{"id":11719,"date":"2025-07-21T00:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11719\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T00:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:46:10","slug":"superman-tops-400m-global-box-office-jurassic-600m-demon-slayer-big-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11719\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman Tops $400M Global Box Office, Jurassic $600M, Demon Slayer Big In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRefresh for latest\u2026: It\u2019s been a busy weekend globally for Hollywood, with new milestones for two pictures, and as another pair close in on benchmarks amid strong holds. There was also new studio fare this frame while the latest Demon Slayer<\/a> is a big hit in Japan, its first release market.<\/p>\n

\n\tTaking the major milestones first, and before digging into more detail, DC\/Warner Bros\u2019 Superman<\/a> topped the four-century mark in its sophomore session, flying to $406.8M global. In its 3rd weekend, Universal\/Amblin\u2019s Jurassic World Rebirth<\/a>, after topping half a billion worldwide<\/a> during its sophomore frame, roared past $600M global to reach $648M through Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn holds, and near milestones, Apple Original Films\u2019s F1, via Warner Bros, keeps pushing the needle with increases in some markets again this session amid a mere 24% overseas drop from last weekend to top $300M ($307.2M) at the international box office<\/a> and reach a $460.8M global cume to date, on its way to $500M.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s How to Train Your Dragon<\/a> is closing in on $600M worldwide with $589M through today.<\/p>\n

\n\tNotably, some of the above titles have yet to open in Japan, having dated out of the way of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle<\/a> which started local release on Friday. This is the massively anticipated latest in the Demon Slayer franchise. While getting reliable grosses out of Japan this early (particularly as this is a four-day weekend with Monday a holiday), we are hearing estimates as high as 5.9B yen ($39.7M) for the FSS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWe will update as clearer figures become available, but we do know that the movie (which will be released by Sony domestically in September) opened to an all-time Imax record in Japan of $3M. That\u2019s bigger than any Hollywood or local title and includes an Imax opening day Friday record. The estimated four-day total is $3.5M in Imax.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore we turn back to details on the above Hollywood holdovers, here\u2019s how the new movies fared.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount Animation\u2019s Smurfs<\/a> grossed $22.6M this session internationally, for $33.6M global. That\u2019s lower than where we saw it pre-open, but comes with the codicil of a crowded marketplace and not so family friendly weather in Europe. Including Australia, which started last weekend, the offshore cume is $25M.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs expected, France was first up with $3.7M, followed by the UK at $1.7M, Brazil at $1.6M, Mexico with $1.5M and Germany at $1.5M. Including last weekend, Australia is at $3.3M.<\/p>\n

\n\tMajor markets still\u00a0 to release include Korea and Italy in August and Japan in September.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso new, Sony\u2019s I Know What You Did Last Summer hooked $11.6M from 58 overseas markets this session. That\u2019s on par with\u00a0Happy Death Day 2U\u00a0and 11% above\u00a0Speak No Evil\u00a0for the same group of markets at current rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOverall, there\u2019s not the same nostalgia for this property internationally as there is domestically.<\/p>\n

\n\tReturning to the toplines\u2026 Superman added an estimated\u00a0$45.2M\u00a0from 78 overseas markets, for a holdover drop of\u00a044%\u00a0(excluding China; that market has positively rejected this movie). The international running cume is now\u00a0$171.8M.<\/p>\n

\n\tWeather, as noted earlier and as we always note during summer (and\/or random phenomenon months), has been a factor. With a more favorable moviegoing climate, the UK dropped by 31% while other markets saw strong holds including France (-23%), Holland (-25%), Germany (-29%), and Italy (-38%).<\/p>\n

\n\tLatin America held to -39%, and a highlight in Asia Pacific was Australia where the drop was -32%.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Top 5 to date are: UK ($22.2M), Mexico ($16.6M), Brazil ($11.2M), Australia ($11M) and China ($8.5M).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe global Imax total is $51.4M.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter topping half a billion worldwide<\/a> during its sophomore frame, Universal\u2019s Jurassic World Rebirth crossed another milestone during its third session, roaring past $600M global to reach $648M through Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis makes the Scarlett Johansson-starrer the 4th\u00a0biggest Hollywood film of 2025 worldwide (behind\u00a0Ne Zha 2, Lilo & Stitch\u00a0and\u00a0A Minecraft Movie). It is the 6th\u00a0Jurassic\u00a0title to cross $600M global, and in China has become the biggest Hollywood movie of 2025 with $71.8M to date.`<\/p>\n

\n\tOverseas, Gareth Edwards\u2019 JWR dipped 44% across 82 markets for a $40.3M weekend. The international box office cume is $371.8M through Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking at comps, excluding China, the offshore performance is in line with\u00a0Jurassic World Dominion,\u00a0just off\u00a0Top Gun: Maverick\u00a0and well above Universal\u2019s current\u00a0How to Train Your Dragon (2025)\u00a0and\u00a0Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Top 5 markets to date are: China ($71.8M), UK ($33.7M), Mexico ($28.7M), Germany ($20.3M) and France ($17.4M).<\/p>\n

\n\tJapan is still to release, on August 8.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn another impressive performance, F1 is continuing to gain traction from great word of mouth. The Joseph Kosinski-directed movie added an estimated\u00a0$29.5M\u00a0in its 4th\u00a0weekend in 78 overseas markets for a $307.2M\u00a0offshore cume to date, with the global running tally at\u00a0$460.8M.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe holds here are impressive: Asia Pacific, excluding China, dipped just 11% while China, after increasing last weekend, slid just 37% while new local movies entered that market. Europe was off 25% from last weekend, and Latin America came in with a drop of -32%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tVery notably, Korea grew this session by 28%, that\u2019s freaky for a depressed market but speaks to the power of word of mouth (and some other alchemy we\u2019re still figuring out). Taiwan (+5%), UK (+2%), France (-5%), Holland (-18%), Saudi Arabia (-19%), India (-22%), Spain (-27%), Australia (-28%), Mexico (-29%),\u00a0 Brazil (-35%), UAE (-36%), Germany (-37%) and Japan (-42%) are also among the impressive holds.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the Top 5 through Sunday: China ($45.5M), UK ($24.6M), France ($20.8M), Mexico ($17.4M) and Australia ($15.2M).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe worlwide Imax cume is $79M.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow to Train Your Dragon for its part is closing in on $600M with $589M global through today. The international weekend was $8.6M in 82 markets, a 38% dip from the previous session. Overseas, the running cume is $338.2M.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the Top 5: China ($38.7M), Mexico ($36.3M), UK ($27.8M), Brazil ($20.5M) and Australia ($18.5M).<\/p>\n

\n\tJapan releases on September 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh for latest\u2026: It\u2019s been a busy weekend globally for Hollywood, with new milestones for two pictures, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,7545,11217,75,11218,11219,11220,337,6084,5769],"class_list":["post-11719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-demon-slayer","tag-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-infinity-castle","tag-entertainment","tag-how-to-train-your-dragon","tag-international-box-office","tag-jurassic-world-rebirth","tag-movies","tag-smurfs","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}