{"id":111197,"date":"2025-09-01T05:07:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111197\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T05:07:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:07:29","slug":"first-steps-crosses-500m-global-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111197\/","title":{"rendered":"First Steps Crosses $500M Global Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt was a fairly sleepy weekend at the international box office<\/a> as summer draws to a close in many of the majors. Still, there were some strong holds out there and one big new milestone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMarvel\/Disney\u2019s The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a> crossed the five-century mark globally, reaching $505.1M in the 6th frame. The offshore cume is $240.5M after adding $4.4M this weekend. That was just a 29% drop from last session, with significant holds in key majors including Brazil (+35%\/No. 1 again), UK (-1%), France (-24%), Mexico (-33%), Spain (-36%), Australia (-37%) and Netherlands (-38%).<\/p>\n

\n\tF4:FS remains the highest grossing superhero release of 2025 across the Latin American region as well as Italy and Thailand. It\u2019s the No. 8 studio movie of the year both internationally and worldwide.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Top 5 overseas for the family are: UK ($31M), Mexico ($28.2M), France ($16.2M), Brazil ($14.4M) and Australia ($11.4M).<\/p>\n

\n\tNew movies this session included Searchlight\u2019s The Roses<\/a> with $9.2M in 40 overseas markets ($17.2M global including the estimated 4-day domestic opening). The comedy update was No. 1 in the UK, Belgium, Netherlands and a handful of other markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOpening in about 89% of the international footprint, the start is comping ahead of Game Night in like-for-likes at today\u2019s rates. In the Netherlands, the Olivia Colman\/Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer posted the biggest opening weekend ever for Searchlight (excluding previews).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Top 5 starts are: UK ($3M), Germany ($800K), France ($800K), Netherlands ($700K) and Italy ($600K).<\/p>\n

\n\tKey markets still to release include Australia, Korea and Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHoldover play for the studios was led by Universal\/DreamWorks Animation\u2019s The Bad Guys 2<\/a> which added another six markets, including Germany. In total, 75 offshore markets rustled up $12.5M for a $103.5M international cume and $176.5M global so far. The overseas drop was a mere 19% while the sequel is running above the original, excluding China.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt present, the Top 5 markets are: China ($23.3M), UK ($15.9M), France ($10.5M), Spain ($7.2M) and Mexico ($6M).<\/p>\n

\n\tAustralia releases later this month.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew Line\/Warner Bros\u2019 Weapons put another $9.4M in the arsenal from 74 offshore markets, taking the overseas cume to $100M and global to $234.6M. The drop internationally was 30% with notable holds in some key markets including Brazil (-1%), France (-13%), Spain (-23%), Italy (-24%), Germany (-25%), UK (-26%) and Netherlands (-29%).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Top 5 through Sunday are: UK ($13.9M), Mexico ($8.6M), France ($7.6M), Spain ($7M) and Australia ($5.9M).<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, and before it debuts domestically in a little under two weeks, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle<\/a> continued its Southeast Asia run via Sony\/Crunchyroll, lifting the cume to $42M from nine markets after a $4.3M third weekend. The anime hit is now bigger than Incredibles 2, Ne Zha 2, Toy Story 4, Moana 2\u00a0and\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie\u00a0across like markets. Among those are Hong Kong ($9.4M),\u00a0Indonesia ($6.9M), Thailand\u00a0($6.5M),\u00a0Malaysia\u00a0($5.9M),\u00a0Philippines\u00a0($5.8M), and\u00a0Vietnam\u00a0($4.4M).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn total, including non-Sony markets, comScore has the international weekend at $20.4M while the global cume on the Toho\/Ufotable movie has surpassed $250M. Releases are still to come in North America, Brazil, Australia, Mexico, UK, Spain, France and Germany.<\/p>\n

\n\tMISC UPDATED CUMES\/NOTABLE
*Caught Stealing (SNY): $5.4M intl weekend (48 markets); $5.4M intl cume\/$14.9M global
F1 (WB): $4.7M intl weekend (71 markets); $425.2M intl cume\/$613.3M global
Freakier Friday (DIS): $4.6M intl weekend (50 markets); $50.4M intl cume\/$130.9M global
Jurassic World Rebirth (UNI): $4.6M intl weekend (83 markets); $517.3M intl cume\/$855.2M global
Materialists (SNY\/A24): $4M intl weekend (58 markets); $56.1M intl cume\/$92.6M global
Smurfs (PAR): $4M intl weekend (62 markets); $83.6M intl cume\/$114.7M global
The Naked Gun (PAR): $3M intl weekend (51 markets); $44.4M intl cume\/$95.2M global
Nobody 2 (UNI): $2M intl weekend (75 markets); $15.5M intl cume\/$35.6M global
Karate Kid: Legends (SNY); $1.7M intl weekend (11 markets); $62M intl cume\/$114.5M global
Bring Her Back (SNY\/A24): $1.3M intl weekend (30 markets); $19.8M intl cume\/$39.1M global
Superman (WB): $1.1M intl weekend (71 markets); $259.7M intl cume\/$611.4M global
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