International Box Office: Aladdin is the Jewel of the International Chart

May 29, 2019

Aladdin

Aladdin opened with $121.0 million in 54 markets earning first place on the international chart. Add in its three-day domestic debut and it had a global opening of $212.5 million at the end of business on Sunday. The film’s biggest market was China, where it managed $18.92 million over the weekend, earning first place along the way. It was also number one in the U.K. with $8.97 million and it topped the chart in Mexico with $8.78 million. The latter is more impressive, given the relative size of the two markets. On the downside, the film was expensive to make and it only has one major market left to debut in (Japan), so it will need long legs to break even in a timely fashion.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum isn’t doing as well internationally as it is doing domestically, but it still scored second place with $24.8 million in 74 markets over the weekend for a two-week total of $74.4 million. While this is less than it has made domestically, it is almost as much as Chapter Two made in total and it will become the biggest hit in the franchise before the weekend begins.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was in a practical tie for second place with $24.7 million on 17,307 screens in 72 markets for totals of $238.1 million internationally and $355.2 million worldwide. The film’s coasting on holdovers at the moment, but it should have no trouble getting to $400 million worldwide, which is enough to break even sometime during its home market run.

Avengers: Endgame fell to fourth place with $15.3 million in 54 markets for totals of $1.879 million internationally and $2.677 million worldwide. The film won’t last long enough to overtake Avatar on the all-time international chart, but it could claim first place on the all-time worldwide chart, if its trailing legs are long enough.

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil debuted in first place in its native South Korea with $8.48 million on 1,307 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $11.02 million.

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