Box Office Round-Up: ‘Moana 2′ Flies with $600 Million Worldwide, but ‘War of the Rohirrim‘ and Others Crash
The box office worldwide is witnessing its successes and failures where Disney’s blockbuster Moana 2 did its magic this weekend for some with several failed attempts. How these movies turned out is something described in much detail below from Moana 2 all the way to Red One, passing through: ‘The War of the Rohirrim,* ‘Wicked,\\\\” as well as \\\\”Gladiator II.*”
‘Moana 2’ Leaps to Take the Spotlight in Box Office
Disney’s long-awaited sequel, Moana 2, is cruising to the top of the worldwide box office. This animated film has earned the $600 million worldwide in just two weeks since its release, making it the sixth biggest film of the year.
Although the foreign box office is split exactly with that of the domestic box office, that is, $300 million in the US and $300 million elsewhere. This weekend, Moana 2 hauled in an impressive $103.5 million from 52 foreign markets, while hauling in another $52 million in North America.
This puts Moana 2 on its way to ultimately outdistancing the worldwide lifetime gross of 2016’s Moana, which made $643 million. The sequel should see this threshold within days easily.
International Where-To-Beat Markets for ‘Moana 2’
The film’s overseas appeal also has been the leading impetus behind the film’s box office and international success. It did quite well in several enormous markets:
- France: $32.5 million
- United Kingdom: $27.2 million
- Germany: $19.7 million
- Mexico: $19.1 million
\\These are the results with the film showing wide appeal that audiences praised its beautiful animations, interesting story, and catchy music.
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Flops
While Moana 2 is flying high, the Warner Bros. anime fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hasn’t exactly flown too high. The film opened worldwide to a modest $2 million on 3,410 screens across 31 territories.
According to the part of Peter Jackson, as J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters tell, the movie was shot 183 years before the Lord of the Rings trilogy became very popular. Still, it cannot gain much attention from audiences in large territories:
- Spain: $347,000
- Mexico: $239,000
- Thailand: $146,000
The War of the Rohirrim will expand into North America and 42 more global territories on December 13, where it will be given another opportunity to elevate its international box office.
‘Wicked’ Hits $400 Million Worldwide
Universal’s big-budget musical remake Wicked continues to bring in a steady amount in the global box office. Wicked has now crossed $400 million worldwide. In the domestic market, the movie has raked in $320 million, while it has managed $135 million globally.
Over the weekend, Wicked grossed $26 million worldwide in 79 international markets. It opened strongly in these markets:
France, $2 million
Netherlands, $1.9 million
Unfortunately, it didn’t do too well in China, at only $1.2 million over 8,900 screens; it ranked eighth at China’s box office. Still, Wicked is shaping up as an overseas contender.
Paramount’s Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning 2000 epic, has done very well internationally. The movie added $17 million to its overseas total in its fourth weekend, bringing its international earnings to $235 million.
Globally, the movie has garnered $368.4 million with an across-the-board smash due to territories overseas. As the movie production costs will be higher than $250 million while another $100 million is for promotions, this is a movie based on making it happen as the revenue it will garner out of countries overseas. Here’s
‘Red One’ Doesn’t Seem the Cut
Amazon MGM’s Red One, the Christmas-set action-comedy starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Santa’s head of security, got off to a tough start at the box office over the weekend. The film drew only $3.5 million over the weekend at 4,000 screens in 75 international markets.
Currently, Red One has managed to collect only $78.2 million internationally, and **$164 million in worldwide cinemas, which were really not impressive performances at this point. The film intended initially as a direct-to-streaming got reshaped for the theaters but failed big-time at the cinema. In fact, it is among the biggest box office disappointment so far in the year considering it had a budget production of $250 million before marketing.
Weekend Box Office Lessons Learnt
This weekend’s box office really shows changing dynamics within the film world. Such as whereas Moana 2 and Wicked are going good. Whereby on other hand The War of the Rohirrim is getting little from the Red One.
The coming weeks will become increasingly crucial for these films as they chomp away at the festive ticket buyers. For now, Moana 2 is the outright victor of the weekend, its international haul of $600 million providing another victory for Disney’s animation wing. Stay tuned for further updates as these movies ride off into the box office sunset.