‘Elemental’ Shows Spark Overseas, ‘The Flash’ Crosses $200M WW; ‘Little Mermaid’ Nears $500M & China Is ‘Lost In The Stars’ – International Box Office
deadline.comRefresh for latest...: After two major studio movies bowed last weekend, this session was one of holdovers for Hollywood with mixed results.
Last weekend’s leader, The Flash, which had initially come in lower than projections, added $26.6M in 78 offshore markets this weekend, dropping by 59%.The Warner Bros/DC deep universe title now counts an international running cume of $123.3M for $211M worldwide.
The Top 5 markets are China ($23.6M), Mexico ($14.4M), UK ($8.5M), Brazil ($5.4M) and Korea ($4.7M). Disney/Pixar’s Elemental, meanwhile, had better holds in its second frame, sliding by just 18% (-7% when excluding China). Korea is particularly notable with strong social scores, and this frame was up 18% there, becoming the first movie to overtake local juggernaut The Roundup: No Way Out at No.
1, as well as leading over new entry Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In Korea, Elemental had the 3rd highest sophomore weekend for Pixar titles after Inside Out and Toy Story 4 as well as 40% above Zootopia.
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