Refresh for updates: The plumbers continue to reign supreme around the world with an $83.2M global weekend ($35M dom, $48.2M overseas at 82 territories) taking Super Mario Galaxy Movie‘s global running cume to $747.4M ($355.2M domestic, $392.2M overseas). But the bigger deal is that the Illumination/Nintendo/Universal franchise through two pics has now clicked past $2 billion, becoming the 10. animated feature film series of all-time. Illumination’s Chris Meledandri now has three animated franchises in the top 10 including 1. Desppicable/Minions, No. 4 Ice Age and No 10. Super Mario.
The sequel’s sole opening was Israel with a No. 1 bow of $700K in line with Zootopia, Toy Story 4, and Incredibles 2. Japan, which is gonna be big, opens next weekend. The first movie did close to $102M, simply massive.
Project Hail Mary‘s global running cume is up to $573.1M after a $41.4M fifth weekend around the globe.
New Line’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy with a $22M net production is bound to be profitable after a $34M global start with $20.5M abroad in 77 markets/14K screens and $13.5M stateside. It was built to work abroad. It’s gotta be the brand name because total awareness on tracking was quite strong in the states. The offshore opening is in line with Scream VI, Evil Dead Rise, Halloween Ends, Terrifier 3, Saw X, and The Curse of La Llorona. Like for likes have the Cronin directed and written movie -12% behind Smile 2 and -9% behind Evil Dead Rise.
More in a bit.
