“Dune” raises a heap of 37 million dollars abroad; ‘Shang-Chi’ exceeds $ 320 million WW – Deadline

Refresh to last…: Warner Bros / Legendary Dune exceeded expectations, harvest $ 36.8M at the international box office of just 24 early release markets. The Denis Villeneuve-led sci-fi epic was the best overseas film this weekend, with No. 1s in virtually every opening. On a like-for-like basis and at daily rates, Dune is ahead of 4% on Principle, 33% ahead of Black Widow, 52% in front Blade Runner 2049, 58% above Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings and 80% ahead of Godzilla vs. Kong.

IMAX delivered a whopping $ 3.6 million across 142 screens, which is roughly 10% of the total weekend and an average of $ 25,000 per screen. Dune smashed pandemic-era box office records for the network in 10 markets, including Russia, France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine, as well than in Hong Kong and Singapore.

All in all, this is a great result for the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic world-building novel in 1965 – and that’s just the start. According to industry projections, Dune has seen a launch of over $ 20 million. In the end, Russia and France were neck and neck as the best plays, with the former debuting at $ 7.6 million and the latter at $ 7.5 million. Germany ($ 4.9M), Italy ($ 2.6M) and Spain ($ 2.2M) complete the Top 5.

Dune premiered at the Venice Film Festival, before moving to Paris for an event screening at the Grand Rex cinema, a screening at the Deauville American Film Festival and a seat in Toronto.

Dune hits Middle Eastern markets on September 22 with Japan and certain other Asian markets and EMEA on October 15, followed by Korea, the United Kingdom, some smaller European markets and all of Latin America over the course of the period of October 20, in accordance with national markets. Australia, given the state of cinema closures there, is currently dated December 2.

Meanwhile, Disney / Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings led the world game with $ 42 million in the third session. This side, $ 20.3 million comes from 43 offshore materials markets. Total international cumulation is now $ 143.7M for $ 320.6M global. This last number makes it number 4 of the biggest Hollywood title of 2021. It held the number 1 in Australia, Brazil, Mexico and the United Kingdom, among others this frame. The total decline abroad was 44%.

The UK leads all the games on Shang-Chi with $ 21.8M, followed by Korea ($ 12.6M), France ($ 9.2M), Russia ($ 7.6M) and Japan ($ 7M). There is still no word on a date in China – given recent confirmation that the two Dune and James Bond photo No time to die released at the end of October, it remains uncertain whether Shang-Chi will be approved.

Also from Disney, 20th Century Studios’ free guy continues to enjoy a strong run in China after grossing $ 85.6 million after 24 days. It has fallen behind some local titles on the market this session with Cloudy mountain take the lead at around $ 19 million. The full weekend off the free guy was $ 8.4M for a $ 189.7M cum international. Globally, the Ryan Reynolds star is set to cross $ 300 million, currently sitting at $ 298.3 million.

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