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INTERNATIONAL/OVERSEAS audiences are loving Black Panther. $47M in 40 markets!!!

posted 6 years ago by DirtyDozen (76)
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Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther keeps on charging as it continues offshore rollout. After three days at the international box office, the Wakanda crew has grossed $47M in 40 markets and is now looking at a weekend in excess of $120M which was the high-end of the pre-opening estimates In the same hubs and at today’s exchange rates, BP is pacing ahead of comparable first-installment deeper MCU films like Doctor Strange, Ant-Man and Guardians Of The Galaxy. It will end the frame above each.

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Overall, the Ryan Coogler-helmed superhero pic is opening No. 1 in most markets and is the top February debut in many. The UK and Korea starts have been particularly impressive with $10.1M and $9.5M through Thursday, respectively.

The South East Asian markets are coming in with great holds and reacting strongly to the Marvel title. In Latin America, the starts are all No. 1 and similar to Thor: Ragnarok.

The score in the UK through Thursday is 90% above Doctor Strange and 41% above Thor: Ragnarok. On last year’s Thor 3, the UK was the 2nd biggest market outside China, and on DS it was the 3rd behind China and Korea

In Korea, where Black Panther was partially filmed and where it kicked off its global press junket, the movie scored the 2nd biggest opening day Wednesday for an MCU/Marvel film behind only Avengers: Age Of Ultron. According to local estimates from Kobiz, it did not slow on Friday and through today is now at $14.1M.

New plays on Thursday included Australia at $1.4M ($2.3M with previews), making it the third biggest ever February opening day. It’s 74% ahead of Ant-Man, 67% ahead of GOTG and 37% ahead of Strange. Brazil grabbed $1.9M for No. 1 and 164% ahead of Ant-Man, 83% ahead of Wonder Woman, 6% ahead of Justice League and 9% ahead of Deadpool. In Germany, the Chadwick Boseman-starrer culled $1M at No. 1 and 159% ahead of Ant-Man and 125% more than Strange.

In the rest of Europe, BP opened in a number of smaller markets yesterday and was No. 1 in Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Rep, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Serbia and Ukraine. It’s also now No. 1 in France, Belgium and Switzerland post the Valentine’s Day Fifty Shades Freed Wednesday date night.

It’s notable that in Latin America the movie is outperforming some DC titles — the region typically leans more towards Warner Bros’ superheroes than Marvel’s. In the Asian markets not already cited above, BP is No. 1 in most. Holds were off the charts in Singapore (day 2 +77% vs day 1), Malaysia (day 2 +18%), Indonesia (day 2 -3%) and Hong Kong (day 3 -3%)

http://deadline.com/2018/02/black-panther-opening-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202289446/

So much for the argument that the only USA market will be the only one making bank and that overseas audiences will reject a black superhero. That's the MCU brand for you. Extremely hot at the moment!

[–] DracTarashV2 (4480) 6 years ago

One word: Impressive

Never underestimate the MCU. In Black Panther’s case of course, there is a lot of reason to celebrate. This film is taking all the spotlight and the naysayers (that’s a nice way of putting it) are witnesses to it. ;) Yea, how it will hold up in the coming weeks is left to be seen but audiences worldwide are clearly loving Black Panther.

#Wakandaforever

[–] darkpast (8335) 6 years ago

time's up white people
Black Bond
Black Batman
Black Superman
Black Spiderman

[–] Satan2016 (24007) 6 years ago

I hear they're remaking Uncle Tom's Cabin with white actors!

[–] kuku (3510) 6 years ago

This is interesting, since in East-Asia all the SJW stuff has an incredibly low prestige, up to the point of being an insult. It is unexpected for Black Panther to become successful there.

Best explanation I can find: SCHADENFREUDE, a German term that translates as enjoying the misfortune of other people. At the end of the day, western white people have been always the toughest competition for East-Asia. If Europe hadn't happened, China would be ruling the world right now.

So from an Asian point of view... Black Panther can be extremely enjoyable: it's like being the definite decline of your competitors, the absolute self-deprecation of white people that belittle themselves while praise racial purity in black Africa. The promise of a future where they will be the first world on Earth, since white countries will happily take themselves out of the way.