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Friday morning update: With the $ 13.2 million domestic Thursday night and two days of offshore cash of $ 22.4 million, Disney / Marvel’s Black Widow amounts to a current worldwide tally of $ 35.6 million. Industry estimates predicted that the standalone MCU title starring Scarlett Johansson could reach a height of $ 140 million.

Internationally, yesterday, the Cate Shortland-directed film debuted in 30 additional hardware markets, including Germany, Russia, Australia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and Mexico, carrying the total at 41 hardware markets to date.

Here is the distribution of the territories to date: Korea ($ 3.3M), United Kingdom ($ 3.1M), France ($ 2.9M), Australia ($ 1.7M), Italy (1 , $ 2 M), Russia ($ 1.1 M), Mexico ($ 1 M), Hong Kong ($ 900 K), Japan ($ 700 K) and other territories ($ 6.5 M).

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Breaking this down for the Thursday markets that opened, Korea debuted at No.1 with the second highest opening day of the year after F9, which opened on a national holiday. Social scores are encouraging with Naver 9.33 / CGV 96% and reviews are excellent. 96% of the market is open with 70% capacity restrictions. The government announced the increase in the social distancing restriction to Level 4 (the highest) from July 12.

In Australia, Natasha Romanoff debuted at No.1 with the 3rd highest opening day of the pandemic era despite closing a third of the country’s cinemas due to the Covid (New Wales) lockdown. South). There are also capacity restrictions in Victoria (33% of the market) with auditoriums capped at 70% to a maximum of 300. Opening day is only -6% behind F9 which opened 100% to the free market.

Russia was also No. 1, by far the highest opening day of the pandemic era and a strong 80% market share. The opening day was 110% ahead of Thor: Ragnarok. 98% of cinemas are open with 50% capacity restrictions.

Black Widow was # 1 south of the Mexican border with a # 1 rank, and the 4th highest opening day of the pandemic era and a strong market share of 65%. 88% of cinemas are open with capacity restrictions of 60%.

Hong Kong opened at No.1 with the pandemic era’s highest opening day excluding holidays. The first films score above the average of 4 out of 5. 100% of theaters are open with capacity restrictions of 85%.

Black Widow also conquered Japan with positive media reviews and public reaction. No late shows in 70% of the market due to the Covid restriction (cinemas closed at 9 p.m.). In response to the increase in Covid cases, the government will place Tokyo under the 4th State of Emergency (SOE) from July 12 to August 12. 22. The Russian MCU spy was also the best in Germany with the biggest pandemic day / opening day. 98% of cinemas are open with an effective capacity of 30 to 50%.

Other cheers: Black Widow was No.1 in Austria, Bahrain, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, New -Zeeland, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina and small territories in Latin America. It also posted the highest pandemic era opening day in Austria, the Czech Republic, Qatar and Slovakia. In Saudi Arabia, Black Widow marked Disney’s highest opening day.

Anthony D’Alessandro contributed to Friday AM Update

Thursday update: Long-awaited Disney / Marvel’s Black Widow began offshore deployment on Wednesday in 11 materials markets, including France, Italy and the UK, for estimated revenue $ 4.9M for the day and setting new benchmarks for the pandemic era. While pre-weekend projections were cautious at a low of $ 50 million, the Cate Shortland-led origins story is poised to aim higher at the international box office.

Not included in the total above Korea premieres of $ 1.8 million yesterday. At the beginning, social sentiment was strong there (Naver 9.22 / CGV 96%) and with gross estimated today at 1.6 million dollars, the cumulative in Korea is already 3.3 million dollars. Concerns about a spike in Covid cases, especially in Seoul, have led to believe that the government could impose strict restrictions as early as tomorrow in the region, so this will be a market to watch.

In the UK and despite competition from over 26 million people who watched the Euro 2020 semi-final between England and Denmark last night, the Scarlett Johansson star started with $ 1.7 million and 70% market share. Departure # 1 is the highest opening day since the start of Covid and was 1% ahead of Fast 9 and only 5% below Captain America: Winter Soldier. The market has 85% open rooms with capacity restrictions of 50%.

France launched to the top of the box office with the highest pandemic era
one-time / opening day at $ 1.6 million. It’s also the biggest debut outside of previews since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. The opening day was 21% ahead of Ant-Man and the Wasp (including previews) and 2% above Black Panther (including previews). All the cinemas in France are operational again with no capacity limitation.

ItalyThe $ 700,000 s launch was the # 1 with the second highest pandemic opening day and an 80% market share. It’s 11% ahead of Ant-Man 2 (which bowed on a Tuesday) and 54% on Thor: Ragnarok. There are 55% open theaters in the market with 50% capacity restrictions.

In other beginnings, Netherlands brought in $ 300,000 on Wednesday for first place and the best result since the start of Covid. Black Widow tilts 8% above Doctor strange and 4% below Ant-Man 2. Sweden also took home $ 300,000 on its opening day, at # 1 and voucher for the biggest single / opening day post-Covid. The launch is 46% ahead of Captain America: Winter Soldier and 33% above Ant-Man 2.

Other markets, including Belgium, Finland, Norway and Switzerland, were the first launches.

Black Widow continues this weekend and will be open in all major international markets by Sunday except China, Taiwan, India, Southeast Asia, South Africa South, Uruguay and Peru. Today, new openings are planned in Germany, Russia, Australia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and Mexico, among others.