‘Super-Pets’ Nabs $41M WW Bow; ‘Minions’ Crosses $700M & ‘Top Gun’ Cruises Past $1.3B – International Box Office
deadline.comWarner Bros’ DC League Of Super-Pets started wagging its tail overseas this weekend, barking up an estimated $18.4M in 63 markets That’s in line with expectations and places it 37% ahead of family comp The Bad Guys in like-for-likes.
The global debut was $41.4M. Outside the pooches, this was notably another holdover weekend for the studios while we await fresh blood in the form of Sony’s Bullet Train.
Overall, big studio titles are holding well, but we are definitely missing new tentpole product. To a degree, as Anthony has noted, that’s down to a bottleneck at VFX houses; still it would have been nice to see more engines firing in Top Gun’s tailwinds.
That’s not to take anything away from Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru which is rollicking along and led overseas for the studios this session with $25.4M in 79 markets (-36%).
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