One Battle After Another leads Box office with decent opening
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another opened to a robust $48.5 million worldwide, the biggest start of the famous filmmaker's career. Within this global total, Warner Bros.' Leonardo DiCaprio-starring film made $26.1 million in 74 international markets, slightly above pre-release estimates.
This release also marks PTA's biggest launch weekend in 68 of those international regions, including France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, and Mexico.
When comparing worldwide performance at current currency rates, the picture outperforms Argo (+104%), Sinners (+55%), Killers of the Flower Moon (+10%), and The Departed (+8%).
OBAA is PTA's most successful opening in Europe (note that the film has a fantastic 4.7 out of 5 ratings with critics/4.1 with auds on AlloCiné in France) and Latin America. This title has already achieved Anderson's highest-ever revenue in six Latin American markets.
In Asia, OBAA is currently performing at a level comparable to Killers of the Flower Moon, as a result of favorable reviews and word-of-mouth.
In total, the Top 5 openers are as follows: the United Kingdom ($3.4M), France ($3.4M), Germany ($2M), Italy ($1.4M), and Saudi Arabia ($1.3M).
Japan and Turkey (October 3), China (October 17), and Korea (October 1) remain to be released.
The global haul in Imax was $7.5M, which included $2.9M from 378 overseas screens.
In the fourth session, New Line's The Conjuring: Last Rites grossed an additional $15.4M in 76 overseas markets, bringing the total international box office revenue to $274.4M. This is in addition to Warner Bros.'s $4B global gross this weekend. The global total is $436 million.
Mexico ($28.5M), the United Kingdom ($22.1M), France ($18M), Brazil ($16.4M), and Germany ($14.4M) comprise the top five international markets to date.
Concurrently, the Japanese mega-hit Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle maintained its momentum this weekend, surpassing $600 million globally to become the eighth-largest film of the year. The global cume is $605.4M as of Sunday, according to Sony.