Getting a head start on the holiday season, Warner Bros begins overseas release on Amazon MGM Studios’ Red One today in such majors as the UK, Korea and Spain.
Through Friday, a total 75 international box office markets will be on board. The rollout comes one week before domestic on the $200 million Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans Santa Claus caper movie as the calendar starts to crowd up in November.
The Seven Bucks production is eyeing an international launch in the $25M-$30M range. Among Johnson’s family film comps, we’re looking at 2021’s Jungle Cruise, which did $26M in like markets at open.
Expect the biggest plays to be in English-speaking hubs, Latin America and Western Europe. While it’s opening in China on Friday, and is in second place for presales that day, it’s not expected to do much there.
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