China has added a pair of Sony movies to the release calendar with Columbia Pictures’ Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway set for June 11 — one week before its domestic bow — and Sony Pictures Classics’ Oscar winner The Father due on June 18.The Will Gluck-directed Peter Rabbit sequel opened early in Australia and New Zealand several weeks ago and has had a strong run there.
It added Russia and Mexico this past weekend and is leading the newly-reopened UK box office after hopping into the market on Monday.
The current estimated offshore cume is $22.7M. In China, the previous 2018 film packed over $26M into its basket, opening amid holdover competition from that year’s Lunar New Year titles.
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