Last weekend's battle for the global box office title was fierce, with a gap of less than $500,000 between the champions and runners-up. The comic book thriller action sequel "Venom 2" was expanded to more markets, and another $78.8 million was collected over the weekend, winning the global weekend championship for the first time with a small advantage. The secret agent action blockbuster "007: No Time to Die" also grossed more than $78 million at the weekend, ranking second in the global weekend list. In the Chinese mainland market, the National Day film "Changjin Lake" won another $72 million in the third weekend, retreating to the third place in the global weekend, and the cumulative box office has risen to the second place in the global annual box office list. The Hollywood horror sequel Moonlight Panic: Killing sold nearly $56 million in its first week, ranking fourth at the weekend box office. The American animated sequel "The Adams" was expanded to more overseas markets and ranked fifth on the weekend list with nearly $17 million. The domestic main theme sequel "My Father and Me" retreated to the sixth place in the global weekend list, performing better than the Hollywood movie "The Last Duel", which opened in dozens of markets.
Sony's comic sequel "Venom 2" was released in 45 markets around the world last week, including some of the large European markets, and collected another $78.8 million over the weekend, counterattacking "No Time to Die" and "Chosin Lake", winning the global weekend box office for the first time. In the North American market, "Venom 2" closed another $16.5 million in the third weekend, and the weekend decline narrowed to less than 50%, which was closer to the previous game, and the cumulative revenue in the three weeks of release was $168 million. The film topped the weekend list in 39 overseas markets last week, collected another $62.3 million overseas weekend, and the cumulative overseas box office has reached $116 million, which is 102% higher than "Shangqi" and 76% higher than "Black Widow" in the same market. The film opened at $8.3 million in its first week in the UK, leading the way in its predecessors and second only to 007: No Time to Die during the pandemic. Spain and Italy contributed US$3.9 million and US$3.7 million respectively, both of which set the best opening results in the epidemic period. In Saudi Arabia, Venom 2 set a record for Sony's best opening in the region. In Poland, the film's opening score is also nearly 60% higher than that of the previous game.
Venom 2 grossed $17.8 million in six Asian markets, including $2.8 million in the first week in Taiwan, the best performance since theaters resumed. South Korea opened $9.5 million in its first week, the second highest opening performance in the pandemic. The film has broken through IMAX theaters in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, and its total IMAX box office has now reached $12.7 million. In the old market, Russia's cumulative box office has reached 28.2 million US dollars, setting a record for the single Hollywood film box office during the epidemic period; Mexico has contributed 16.8 million US dollars, surpassing recent blockbusters such as "Shangqi". As of Sunday, Venom 2 grossed $283.7 million worldwide, making it easily one of the top 10 grossing hits of the year. The film will land in Germany, France and other places this week, the global box office will break the $300 million mark before then, and the largest box office of the previous game, Chinese mainland, will soon be set for release date.
The 25th installment of the 007 series, 007: No Time to Die, was released in 73 markets last weekend and grossed $78.3 million over the weekend, ranking second on the global weekend charts. The sequel, played by Daniel Craig in the fifth part of 007, won another $24.3 million in North America the following weekend, a 56% drop slightly higher than the two previous games, and the cumulative box office has reached $99.5 million, just one foot away from breaking 100 million. The film closed another $54 million over the weekend, down only about 40% from the previous week, and the trend is relatively stable. In the British homeland, "No Time to Die" fell only 46% under the impact of "Venom 2", and the cumulative box office in three weeks has reached 92.9 million US dollars, becoming the highest-grossing Hollywood movie since the live-action version of "The Lion King". Germany fell just 22 percent over the weekend and grossed $46.3 million in three weeks, while France fell just 37 percent the following weekend, with a cumulative box office of $17.3 million. In Hong Kong, China, the film has set a record for the highest grossing in the "007" series. As of Sunday, the worldwide box office for "No Time to Die" had risen to $448 million, and it was about to surpass Godzilla vs. King Kong's 468 million and make it into the top five of the annual box office. The film also has two larger markets, Chinese mainland and Australia, which will be released on October 29 and November, respectively, and its final box office is expected to hit more than $700 million.
In China's mainland market, the strength of the two new films that opened last week is weak, and the market is still supported by the two old National Day films of "Changjin Lake" and "My Father and Me", thanks to the excellent trend of the old films, the single-week box office in the mainland has reached more than 1 billion yuan for three consecutive weeks. The war film "Chosin Lake" on the theme of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea received another $72 million at the mainland in the third weekend, and its single market performance was not far from the global release of "Venom 2" and "007", which fell by less than 35% at the weekend, and the cumulative box office has reached 764 million US dollars (4.915 billion yuan). The film surpassed "Avengers 4" (4.25 billion yuan), "Detective Chinatown 3" (44.523 billion yuan) and "The Wandering Earth" (4.686 billion yuan), ranking among the top five box office in the history of mainland films. The film also became the fifth film to exceed 100 million after the reform of the mainland market. In addition, the single-market box office of "Chosin Lake" also surpassed the Hollywood hit sequel "Fast and Furious 9" ($717 million worldwide), ranking second in the global annual box office, and together with the domestic film "Hello, Li Huanying" in the Spring Festival file, it won the top two in the global annual box office. Another main theme film, "My Father and Me", won another US$14.6 million at the weekend, ranking in the top five of the world's weekends for three consecutive weeks, and has now surpassed the cumulative box office of "Chinese Doctor" and "The Great Case of Anger", and has ranked among the top five annual box office in the mainland.
"Chinese Doctor" and "Fury Case" have ranked among the top five annual box office in the mainland.
Universal's horror sequel, the R-rated horror movie Moonlight Panic: Killing, opened in 21 markets last week and grossed $55.85 million in its first weekend, ranking fourth on the global weekend charts. The film landed in 3,705 theaters in North America in its first week and attracted $50.35 million in three days, far exceeding market expectations and becoming the best R-rated film in the North American market during the epidemic period, but the performance was still nearly $20 million back from the previous series in 2018. The film far outperformed overseas markets far less than in North America, with the UK opening $2.3 million in its first week, the best start in the film since "Mr. Glass" in early 2019. Mexico produced $1.3 million in its first week, 148 percent higher than Hold Your Breath 2. Horror films generally account for a relatively high proportion of the North American market, and the North American box office of 2018's "Moonlight Panic" accounted for 62% of the global box office, and this sequel is expected to be close.
The animated sequel "Adams Family 2" released by United States was expanded to 22 markets last week and received another $16.9 million at the weekend, rising to the fourth place in the global weekend list. The dark-gothic animated film took another $7.2 million over the weekend, down less than 30 percent from the previous week, and has grossed more than $42 million in three weeks, a decent mix-and-match release. The film grossed $9.7 million over the weekend overseas, with Russia offering $3.87 million, a start close to that of Mad Hominid 2 and Dragon Quest. France earned $1.1 million in its first week and performed modestly. In the old market, the UK has accumulated $5.25 million in two weeks. As of Sunday, the animated sequel had grossed $58.5 million worldwide. DreamWorks Animation sequel "Baby Boss 2" last week in Germany and other markets to help, but also returned to the global weekend top ten, the current global cumulative box office has reached 122 million US dollars
The sci-fi film "Dune," released by Warner and produced by Legendary Pictures, was released in 36 markets last weekend and collected another $8.5 million over the weekend, with a cumulative overseas box office of $129 million. The epic blockbuster, adapted from science fiction giant Frank Herbert's novel of the same name, landed on the Japanese market last week and earned $1.8 million in three days, making a 36 percent start from Arrival, with 37 IMAX screens contributing $550,000, and IMAX accounting for 31 percent. In Indonesia, the film opened at $320,000 in its first week, surpassing films such as Black Widow and Task Force X, and making one of the best starts in the pandemic. As of now, Dune's equivalent market performance is 8% higher than "Creed", 68% higher than "Black Widow", and 89% higher than "Blade Runner 2049" before the epidemic. As of Sunday, France had contributed $26.2 million, still its largest ticket position, Russia had also exceeded $20 million, and Germany had produced $17.5 million. This weekend, Dune will be painted simultaneously in major markets such as North America, Chinese mainland, and the United Kingdom.
Disney-released historical drama film The Last Duel, produced by 20th Century Pictures, failed badly at the beginning of the show, earning only $9 million in 38 markets in its first week, ranking seventh on the weekend charts. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Judy Comer, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and other big names, the new game only grossed $4.82 million over the weekend, and only ranked fifth on the weekend charts, well below the industry's expected start of around $10 million. Marvel's new work "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", also released by Disney, collected more than $7 million in 47 markets over the weekend, and the global box office has risen to $414 million.