International Box Office: Rampage Runs Roughshod over Competition topping Century Mark

April 18, 2018

Rampage

Rampage dominated the international box office earning more than the rest of the top ten combined with $115.7 million on 40,200 screens in 61 markets for a worldwide opening weekend of $151.5 million. The film’s biggest opening was in China, where it managed $54.88 million on 21,500 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $55.56 million. This is a good result, compared to recent results. It’s better than Tomb Raider managed, but not as good as Ready Player One, for example. The U.K. and South Korea were in a close race for second place with the former earning $5.8 million on 883 screens and the latter earning $4.99 million on 909 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $5.60 million.

Ready Player One slipped to second place with $33.4 million on 18,717 screens in 65 markets for totals of $360.2 million internationally and $475.1 million worldwide. Given where the film has earned this money, the studio’s share is about $175 million. Unfortunately, the film cost $150 million to make and reportedly $150 million to advertise, so the film will need to get to $600 million worldwide to break even any time soon. Perhaps if it is a big hit in Japan this weekend, it will get there.

A Quiet Place fell to third place with $22.3 million in 55 markets for a still early international total of $51.7 million. This film is not matching its domestic strength internationally. That said, it will break even just on its domestic numbers, so anything the studio earns internationally is pure profits.

Peter Rabbit was next with $13.61 million on 8,078 screens in 81 markets for totals of $185.28 million internationally and $299.15 million worldwide. It hit $300 million on Monday. The U.K. continues to be the film’s biggest market, as it pulled in $2.88 million on 1,020 screens over the weekend for a total of $53.48 million after a month of release.

Taxi 5 rounded out the top five with $9.52 million, almost all of which was earned in its native France. It sold 1.27 million tickets in its native market during its opening weekend, which was lower than the previous installments in the franchise.

Black Panther added $2.6 million for totals of $639.7 million internationally and $1.313 billion worldwide.

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