{"id":800353,"date":"2026-07-14T02:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800353\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T02:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:04:10","slug":"global-box-office-moana-at-95m-worldwide-kung-fu-soccer-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800353\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Box Office: ‘Moana’ At $95M Worldwide; ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tForget any bad buzz that there\u2019s a funk at the box office, because it always boils down to product, as well as time and space. As we told you throughout the weekend, the live-action Moana<\/a> was too close to Thanksgiving 2024\u2019s Moana 2 on the calendar. Had it gone in place of Moana 2 at that point in time, then it could be poised to be a billion-dollar-grossing movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tSimilar to domestic (somewhat), U.S. family movies are ruling the top of the global box office chart, though Stephen Chow\u2019s first movie as a director in seven years, Kung Fu Soccer<\/a>, kicked its way into second place overall. Let\u2019s dive in:<\/p>\n

\n\t1.) Moana (Dis) $95.1M WW weekend ($52M int\u2019l, $43.1M dom), Wk 1
The Polynesian princess and demigod Maui in-the-flesh didn\u2019t pop off like a volcano with some very low openings. That said, it was No. 1 (non-local) in Australia ($5.3M), France ($5.2M), Korea ($3.8M), UK ($3.7M), Germany ($3.4M) and Spain ($3.1M)\u00a0as well as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Bahrain, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Southern Africa, UAE, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Central America and Ecuador.<\/p>\n

\n\tChina was at $1.2M, Brazil was $2.7M and Mexico was $3.4M; Toy Story 5 beat out Moana in the latter two markets. She\u2019s getting some pulse in the Pan Pacific area, which is not surprising, not only with Australia but also Korea popping, and the Dwayne Johnson movie ranking as the third-highest non-local bow YTD in New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\n\t2.) Kung Fu Soccer (Shenzhen) 1 territory, $73.6M (RMB 500.3M)WW weekend\/Wk 1
Chow, the filmmaker behind such mainland China hits as 2001\u2019s Shaolin Soccer ($42.7M WW) and 2004\u2019s Kung Fu Hustle ($104.8M), arrives with a female-led spinoff to the former and rules the country\u2019s B.O. over two days, ahead of the second-place title, the second weekend of Minions & Monsters, by 9x ($8.1M). Kung Fu Soccer follows the underdog Emei team, known for incorporating martial arts with their moves on the field. The release date here was, of course, timed to the World Cup. A great 9.4\/10 on Mayan with a projection of $368M (RMB 2.5B) in the Middle Kingdom. Chow wrote and directed here but doesn\u2019t headline, his last appearance being in 2008\u2019s CJ7. Encore Films out of Singapore has rights outside of China, with a worldwide release still in the works.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Stephen Chow\u2019s \u2018Kung Fu Soccer\u2019 Scores Big At China Box Office With $74M Opening\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t3.) Toy Story 5 (Dis) 51 territory, $64.3M WW weekend ($45.3M int\u2019l, $19M), Total $879.5M ($475.3M int\u2019l, $404.2M dom), Wk 4
Buzz, Woody and Jessie beat Moana in Brazil and Mexico where the respective cumes remain $22.7M and $66M (biggest outside the U.S.). Following the highest MPA opening weekend of all time in Japan, pic\u2019s second weekend there is the third-highest MPA second weekend of all time, dropping only 29% with a running cume of $30.8M. The fifthquel was also the top-grossing non-local movie in Hong Kong, Taiwan and all Latin American territories (except for Ecuador and Central America). Pic\u2019s overall global haul makes it the seventh highest-grossing Pixar movie ever, having just galloped past Coco ($814M) and Inside Out ($858M WW), and it\u2019s the No. 3 MPA global release YTD. At the foreign B.O., it\u2019s the third-highest MPA title having just clicked past Devil Wears Prada 2 with $468M in international B.O. Other updated territory cumes include UK ($56.3M, No. 2 outside North America), China ($40M, No. 3), Australia ($26.1M, No. 5), France ($25.5M, No. 6), Spain ($17.4M, No. 8), Korea ($17.3M, No. 9) and Argentina ($16M, No. 10).<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: The 30 Highest-Grossing Animated Films Of All Time At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t4.) Minions & Monsters (Uni) 80 territories $61M WW weekend ($39.8M int\u2019l $21.1M dom), Total $281M WW ($172.1M int\u2019l, $108.9M dom)\/Wk 3
The guys obsessed with bananas opened in eight CIS markets led by Kazakhstan with $488K at 95 sites. Overall take for the region was $800,000 at 416 screens. China lead the sequel\u2019s holdover territories, with the pic\u2019s cume there now $32.4M, surpassing the lifetimes\u00a0of both Super Mario movies, Elemental and Moana 2. Mexico made $3M, -33% in weekend dos for a No. 3 rank and a running total of $10.6M. Australia\u2019s third weekend boosted by school holidays is $2.6M, -6%, for a No. 3 rank behind Moana and Toy Story 5. Near $12M running cume. France\u2019s second weekend was $2.5M, -9%, ranking third behind Moana and Toy Story 5, the cume now at $13.4M. Germany\u2019s second weekend is $2.2M, ranking second behind the opening of Moana, with a $10.2M running total. UK\u2019s second frame was $2.1M, -54%, ranking No. 3 behind Moana and Toy Story 5 and a cume near $10M. Spain\u2019s second frame is $1.6M in No. 2 behind Moana, -43%, for a $7.8M cume. Brazil posted a second weekend of $1.6M, +17% due to no World Cup but third behind Toy Story 5 and Moana. Italy\u2019s second frame of Gru\u2019s henchmen was $1.4M, a solid No. 1 and a running cume of $5.5M. Moana doesn\u2019t surf in until mid-August.<\/p>\n

\n\t5.) Evil Dead Burn<\/a> (WB\/Sony\/StudioCanal) $27M WW weekend ($13.3M int\u2019l, $13.7M dom)\/Wk 1
Sony has foreign except StudioCanal has UK ($1.2M opening), France ($850K) and Russia. American horror works in India, with the country leading all territories with $1.5M. Upcoming major markets are Spain, Indonesia,\u00a0South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n

\n\t6.) Obsession (Uni), 76 territories $12M WW weekend ($8.2M int\u2019l, $3.8M dom), $426.7M WW ($173.3M int\u2019l, $253.3M dom)\/Wk 9
Among the big holds is Germany with a third weekend of $1.6M and a running cume of $8.6M. Nikki and Bear set their sights on Japan on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\t7.) Dhamaal 4 (18 territories, $9.1M WW weekend ($8.7M int\u2019l, $467K dom)\/Wk 1
The Hindi-language adventure comedy is directed by Indra Kumar. Pic\u2019s blurb: a\u00a0group of eccentric, money-hungry misfits racing against each other to find a mythical treasure hidden on a remote island encounter a bumbling crew of modern pirates searching for the treasure as well. The first 2007 title did $10.3M in India, with 2011\u2019s Double Dhamaal posting the same, and 2019\u2019s Total Dhamaal even more with $22.2M (all unadjusted for inflation and currency swings).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t8.) The Invite (A24) 23 territories, $8.1M WW weekend ($2.3M Int\u2019l, $5.8M dom), Total $12.8M WW ($5.3M int\u2019l, $7.5M dom)<\/p>\n

\n\t9.) Backrooms (A24) 52 territories, $7.4M WW weekend ($6M int\u2019l, $1.43M dom) Total $375.5M WW ($181.5 int\u2019l, $194.1M dom)\/Wk 7
China fueled its third weekend, a No. 4 placing with $3.2M with a running cume of $21.8M in its third frame.<\/p>\n

\n\t10.) Supergirl (WB) 81 territories, $7.1M WW weekend ($3.4M int\u2019l, $3.76M dom), Total $115.6M WW (int\u2019l $49.4M, $66.2M domestic)\/Wk 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget any bad buzz that there\u2019s a funk at the box office, because it always boils down to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,106281,11219,269841,31999,561,82],"class_list":["post-800353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-evil-dead-burn","tag-international-box-office","tag-kung-fu-soccer","tag-moana","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800353","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=800353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}