That’s more than two and a half times its lower-than-expected domestic estimate of $17.8M. PREVIOUS SUNDAY 12:29 PM PT: Car race actioner Need For Speed opened in 40 international territories this weekend nabbing an estimated $45.6M in the process. Highlights: Need For Speed (Dis/various) accelerates to $45.6M international 300: Rise Of An Empire (WB) brings its cume to $158M with an additional $41.3M Frozen (Dis) skates to $9.4M Japanese opening, boding well for an historic outcome Mr Peabody & Sherman (Fox) adds $15.3M Robocop (SPRI/MGM) opens in Japan Universal’s Spanish romcom 8 Apellidos Vascos breaks local records The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox) crosses $20M in strong Euro holds Wolf Of Wall Street (Uni/various) now at $260M international solid legs for Oscar pics…
Figures are adjusted below, and UK grosses have been added for Non-Stop and Scarlett Johansson-starrer Under The Skin.
Further numbers will come later for Non-Stop in the rest of its markets, although Rentrak estimates it added $12.5M for a $59M cume internationally, and a worldwide take of $127.8M. Liam Neeson actioner Non-Stop, in its 3rd frame in the UK, added $1.5M for a local haul of $11.49M. Along with the above, the other local pics to break into the top group were Korea’s Elegant Lies with $3.5M, and Fox International Productions’ El Crimen del Cacaro Gumaro which took $2.2M in Mexico. Movie attendance will get a boost this week as the annual Printemps du Cinéma promotion kicked off yesterday and runs through Tuesday ticket prices are slashed to 3.50 euros ($4.87) for all showings of all films throughout the country. Also in France, comedy Fiston scored $4.25M for SND. The biggest was Dany Boon’s Supercondriaque which continued its run in France adding $4.5M for a $35M cume. Local movies were strong this weekend with five titles in Rentrak’s Top 18. Putting that in perspective, its opening was 150% bigger than The Hangover and 43% over the studio’s own Ted in 2012. Its previous estimate was $3.8M for the weekend. 1 on Friday and had a mega 105% bump on Saturday. The Emilio Martínez Lázaro-directed movie opened No. Universal released local romantic comedy 8 Apellidos Vascos in Spain to a better-than-estimated $3.93M at 321 dates. Its worldwide chest is now at about $237.7M. Russia remains its top territory with $14.6M. Holdover 300: Rise Of An Empire was slightly up from estimates, taking $41.6M versus $41.3M from 62 markets for an international cume of $159.6M. 2ND UPDATE: 12:35 PM PT MONDAY: Actuals are starting to roll in for the weekend’s movies.