Worldwide box office: October 10-12
Rank | Film (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
1 | Tron: Ares (Disney) | $60.5m | $60.5m | $27m | $27m | 52 |
2 | One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) | $21.7m | $138m | $15m | $83.5m | 78 |
3 | Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie (Universal) | $10.6m | $46m | $7.2m | $19.5m | 56 |
4 | Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (various) | $9m | $59m | $9m | $59m | 14 |
5 | The Conjuring: Last Rites (Warner Bros) | $8.7m | $473m | $5.8m | $300.6m | 77 |
6 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (various) |
$8.6m | $648m | $6.4m | $519.4m | 73 |
7 | Roofman (Paramount) | $8m | $8m | N/A | N/A | 1 |
8 | Kantara A Legend: Chapter 1 (various) | $7.1m | $69.4m | $6.3m | $65.3m | 20 |
9 | The Volunteers: Peace At Last (various) | $4.7m | $73.7m | $4.7m | $73.7m | 1 |
10 | Row To Win (various) | $3.6m | $38.2m | $3.6m | $38.2m | 3 |
Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.
‘Tron: Ares’ debut falls short of ‘Tron: Legacy’
Disney has made a so-so start with sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares, launching with an estimated $33.5m in North America, and $27.0m across 51 international markets – giving a $60.5m global total. In 2010, Tron: Legacy began with $44m in North America and $23m from its initial 26 international territories – on its way to a $172.1m domestic total and $400.1m worldwide.
Based on this start, it’s hard to envisage Tron: Ares reaching $400m, despite the benefit of 15 years of ticket price inflation. Production budget for the Joachim Ronning-directed film is reported at a pricey $180m.
Latin America proved a strong region for Tron: Ares, where the film delivered a 40% market share and opened top of the box office in all territories. Mexico, which opened with an estimated $2.9m, is the top international territory. Brazil, with an estimated $1.0m, ranks eighth.
In between those markets come three European and three Asia-Pacific territories.
In Europe, where Tron: Ares opened top (or top non-local) in multiple markets, the film did best in UK/Ireland (an estimated $2.4m), France ($1.9m) and Germany ($1.4m).
Top for Asia-Pacific were Australia (an estimated $1.5m), South Korea and Japan (both $1.1m).
Opening numbers are down on Tron: Legacy in all these top markets apart from Mexico, according to available data.
China opens this coming weekend (October 17). Russia, which yielded $21.3m for Tron: Legacy, will be missing this time around.
Imax, PLF (premium large format) and 3D proved strong for Tron: Ares, collectively delivering a 65% market share in North America. Imax grossed an estimated $10.4m worldwide on the film – 17% of the total.
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‘One Battle After Another’ reaches $138m after three weekends
On the third weekend of release, Warner Bros’ One Battle After Another saw its rate of decline diminish in North America, but increase in international markets.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s film fell 39% in North America (compared to a 49% drop in the second session), and 32% for international (a 22% drop in the second session). In other words, after highly disparate rates of decline for domestic and international in the second weekend of play, the rates of erosion are now coming closer into alignment.
North American total is now $54.5m, while for international it’s $83.5m. Those numbers combine for $138.1m worldwide – nearly double PTA’s previous biggest hit, There Will Be Blood ($76.4m globally).
France proved the top international market for One Battle After Another in the third weekend of play, with an estimated $1.7m – beating UK/Ireland ($1.6m this time around) which led the opening and second sessions. In cumulative, UK/Ireland leads the international pack with $11.2m ahead of France ($8.5m), Germany ($6.4m), Italy ($4.0m) and Australia ($4.0m).
Top Latin market is only eighth overall in cumulative – Mexico with $3.3m so far.
Netherlands, which ranks ninth in cumulative for One Battle After Another with $2.8m, is punching above its weight relative to population size.
Also for Warner Bros, The Conjuring: Last Rites added another estimated $8.7m, taking the worldwide total to $473.0m. The film is already the biggest hit from the Conjuring Universe, and Warner Bros will hope it will be the first Conjuring film to hit $500m worldwide. So far in 2025, 10 other films have hit the $500m mark globally, of which eight come from US studios.
New openings boost ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’
Universal’s Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie shot up to third place in Comscore’s worldwide weekend box office chart, partly thanks to the family film opening in fresh markets, and partly due to the rapid erosion of Chinese films that had been boosted by national holidays in the previous session.
Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie opened in 11 new markets, taking the international footprint so far to 54 territories. Poland, with an estimated $1.1m debut, matched France, on the same number. Germany came right behind with an estimated $1.0m.
In cumulative, Australia, now in its third weekend of play, leads internationally with $2.9m, ahead of Mexico ($2.0m) and Italy ($1.7m).
Total to date is $26.4m in North America and $19.5m for international – but look for international to overhaul domestic as further markets open.
Opening this coming weekend for Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie are both UK/Ireland and Spain, while Japan is set for next March.
Also for Universal, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale added an estimated $3.9m worldwide at the weekend, boosted by new openings in Spain (an estimated $365,000) and Mexico ($98,000). Global total is now $94.3m – overtaking the lifetime total of 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era ($92.7m). However, the lifetime total of 2019’s Downton Abbey ($194.7m) will remain beyond its grasp.
Top international market for The Grand Finale is UK/Ireland with $22.8m to date. Japan opens the film on January 16.
Channing Tatum starrer ‘Roofman’ begins with $8m
Paramount’s Roofman opened in North America at the weekend, beginning with an estimated $8.0m from 3,363 cinemas – good enough for second place in the domestic chart, behind Tron: Ares.
Comscore did not publish box office for Roofman in its early wave of international markets, which include Netherlands and Greece. Miramax developed, financed and produced the $19m film, which is released by local distributors in most markets. Paramount has rights in North America and UK/Ireland, with the latter releasing this coming Friday (October 17).
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