‘Mickey 17’ Reaches $53M+ Global In Expanded Launch; ‘Ne Zha 2’ Tops $2B In China, Now No. 6 Movie Ever WW – International Box Office
UPDATED, 1:34 PM: After beginning offshore release last frame in Korea, director Bong Joon-ho’s home market, Warner Bros expanded Mickey 17 to a further 66 international box office hubs this session. The new overseas plays, along with the sophomore Korea frame, came in at $24.5M which is in line with pre-weekend projections, and lifts the international cume to an estimated $34.2M through today. Combined with domestic, the global weekend is $43.6M for a running worldwide total of $53.3M.
The original sci-fi feature is an expensive swing (see Anthony’s deep dive on that here). It gave Parasite Oscar winner Bong his best opening in 59 offshore markets (including all of Europe — save for Norway — and Latin America as a region). In 25 overseas release markets, it ranked as the No. 1 U.S. title. That includes China where Ne Zha 2 continues its dominance and set a new record by crossing $2B in-market this weekend (more on that below).
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In total for Mickey 17‘s wider launch, France ($2.9M), which leans into this sort of fare, led play behind Korea (where the running cume is $14.6M), and was followed this weekend by the UK ($2.7M), Germany ($1.3M) and Mexico ($1.3M). Japan, Poland, Vietnam and some smaller markets are still to release.
In Imax, Mickey 17’s global cume is $6.3M for nearly 12% of the worldwide total.
Continuing with studio results before digging into Ne Zha 2, Marvel/Disney’s Captain America: Brave New World added $9.2M from 52 overseas markets for an international cume of $194.2M and a worldwide total after four weekends of $370.8M. The offshore drop was 53% with good holds in Brazil (-25%) and Spain (-28%), notably.
The Top 5 markets are the UK ($21.2M), Mexico ($14.5M), China ($14.3M), France ($12.8M) and Korea ($11.2M).
The Walt Disney Studios has grossed an estimated $994M at the global box office so far in 2025 — including results from Captain America and crossover from 2024 releases Mufasa, Moana and A Complete Unknown — and will become the first studio of the year to cross $1B when it does so this coming week.
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Meanwhile, after crossing the $100M milestone at the international box office last week, Universal/Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy romanced another $7.9M from 75 offshore markets in the 4th session. The overseas total is now $103.8M (that rises to $110M+ when including Studiocanal’s France figures).
Strong play continues in the UK where the cume is now $51.1M, while Germany was off only 18% in its sophomore frame.
Behind the UK, the Top 5 is rounded out by Australia ($8.6M), Netherlands ($5M), Poland ($4.8M) and Germany ($4.1M).
Also from Universal, Wicked made its way to Japan this weekend, bowing with $3.7M at No. 2 behind new local title Doraemon: Nobita. The start is well above the 3-day openings of Wonka and Barbie, and above the 3-day openings (including Friday preview days) of The Greatest Showman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Jungle Book and Les Misérables, as well as more than double Mamma Mia 2.
The international cume rises to $261M for $733.8M global.
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Turning back to Ne Zha 2, the animated blockbuster topped $2B in China this weekend, becoming the first movie ever to achieve the milestone in a single market. Per Maoyan, the gross in China through Sunday is an estimated RMB 14.66B+ (approximately $2.028B using today’s rates). Including estimated grosses of about $31M from releases outside of China, that lifts to $2.059B worldwide. (As ever, exchange rates vary, and the numbers likely will shake out a bit over coming days.)
As we noted earlier this week, Ne Zha 2 already passed $2B globally, becoming only the 7th movie ever to join an exclusive group that includes two Avatars, two Avengers movies, a Star Wars installment and Titanic. At today’s estimated worldwide total, Ne Zha 2 has overtaken Avengers: Infinity War to sit at No. 6 on the all-time chart.
While play is beginning to settle in China, the phenom continues to lead presales there through Thursday. Ticketing app Maoyan has been revising its NZ2 forecasts over the past few weeks, currently predicting a China final of RMB 15B ($2.075B). That alone would push Ne Zha 2 above Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the 5th highest-grossing movie in history.
So far, NZ2’s ex-China releases include North America, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and some smaller markets. It releases in the UK on March 21 (previews start March 14) while other majors in Europe are pending. Japan is set for April 4.
The Imax total through Sunday is $148M in China for $150.6M global.
And, in Oscar-bump news, last weekend’s Best Picture winner Anora saw big uptick in overseas play for Universal with a weekend of $3.1M (+435%) in 53 markets. The international UNI cume is $18.7M, while FilmNation markets are at $9.1M. The global total is $46.2M. Mega increases were seen in Italy (+670%), Spain (1859%), Mexico (+666%), Germany (+2856%), UK (+475%), Korea (+1072%) and Netherlands (+504%).
MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
Paddington in Peru (SNY/SC): $3.3M intl weekend (54 markets); $138.8M intl cume/$175.8M global
The Brutalist (UNI): $2.05M intl weekend (57 markets); $29.2M intl cume/$45.1M global
Dog Man (UNI): $1.4M intl weekend (56 markets); $31.2M intl cume/$120M global
I’m Still Here (SNY): $1.2M intl weekend (24 markets); $29.3M intl cume/$35M global
Sonic the Hedgehog (PAR): $930K intl weekend; $252M intl cume/$487.9M global
September 5 (PAR): $330K intl weekend (27 PAR markets); $5.3M intl cume/$7.8M global
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