World box office February 17-19
| Rank | Film (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (Disney) | $225.3m | $225.3m | $121.3m | $121.3m | 44 |
| 2. | Avatar: The Way Of Water (Disney) |
$16.8m | $2.24bn | $10.7m | $1.59bn | 53 |
| 3. | Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Universal) | $15.2m | $421.6m | $9.9m | $225.6m | 81 |
| 4. | The Wandering Earth 2 (various) | $12.3m | $573m | $12.3m | $568.4m | 7 |
| 5. | Titanic 25 Year Anniversary (Disney) |
$10.3m | $48m | $8m | $35.6m | 53 |
| 6. | Magic Mike’s Last Dance (Warner Bros) | $10.1m | $37.7m | $4.6m | $19.6m | 42 |
| 7. | Full River Red (various) | $9.4m | $647.1m | $9.4m | $647.1m | 2 |
| 8. | Albi.com 2 (various) | $6.4m | $16.3m | $6.4m | $16.3m | 1 |
| 9. | Knock At The Cabin (Universal) | $5.4m | $47.3m | $1.6m | $16.9m | 67 |
| 10. | Astetix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (various) | $4.8m | $34.5m | $4.8m | $34.5m | 6 |
Credit: Comscore, click top right to expand. All figures are estimates.
‘Quantumania’ opening shoots higher than earlier ‘Ant-Man’ films
Disney has scored a strong opening with its latest Marvel film Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania – delivering the biggest debut weekend of any film with Ant-Man in the title. This third Ant-Man film has begun with an estimated $104m in North America and $121m in 44 international markets, combining for $225m worldwide.
The North America domestic number compares with $57.2m for Ant-Man in 2015 and $75.9m for 2018 sequel Ant-Man And The Wasp.
Including the President’s Day Monday holiday, the four-day North America estimate for Quantumania is $118m – the third-biggest President’s Day weekend opening ever, behind Black Panther ($242m) and Deadpool ($152m).
For international, comparisons are trickier, due to different releasing models – for example, the original Ant-Man began its international rollout into 37 countries (grossing $55.4m).
Disney’s own statistics compare Quantumania with the earlier two films in like-for-like markets but exclude China. By this model, the $102m non-China international debut for Quantumania compares with $66m for Ant-Man in all international markets, and $98m for Ant-Man And The Wasp.
Outside North America, Quantumania opened strongest in China with $19.2m, followed by UK/Ireland with an estimated $10.9m, then Mexico ($8.7m), South Korea ($7.2m), Australia ($5.3m), Indonesia ($5.1m), and Germany and France (both $4.5m). It’s rare for Indonesia to provide one of the top opening territories on a US studio film.
Quantumania was the top film in 39 of the 43 international markets, and the top non-local film in the other four (France, Denmark, Finland and Taiwan).
The film performed particularly strongly in non-China Asia ($39m of the international total), and delivered one of the 10 best openings for a US studio film in the pandemic era in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
In Latin America, where the total is an estimated $22m, Quantumania achieved 74% market share across the region, and delivered one of the 10 best openings for a US studio film in the pandemic era in Brazil, Argentina, Central America, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador.
Quantumania is chasing a lifetime total of $519.3m for Ant-Man and $622.7m for Ant-Man And The Wasp. China box office for the latter was $121.2m, which Quantumania is evidently not going to match (given the $19.2m debut there) – so it will need to make up the shortfall in other territories.
The new film launches Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ now third-biggest film of all time
Disney’s Avatar: The Way Of Water has overtaken Titanic in the all-time global ranking to become the third-biggest film of all time, behind only Avatar and Avengers: Endgame.
James Cameron’s Pandora adventure added an estimated $16.8m at the weekend, taking the global total to $2.2433bn.
The Way Of Water has just become the biggest film of all time in Germany (with $138.0m). It was already the biggest film of all time in France ($147.9m) and in 20 other countries. Additionally, it’s the biggest US studio film of all time in India, South Korea and three other markets.
The 25th-year anniversary rerelease of Titanic added an estimated $10.3m, taking the total for the reissue to $48.0m, and Titanic overall to $2.2428bn.
Disney has grossed more than $1bn globally in 2023, after just seven weeks – with a $1.28bn total.
‘Puss In Boots 2’ posts strong hold – passes $420m worldwide
Universal’s release of DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots: The Last Wish continues its strong and steady run, adding another estimated $5.3m in North America (down just 6% from the previous weekend), and $9.9m for international (down 22%). Respective totals are $166.1m and $255.6m, combining for $421.6m worldwide.
The Last Wish has now overtaken Uncharted to be the ninth-biggest US studio release of 2022 globally.
The school holiday in UK/Ireland saw the film perform powerfully in that market, raising the total to $20.7m after three weekends of play. The territory has now overtaken France ($20.6m after 11 weeks of release) to become the second biggest internationally, behind only Mexico ($24.8m after nine weeks).
The Last Wish is chasing the $555.0m achieved by the original Puss In Boots, released in 2011.
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