“Final Destination Bloodlines” made a killing in its international box office debut, scaring up $51 million from 74 markets.
Thanks to positive word-of-mouth and great reviews, “Final Destination” secured by far the best opening weekend in the six-film series, which began with 2000’s “Final Destination.” With this momentum, it’ll also eventually rank as the highest-grossing installment over 2011’s “The Final Destination” ($186 million globally).
Top overseas territories include Mexico with $5.5 million, the United Kingdom with $5.3 million, the Philippines with $3.4 million, India with $3 million and France with $3 million.
The PG-rated video game adaptation has generated $501 million overseas and $928 million worldwide to date, standing as Hollywood’s biggest movie of the year.
Meanwhile, “Sinners” collected $3.8 million internationally over the weekend, boosting its tally to $76 million overseas and a stellar $316 million globally.
With $51 million from 74 markets, “Final Destination Bloodlines” had a huge debut at the international box office.
The Warner Bros. and the R-rated horror movie from New Line brought in an additional $51 million at home, making it a fantastic start of $102 million worldwide. Thanks to favorable reviews and word-of-mouth, “Final Destination” had by far the best opening weekend of the six-film series, which started with “Final Destination” in 2000. Additionally, with this momentum, it will surpass 2011’s “The Final Destination” ($186 million worldwide) as the highest-grossing film.
“Final Destination Bloodlines,” which is directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky, carries on the franchise’s tradition of exposing viewers to progressively more bizarre and horrifying demises. It revolves around a family that begins to die off one by one because their matriarch was never meant to live through a terrible incident that occurred fifty years ago. Mexico has $55 million, the UK has $53 million, the Philippines has $34 million, India has $3 million, and France has $3 million: these are the top overseas territories.
The Warner Bros. After a difficult year at the box office with “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Mickey 17, and “The Alto Knights,” Pictures is seeing a turnabout in its fortunes. The $50 million production cost of “Final Destination Bloodlines” marks the studio’s third straight victory after the success of “A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners” in April. “.”.
Those two movies are still popular; in its seventh weekend on the big screen, “Minecraft” made $8.3 million. So far, the PG-rated video game adaptation has made $501 million abroad and $928 million globally, making it Hollywood’s highest-grossing film of the year. “Sinners” made $3.08 million abroad over the weekend, bringing its total to $76 million abroad and an incredible $316 million worldwide.
In other news, in its third frame, Disney-Marvel’s adventure “Thunderbolts*” brought in $15.7 million from 52 markets. The superhero movie has made $325 million worldwide and $170 million overseas. Yet, even though “Thunderbolts*” received great reviews and ranked among the year’s top five grossing films, it might find it difficult to make a profit at the box office. This is because movie theater owners keep roughly half of ticket sales, despite the tentpole costing a whopping $180 million to produce and about $100 million to market.
Sony’s “Karate Kid: Legends” made $4 million in a few Latin American markets prior to its North American release. With newcomer Ben Wang and franchise original star Ralph Macchio, the sequel has made $112.5 million across 12 markets.
The U.S. premiere of “Karate Kid: Legends” is set for May 30. S. . and thirty-one significant foreign territories, including the U.S. K. and Germany. Following a new student (Wang) who becomes the newest apprentice to Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) and Mr. Han (Jackie Chan, who joined the series with 2010’s “Karate Kid” reboot), the movie picks up three years after the events of “Cobra Kai,” a spinoff sequel in the martial arts franchise.
