SUNDAY UPDATE AFTER SATURDAY EXCLUSIVE, Refresh for latest…: 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has dawned to a $129M global debut, swinging in with $72.5M from 52 international box office markets and $56.5M domestically. The worldwide start makes it the 3rd biggest global bow of the year.
Overseas, Latin America was particularly strong including Brazil delivering the market’s biggest opening of 2024. In China, the movie came in No. 1 with $11.4M, but as we noted yesterday (see below), this is currently a soft market after a record-breaking May Day holiday frame.
Nevertheless, and giving a hopeful kick towards the start of summer, KPA opened as the No. 1 non-local title in all major markets. It also scored the biggest bow for the modern franchise in Netherlands, Finland, Poland, Turkey, Hungary, Indonesia, Vietnam, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Central America, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and several smaller markets. Across Europe, it was tops in all markets save for Austria (where Sony’s The Garfield Movie purred to No. 1). KPA is the 2nd best bow of 2024 for a studio title in France (among others) as well as the highest opening for the modern franchise in Netherlands, Finland, Poland, Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt and more.
In Asia-Pacific, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opened as the 3rd best of 2024 in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand. Indonesia and Vietnam gave it the best start of the modern franchise.
Latin America welcomed the apes with No. 1 bows in all markets. As noted above, Brazil embraced it for the best start of the year.
Disney and 20th Century’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” climbed to $72.5 million at the international box office in its first weekend of release.
The newest film in the long-running “Apes” series also notched No. 1 in North America with $56.5 million, bringing its initial global tally to a promising $129 million. Like its predecessors, the $160 million-budgeted “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is projected to earn the bulk of its revenues at the international box office.
Overseas, the movie enjoyed the biggest start in China with $11.4 million (a lackluster debut for the territory), France with $7.1 million, Mexico with $6.4 million and the United Kingdom with $4.8 million. Other top markets were Korea ($3.2 million), Australia ($2.7 million), Brazil ($2.6 million), Germany (2.2 million) and Spain ($2.2 million). MORE
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