Similar to recent weeks, we’re still in a holding pattern at the international box office, awaiting major new wide studio releases.
There were a few milestones this session, however, and Japan has in general been a bright spot with local pic One Piece Film: Red and the continued thrum of Top Gun: Maverick while the market does the bulk of the lifting to potentially push Jurassic World Dominion across the $1B mark worldwide.Japan this frame did help get Universal/Amblin’s six-film Jurassic franchise across the $6B mark globally to $6.06B.
The current installment, Jurassic World Dominion, is now at a worldwide tally of $990.4M through Sunday. As we noted last weekend, Japan was the last major market to release, and may be the swing on whether the JWD dino-meter clicks past $1B.
The market was the top holdover with a 25% drop in its 5th frame, for a $40.9M local cume. Offshore, JWD is at $615.7M, surpassing No Time To Die to become the 3rd highest-grossing Hollywood pic of the pandemic era overseas.Overall, Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru led offshore play with a $15M weekend in 84 markets (-45%).
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