World box office November 4-6
| Rank | Film (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Black Adam (Warner Bros) | $42.9m | $319.7m | $25.4m | $182.3m | 77 |
| 2. | One Piece Film Red (various) | $16m | $171.9m | $6.6m | $162.4m | 44 |
| 3. | Ticket To Paradise (Universal) | $11.3m | $137.2m | $2.8m | $90.5m | 79 |
| 4. | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Sony) | $9.4m | $63.8m | $6m | $27.2m | 49 |
| 5. | Smile (Paramount) | $9.1m | $202.9m | $5.1m | $103.8m | 63 |
| 6. | Prey For The Devil (various) | $7.6m | $24.9m | $3.7m | $11.3m | 42 |
| 7. | Home Coming (various) | $3.8m | $211m | $3.8m | $211m | 7 |
| 8. | The Banshees Of Inisherin (Disney) | $3.1m | $10.2m | $1.1m | $7.2m | 2 |
| 9. | Halloween Ends (Universal) | $3.1m | $102.9m | $1.7m | $39.4m | 77 |
| 10. | Amsterdam (Disney) | $2.3m | $27.7m | $2.2m | $12.9m | 38 |
Credit: Comscore, click top right to expand. All figures are estimates.
‘Black Adam’ rules again with $44m third session
UPDATE: The weekend before the release of Disney’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever saw no major US studio titles enter the marketplace, giving Warner Bros’ Black Adam another clear run at audiences.
The DC Films title was once again a convincing winner at the global box office, grossing a confirmed $26.2m in 76 international territories plus $18.5m in North America, combining for $43.9m worldwide. The cumulative global total is $321.8m and international markets have delivered a $184.7m international running total so far.
The Dwayne Johnson superhero adventure dropped a slim 33% in North America and 34% across international markets – assisted in its hold by the lack of powerful new competition.
For the first time, France proved the top international market, with a confirmed $3m for the weekend period. Holds have been exceptionally strong in France since release, and the weekend saw a slim 20% drop.
UK/Ireland, which led international territories the first two weekends, grossed $2.3m in the third session, with Mexico next on $2m, Brazil with $1.9m and Germany $1.5m.
Cumulative totals in those big five markets are $19.3m for UK/Ireland, $13.7m for France, $12.8m for Mexico, $12.2m for Brazil and $8m for Germany. Australia ranks ahead of Germany with $9.9m.
IMAX grosses account for $21m of the $321.8m total – which is 6.5%.
Japan, where Black Adam is set to land on December 2, has yet to release, and no release date has been set for China.
Warner Bros and DC Films had initially mooted Dwayne Johnson to play Black Adam as a villain in its Shazam! film, which grossed a cumulative $366.1m worldwide in 2019. Black Adam has now reached 87% of that total.
‘Smile’ breaks the $200m barrier
The weekend saw Paramount celebrate Smile cracking $200m at the global box office, while also entering the top 20 titles for the year to date. The horror film is a rare US studio hit based on original intellectual property.
The 2022 global box office chart for 2022 is dominated by franchise titles such as Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World: Dominion.
For original-IP titles, definitions can be blurry. Bullet Train, which ranks 14th for the year to date with $239.3m, is based on Kotaro Isaka’s 2010 novel – but outside Japan the source material would not have been much of a factor in the film’s appeal.
Conversely, Elvis, which ranks 12th for the year with $286.0m, is based on an original screenplay – but benefits from the existing IP of Elvis Presley hit songs.
Among the three Chinese films in the top 20 global box office for the year, one is a sequel (Water Gate Bridge), another a remake (Too Cool To Kill) and one is wholly original (comedy drama Nice View, with $217.3m).
Smile grossed an estimated $9.1m at the weekend – taking the global total to $202.9m. Honours are pretty even, with $103.8 for international markets and $99.1m in North America.
Cumulatively, UK/Ireland leads the way among international territories with $12.5m, ahead of Germany ($11.1m), France ($8.7m) and Mexico ($8.2m).
‘One Piece Film Red’ is top new title – with $16m
With major US studios shunning the November 4 release date (not wishing to be clobbered a week later by the new Black Panther film), specialist distributor Crunchyroll saw an opportunity for its latest Japanese anime title.
One Piece Film Red landed in North America, grossing an estimated $9.5m, and expanded its international footprint, notably in Europe and Latin America, yielding an estimated $6.6m.
The latest box office pushes the international total for One Piece Film Red to $162.4m (including $120.2m in Japan since its release there on August 6). Worldwide, the number rises to $171.9m.
One Piece Film Red is directed by Gorô Taniguchi (Code Geass film series), and produced by Toei Animation. It’s the 15th film in the One Piece series, and is based on the manga by Eiichiro Oda.
The title is the highest-grossing in Japan of the film series, which began in 2000 with One Piece, and the sixth-highest-grossing anime of all time in the country. The previous entry in the franchise was 2019’s One Piece: Stampede, which grossed $81.6m worldwide.
Fatih Akin’s ‘Rhinegold’ scores German hit
Sales company The Match Factory is celebrating the success of Fatih Akin’s Rhinegold (aka Rheingold) in Germany. Released there by Warner Bros, the crime drama achieved 213,000 admissions and more than €2m ($2m) in box office for the opening weekend (October 27-30). The film moved up to the top spot in its second weekend of play (November 3-6), and has reached 466,000 admissions cumulative, and €4.7m ($4.7m).
Rhinegold tells the story of German rapper, entrepreneur and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi, aka Xatar, who was born to Kurdish parents in Iran. Emilio Sakraya, who was among the EFP Shooting Stars celebrated at this years’ Berlin Film Festival, stars as Xatar.
The Belgian box office continues to be dominated by local titles, with Zillion, Our Nature and new release Close all figuring in the top five on Sunday, and films from the Flanders region delivering 38% of total box office in Belgium for the November 2-6 five-day weekend period.
Lukas Dhont’s Close opened in Belgium on November 2, delivering over 15,000 admissions on its first two days, ranking fourth at the box office, and rising to nearly 50,000 admits over the five days.
In France, a local holiday saw new titles release last Tuesday (November 1), a day earlier than usual for the territory.
Close has landed in 12th place for the November 2-6 period in France, with 87,400 admissions from 233 sites, and 106,500 admits including all previews. It’s the third-highest new entry in the French chart, behind Mascarade and Amsterdam.
Local films are dominating in Czech Republic and Slovenia. Fairytale Prince Mamma’s Boy (aka Princ Mamánek) knocked Black Adam off the top of the Czech box office on its opening weekend (October 27-30), with 41,500 admissions. The film is written and directed by Jan Budar, who also stars in the title role.
In Slovenia, comedy sequel At Hostar 2 delivered the biggest opening admissions of any film in 2022, with 28,700 admits for the October 27-31 weekend, and 33,900 including previews. The film’s director Luke Marcetic also directed the original At Hostar in 2016.
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