office portion of that is $400.4M.   There is a lot to unpack here, including many records…

Sang-il Lee's kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken Watanabe-starrer is Japan's entry for the International Feature Oscar and was released for one-week qualifying…

A little under a year ago, I wrote about discourse in the industry that the future of Hollywood's fortunes in China would become clearer once two of the most anticipated studio titles of late 2025 release in the world's second biggest box office market. Now, here we are on the precipice of Walt…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Universal's Wicked: For Good has swooped in with an estimated $226M global debut, a smidge lower than where we saw it yesterday, but higher than the pre-weekend projection and broomsticks above the first film. In 78 international box office markets, the opening is $76M, 13% ahead…

Refresh for latest…: Lionsgate's third outing with the Four Horsemen conjured a $75.5M global opening this weekend. Of that, $54.2M was in 64 international box office markets.  The magic extended to No. 1s in 40 of those offshore hubs, including a surprisingly solid China start of $21.7M…

Updated: Exceeding expectations, 20th Century Studios/Disney's Predator: Badlands slayed it this weekend with an $80M global opening. Of that, $40M is from the international box office, making for an even split with domestic. The film also pushed The Walt Disney Studios across the $4B worldwide mark…

Updated: There are some things to celebrate during a Halloween weekend that's been a little bit boo-ring… Let's start with the milestones. Overseas audiences answered the call for Blumhouse/Universal's Black Phone 2 during the third session with a Halloween weekend pushing global across the century…

Family movie Kangaroo has become the highest-grossing Australian film of the year to date at the local box office. Since premiering in September via Studiocanal Australia, the comedy about an unlikely friendship and a group of the titular marsupials has grossed A$5.2M ($3.4M USD). Including releases…

Updated: Continuing their success with anime fare, Sony/Crunchyroll's release of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, has pushed the film across the century mark globally, reaching $108M worldwide this weekend. From director Tatsuya Yoshihara, this feature sequel to the first season, Chainsaw Man…

Updated: 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…

Updated: Riding in lower than pre-weekend projections, Disney's Tron: Ares cycled to a $60.5M worldwide debut, including $27M from the international box office.  While the team was out and about on an overseas promotional tour, the latest in the 43-year-old cyber saga just didn't pop wheelies at…

Updated: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another had a fantastic hold in the sophomore session, dropping only 22% at the international box office. The Warner Bros title added $21.7M in 77 overseas markets this weekend to lift the international running cume to $58.9M with global passing the…