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Last week, with the help of the second round of overseas screenings opened by new films and several Hollywood films, the market continued to maintain a high of more than $300 million, the market reached more than 75% of the same period in 2017-2019, the number of screens that have resumed operation in the world has exceeded 90%, and all major markets have resumed operations, but many regions are still in various attendance restrictions.
Relying on the opening of the European and Asia-Pacific markets, Sony's super British "Venom 2" won the weekend championship by a slight margin, and the cumulative box office has approached $300 million. Overseas earned $62.06 million on 18,500 screens in 44 overseas markets last week, of which 39 markets have won the weekend first, and 41% of the markets that have been released are 17% ahead of "Fast and Furious 9" and 34% of the same period at the same exchange rate, and the overseas performance can be said to be quite eye-catching: of which the Middle East earns $6.92 million, while Saudi Arabia refreshes Sony's opening record in the region with 7.9 million riyals Russia and the CIS have jumped to 15th in film history with revenues exceeding 2 billion rubles to 2.064 billion rubles; the Asia-Pacific region has opened with 17.75 million US dollars, of which Taiwan's revenue of NT$76.82 million is the best result since the epidemic. In terms of unreleased markets, France and Germany will land this weekend, and Australia is scheduled to be next week, but there is no news yet in the mainland market.
"007: No Time to Die" with a slight disadvantage to accompany the second seat, the North American trend is not very satisfactory, but the overall decline is relatively stable, breaking through 650 million is still very likely. The 48 markets overseen by Global overseas fell just 39% to a total of $281 million, the Caribbean market, which reopened on Tuesday, earned $41,000 as its best since 2020; the United Kingdom, which is the first to fall only 45% under the between two new films, is now the third highest Bond film on record at 68.58 million pounds.
A British spokesperson for Universal Pictures told reporters that the film's 60% increase on Saturday shows great staying power, and it is believed that it will burst by 100 million pounds; Germany only fell 23% and also ranked first, and 3985 euros is currently the highest-grossing film since the epidemic. MGM is responsible for 24 overseas markets totaling $68.27 million, and is now the second-highest Bond film in the history of Northern and Middle Eastern Europe, with the film falling just 20% on the weekend in Sweden and breaking the weekend record for the second and third weeks in Denmark.
The Halloween slash-and-roll film "Moonlight Panic: Killing" seems to be continuing the post-epidemic era R-rated film bonus BUFF, ranking fourth with a significantly higher-than-expected result, with a North American weekend of $49.4 million as the second highest in the series, significantly exceeding the pre-screening forecast of about $30 million and making the cumulative box office of 12 works in the series reach 520 million US dollars. Overseas 20 advance market revenue of 5.42 million US dollars, 7 markets won the weekend second, 6 market weekend third, with this scale of distribution is not easy, overseas as a whole similar to the "Human Eradication Plan 4".
Last week, Indian films also shined on the weekend list, with the Telugu romantic comedy "Most Eligible Bachelor" setting a record for the highest Torlywood film since the epidemic with nearly $4 million in the world, and the Indian romance film "Honsla Rakh" ranking 17th with $1.55 million.
In addition, Sima Liaotaro's famous work "Burn It!" has been adapted many times in Japan. "Sword" was once again adapted to the big screen, and easily won the Japanese Weekly Crown at 2.87 yen, ranking 14th in the world, directed by Makoto Harada, starring Junichi Okada, and co-released by Toho and ASMIK, telling the story of Togata Shizo, after realizing his dream of becoming a samurai, as the deputy leader of the new selection group, who is committed to maintaining the safety of Kyoto but has to face civil unrest. Adapted from a fantasy children's novel, the German film "School of Fantastic Beasts" ranked 13th in the world with a box office of 2.18 million euros, which tells the story of every student in a magical school who will find a companion pet of his own, and the little girl Ida has to find a school thief with her friends in addition to facing interpersonal troubles.
The costume film "The Last Duel", directed by Ridley Scott, although well received word of mouth, suffered an epic failure last weekend, and the most unsatisfactory analysts before the release also thought that it could earn at least $10 million in the first weekend, but in fact, the film in which Matt Damon co-wrote and starred did not even reach $5 million in the first weekend, knowing that even "Blade Runner", which failed at the box office 40 years ago, had $6.15 million.
Those involved believe that it can be the potential audience for this film - the elderly moviegoers in the epidemic era of low willingness to watch the film, but this has to be reminiscent of the record loss of 17 years "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts", this kind of armor for poor combat and the long and bloated drama is no longer glamorous. It is reported that the production cost of this film is as high as 100 million US dollars, and with the addition of the award public relations in your marketing PA budget of up to 70 million US dollars, the final loss rate may reach 150%.
This weekend, "Dune" will land in 40 overseas markets, including China and North America, and at the same time, it will be possible to hit "Creed" with $350 million, and it will accumulate $130 million in the 36 markets that have been released, 9% ahead of "Creed" in the same period. In addition, the 20th Century Film Animation "Heavenly Gift" will also be released in North America and some overseas markets, as the first and only work cooperated by Locksmith Animation and 20th Century Pictures, the industry still has considerable confidence in its reputation.