{"id":305887,"date":"2026-01-27T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/305887\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:04:10","slug":"fire-ash-1b-offshore-housemaid-near-300m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/305887\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire & Ash’ $1B Offshore, ‘Housemaid’ Near $300M"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s another slow weekend at the international box office but one with a milestone, specifically 20th Century Studios\u2019 Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a><\/strong> crossed the $1 billion mark <\/strong>at the foreign B.O., taking the global cume to the James Cameron-directed movie to $1.38B.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 Chris Pratt dystopian-future thriller Mercy toppled Avatar: Fire and Ash <\/strong>stateside in the latter\u2019s sixth weekend, the Na\u2019vi prevailed at the global B.O. with $34.5M WW ($28.1M overseas from 52 territories\/$6.4M domestic<\/strong>). Avatar: Fire and Ash becomes the 14th MPA title to cross $1B abroad, with Disney responsible for 10 of those. Avatar 3 remained No. 1 in Mexico, France, Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Poland, Indonesia, Philippines, Argentina, Switzerland, Belgium and 24 total offshore territories, per those countries\u2019 filing box office reports to Box Office Mojo. Domestic, which was walloped by the winter storm<\/a>, stands at $377.9M<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s Zootopia 2 <\/strong>didn\u2019t let up in its ninth weekend, still one of the main choices for families around the globe with the stateside cume hitting $401M <\/strong>and overseas now at $1.343B for a running global take of $1.744B<\/strong>. In regards to the four-century mark, that\u2019s the second consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios title to do so after Moana 2 and its fifth overall. Global breakdown weekend is $5.3M domestic, with another $20M abroad (a 21% offshore decline) for a $25.3M<\/strong> worldwide weekend in the No. 2 spot per Comscore. Zootopia 2 remains the No. 1 movie in China, Japan and Denmark. It\u2019s already the highest-grossing MPA animated movie in several markets including China and France, and we told you the sequel is the highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation release of all time in many markets including China, France and Mexico.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: The 25 Highest-Grossing Animated Films Of All Time At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in \u2018The Housemaid<\/a>\u2018<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel McFadden\/Lionsgate<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate\u2019s The Housemaid<\/strong> in 74 territories gets closer to the three-century global mark, which would put it less than $25M away from becoming director Paul Feig\u2019s highest-grossing movie ever, besting 2011\u2019s Bridesmaids ($324.8M reported, unadjusted for currency swings). Domestic weekend is $3.9M in recent Comscore figures, overseas was $21.3M for a global of $25.2M<\/strong> for an international cume of $179.4M, domestic of $115.1M and global running cume of $294.5M<\/strong>. Lionsgate is calling Housemaid Feig\u2019s highest already, adjusting the global take of Bridesmaids to $289.3M accounting for currency swings and inflation.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tKali Reis and Chris Pratt in \u2018Mercy\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon MGM Studios\/Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tThe U.S. winter storms took Pratt\u2019s Mercy<\/strong> lower to $10.8M<\/strong>, versus the $12M opening outlook it began with on Friday. Eighty-one territories combined to do $11.6M<\/strong> for $22.4M global start.<\/strong> Amazon MGM Studios is building out its offshore network under Paramount vet Helen Moss, but in the meantime Sony is releasing Amazon MGM\u2019s pics abroad. Individual territory breakout for the Timur Bekmambetov-directed movie can be found here. <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Mercy\u2019 Review: Chris Pratt Faces Rebecca Ferguson\u2019s AI Judge In Clever Twist On Director Timur Bekmambetov\u2019s Screenlife Franchise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Return to Silent Hill\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAleksandar Letic<\/p>\n

\n\tCineverse\u2019s Return to Silent Hill<\/strong> fared better abroad than stateside, $16M <\/strong>in 37 territories to $3.2M<\/strong> for a $19.2M<\/strong> global weekend. The pic cost $3.5M, per Cineverse. <\/a>Italy put up $420K (No. 8 in a marketplace dominated by the highest-grossing local title of all time in the country, Buen Camino,<\/strong> with $86.8M<\/strong> and a fifth No. 1 weekend take of $2.6M<\/strong>), Australia did $146K for 14th place.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnurag Singh\u2019s Border 2<\/a> <\/strong>from Shree International minted $16.6M<\/strong> abroad from 13 offshore territories with another $1.4M<\/strong> domestic (12th place) for $18M global opening<\/strong> in 6th place for the Indian pic. Blurb: Young Indian fighters prepared to protect their homeland from a greater threat during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Watch the trailer above.<\/p>\n

\n\tMarty Supreme<\/a><\/strong>, armed with nine Oscar noms<\/a>, is $27.4M away from overtaking the reported global gross of multi-Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All at Once ($142.8M) to become A24\u2019s highest-grossing movie at the worldwide box office, The Josh Safdie-directed period comedy now at $115.66M<\/strong> worldwide<\/strong> and counting. Twenty-six territories combined to gross $8.3M, with $30M offshore. Add that to $2.9M domestic and U.S. cume of $85.66M, which puts the global weekend at $11.2M. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Hamnet<\/a>\u2018<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus Features<\/p>\n

\n\tFocus Features\u2019 stateside wide expansion of Hamnet is $1.85M (domestic cume of $17.5M), 35 international territories did $9M ($24.8M foreign cume) for a $10.85M global weekend <\/strong>in eighth place and $42.3M worldwide cume <\/strong>for the 8x Oscar nominated Chlo\u00e9 Zhao-directed British period title. Hamnet\u00a0had an outstanding start in Spain\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0$1.3M<\/strong>\u00a0over 3 days, rising to\u00a0No. 1\u00a0<\/strong>on Sunday and taking the No. 3 spot for the full weekend. It has achieved the\u00a0highest per-screen and per-site average in the market. Opening weekend\u00a0surpassed the lifetimes of\u00a0The Banshees of Inisherin\u00a0and\u00a0T\u00e1r\u00a0and was\u00a0above all comps\u00a0including\u00a0Little Women,\u00a0The Brutalist,\u00a0The Favourite\u00a0and more than double\u00a0Conclave\u00a0and\u00a0Belfast. France\u00a0<\/strong>had an excellent start with\u00a0$1.0M\u00a0<\/strong>from 120k admissions, taking the\u00a0No.7<\/strong>\u00a0spot across 213 screens.\u00a0Hamnet\u00a0is delivering the\u00a0highest per-screen average\u00a0in the market and achieved a strong average per showtime, above\u00a0Bugonia\u00a0and\u00a0T\u00e1r\u00a0. <\/p>\n

\n\tScores from both mainstream (4.1\/5) and sophisticated audiences (7.2\/10) are in line with or above\u00a0The Brutalist,\u00a0The Favourite,\u00a0Phantom Thread,\u00a0Nomadland,\u00a0Tar\u00a0and\u00a0Belfast. The opening weekend is above\u00a0Tar\u00a0and\u00a0Nomadland. Germany\u00a0<\/strong>had a great start with\u00a0$700K\u00a0<\/strong>this weekend across 205 screens, including a long preview run.\u00a0Hamnet\u00a0launched across 205 screens and has delivered a strong 20% market share for arthouse circuit Yorck, which claims 4 of the Top 5 sites. The opening weekend is above The\u00a0Brutalist,\u00a0The Favourite,\u00a0Nomadland\u00a0and\u00a0Belfast. In the\u00a0UK & Ireland<\/strong>,\u00a0Hamnet\u00a0achieved an excellent -23% hold in Wknd 3. It rose to\u00a0No.1\u00a0<\/strong>on Sunday with $0.8M for the day (-25%), ranking No. 2 overall for the frame. The weekend grossed $2.7M to reach $16.2M cume, having\u00a0surpassed the lifetimes of\u00a0Victoria and Abdul,\u00a0The Banshees of Inisherin, Conclave, Mary Queen of Scots\u00a0and\u00a0We Live in Time this week. Performance is above\u00a0The Favourite\u00a0and\u00a0Belfast.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony\u2019s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/strong>\u00a0took a 73% second-weekend tumble with $3.4M and a $20.5M cume. Overseas in 62 markets and 7,200 screens did $6.0M with overseas at $25.3M and the global weekend at $9.4M<\/strong> and running worldwide tally of $45.8M<\/strong> for the sequel, which reportedly cost a net $63M. The UK grossed $1.7 million in its second session for a local cume of $7.8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s SpongeBob Movie: The Search for Squarepants <\/strong>notched No. 10 with a global weekend of $5.1M <\/strong>($900K from U.S.\/Cananda) and running worldwide total of $153.6M<\/strong>. Sixty-four territories in play posted a foreign weekend of $4.2M and an $84M running offshore cume.<\/p>\n

\n\tOutside of the top 10, Sony Pictures International Productions\u2019\u00a0Die drei ??? \u2013 Toteninsel<\/strong>\u00a0(The Three Investigators \u2013 The Isle of Death)\u00a0set a franchise record this weekend as it opened to $4.1M from four markets. The opening is 16% above last year\u2019s\u00a0Die Drei ??? Und Der Karpatenhund (The Three Investigators \u2013 Carpathian Dog) and 7% higher than 2023\u2019s\u00a0Die Drei ??? \u2013 Erbe Des Drachen\u00a0(The Three Investigators \u2013 Legacy of the Dragon), which went on to gross $13 million and $16 million, respectively. The film is the latest installment of the franchise based on the bestselling German children\u2019s book series Die Drei ???.<\/p>\n

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