World box office October 21-23
| Rank | Film (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Black Adam (Warner Bros) | $140m | $140m | $73m | $73m | 77 |
| 2. | Ticket To Paradise (Universal) | $21.1m | $96m | $4.7m | $80.2m | 79 |
| 3. | Smile (Paramount) | $18.3m | $166.2m | $10m | $81.9m | 62 |
| 4. | Halloween Ends (Universal) | $14.2m | $82m | $6.2m | $27.8m | 76 |
| 5. | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Sony) | $8.2m | $37.1m | $4m | $8.4m | 17 |
| 6. | Home Coming (various) | $7.7m | $195.6m | $7.7m | $195.6m | 4 |
| 7. | The Woman King (Sony) | $3.9m | $82.8m | $2m | $20m | 39 |
| 8. | Don’t Worry Darling (Warner Bros) | $2.3m | $82.8m | $1.5m | $38.6m | 67 |
| 9. | November (Studiocanal) | $2.1m | $11.4m | $2.1m | $11.4m | 2 |
| 10. | Simone - Le voyage du siecle (Warner Bros) | $1.9m | $6.3m | $1.9m | $6.3m | 1 |
Credit: Comscore, click top right to expand. All figures are estimates.
‘Black Adam’ tops both North America and international box office
UPDATE: Warner Bros’ latest DC title Black Adam earned a confirmed $75.9m from 76 international markets and debuted in North America on an estimated $67.0m for an estmated $142.9m debut worldwide – towering over the global box office with nearly seven times the runner-up film (Ticket To Paradise).
Black Adam topped the North America box office and also did so in virtually all international markets. Imax contributed $10.8m of the global total, including $4.5m in 65 international territories.
In North America, Black Adam is the biggest opening for Johnson as a leading man – ie outside the Fast & Furious franchise. Globally, that comparison is harder to make – for example, Johnson hit Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) saw a staggered release, with many international territories a week ahead of North America.
Among international markets, UK/Ireland led the way for Black Adam with a confirmed $6.4m, with Imax providing an 8% share. Mexico came next with $5.3m – taking a 71% share of the top five films. In Brazil, with a $4.8m, Black Adam captured an even bigger share (83%) of the top five films, and was Warner Bros’ second-biggest film of the pandemic era (behind The Batman). Australia ($4.7m) and France ($3.9m) come next for Black Adam in the international league table of territories.
The next major market to release Black Adam is Japan – where the film arrives on December 2. A China release date has yet to be set.
Warner Bros and DC Films initially intended Johnson to play Black Adam as a villain in its Shazam! film – before switching strategy and developing the character as a stand-alone film. Shazam! grossed $140.5m in North America and $225.6m for international in 2019, combining for $366.1m worldwide. Black Adam has already reached 38% of that total, after one weekend of play.
North America opening refuels ‘Ticket To Paradise’
UPDATE: Universal’s glossy romantic comedy Ticket To Paradise finally landed in North America at the weekend, six weeks after it began its international rollout. The George Clooney/Julia Roberts starrer grossed an estimated $16.3m there, landing in second place at the domestic box office, behind Black Adam. Ticket To Paradise also took another $5.1m in international markets – taking the overseas total to $80.6m. The global tally now stands at $97.1m.
The $21.6m confirmed weekend takings for Ticket To Paradise saw it rise to second place in the worldwide chart – up from fifth place the previous weekend.
In cumulative totals, top international territories are Australia, UK/Ireland, and Germany, all with similar outcomes – respectively $9.9m, $9.45m and $9.43m. Those three markets, plus the opening weekend in North America, represent 47% of the global total so far.
Japan is next to release – on November 3.
‘Smile’ adds another $18m – and hits $166m total
Paramount’s Smile is closing in on Universal’s Nope to become the biggest original-IP horror film of the pandemic era. The latest weekend saw Smile add another estimated $10.0m in international markets and $8.4m in North America.
Respective totals are $81.9m and $84.3m, combining to give a $166.2m global tally. Nope is just a few million dollars ahead, with $170.8m.
Smile dropped 40% in international holdover markets. While that’s a bigger drop than has been witnessed in previous weekends, it’s a decent hold against the formidable competition of Black Adam. In North America, Smile fell 34% from the previous weekend.
Among international territories, Smile has done best in UK/Ireland ($10.0m), Germany ($8.3m) and horror-enthusiastic Mexico ($7.2m), with France ($5.7m) and Australia ($4.2m) next.
During the pandemic era, the top horror film from a US studio is Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II with $297.4m, with Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It in second place with $206.4m. Both are franchise properties.
Smile has now overtaken 2022 horror hits such as The Black Phone ($159.6m) and Scream ($140.0m), and will soon speed past Nope.
Chasing Smile’s tail is Universal’s Halloween Ends, which added another estimated $14.2m at the weekend, and now stands at $82.0m worldwide after two weekends of play. The upcoming Halloween holiday should provide another boost to both titles.
French hit ‘November’ lands in Germany
Studiocanal expanded the international footprint of French terror-attack thriller November at the weekend, introducing it to Germany. The film grossed an estimated $2.2m across France and Germany at the weekend, bringing the total so far to $11.5m.
Cédric Jimenez directs the story of five days in the heart of the French anti-terrorism services during the hunt for suspects in the November 2015 attacks in Paris, with Jean Dujardin leading the cast.
Last week, Studiocanal celebrated November reaching one million admissions in France in just 15 days – the fastest film from the studio to reach that number. In 2021, Jimenez’s Bac Nord (aka The Stronghold) reached 2.2 million admissions over its lifetime.
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