4TH UPDATE, 7:28 PM PT: In a slightly down market, the Top 3 movies at the international box office this weekend were led by reigning champ Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation with an additional $46.1M for a global cume of $373.4M after three frames. After sitting out the Top 3 last week, China came back with romantic comedy Go Away Mr Tumor and $21.5M. In the Show slot is Korea’s Veteran, the comedy/drama that is in its 2nd frame with a weekend take of $18.25M. Those three films are off about 13% compared to last year’s top trio when How To Train Your Dragon 2, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were the leaders. Notably, HTTYD2 was coming off of a strong Middle Kingdom frame as the summer blackout period was already over at the time. This year, it will draw to a close when Paramount’s Terminator: Genisys bows next Sunday as the first major studio pic to gain access since Jurassic World completed its run.
Across the Top 10 studio films in release, this frame was off versus last weekend by about 16.5% (including the international movies in the mix, it’s about 13% off). Rogue Nation dropped just about 29% as comers were no match for Tom Cruise in his 5th turn as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. There were other spies from a 1960s TV series adaptation in the field this frame, however, with The Man From U.N.C.L.E. bowing in 23 international markets. Taking $12M, it performed decently in Russia where it was No. 1 and was also the top film in the UK with $2.3M for the FSS versus Pixels’ $2.2M, not including the latter’s previews. The other major markets were softer for the stylish Henry Cavill/Armie Hammer/Alicia Vikander-starrer that has a reported $84M budget. Rollout continues through the next month with some key markets still on deck, including Italy, Brazil, Mexico and the recently spy-genre-friendly Korea. Comps are ornery. Helmer Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes had a red-hot post-Iron Man and Tropic Thunder Robert Downey Jr and ultimately grossed upwards of $500M. Ritchie’s last pic, Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, was a tentpole sequel, and his early movies were low-budgeted cult favorites. Warner Bros’ Will Smith con artist pic Focus from earlier this year is lining up more closesly — albeit with a lower budget, a huge global star and no pre-existing source material; but with international cast and locales. Focus underperformed Stateside while doubling its domestic take offshore to about $100M . Overall this weekend, the two movies are close to on par while in six Asia markets, UNCLE is currently tracking 73% ahead, per WB. Another possible comp is the more broadly comic Get Smart which served up $100M overseas in 2008.
Next week, Rogue Nation will look to light a fuse in Italy while Fantastic Four — this week’s No. 2 studio pic -– brings The Thing to Russia, Spain and Korea; and UNCLE drives into some smaller markets. New openers include Rupert Friend as Hitman: Agent 47 in about 20 markets. The Fox reboot also features Chinese sensation Angelababy who’ll be seen in the coming week’s big Middle Kingdom release, Bride Wars — a remake of Fox’s own 2009 pic with Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. The original 2007 Hitman performed most strongly in Europe with about $60M offshore. Blumhouse horror sequel Sinister 2 is also on deck in about 25 markets including some key European plays where the original fared well, ultimately taking about $30M. Shannyn Sossamon stars as a young mother who, with her twin sons, moves into a rural house that’s marked for death.
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Also notably new will be Lionsgate’s action-comedy American Ultra. Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart play a stoner and his girlfriend in her small town who come up against a government operation that targets them. It’s going out this week via Metropolitan Filmexport in France which was the biggest offshore market on Eisenberg’s ultra-successful Now You See Me. What will make the French release even more fun to watch is that Clouds Of Sils Maria supporting star Stewart earlier this year became the first American woman ever to win a César Award — the local equivalent of the Oscar — and this is her first movie since.
More on local-language pics out of China and Korea below the original posts. Actuals tomorrow.
3RD UPDATE, 2:35 PM PT: Studio estimates on the international weekend are in with Tom Cruise retaining control of the offshore box office for the 3rd weekend in a row. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation added $46.1M in 62 territories this frame. That gives the Paramount/Skydance title bragging rights to the No. 1 spot once again and brings the offshore cume to $235.3M. For the studios, Fox’s Fantastic Four is in 2nd place with $16.23M from 8,273 screens in 54 markets. The cume is $60.14M internationally with some solid holds, especially in Latin America and parts of Europe. Rounding out the top grouping, Universal/Illumination’s Minions added $15M and will this week pass Toy Story 3 to become the 4th highest-grossing film ever overseas. Fox Star Studios release Brothers, the Bollywood remake of Lionsgate’s Oscar-nominated sports drama Warrior, claimed the next spot with $12.4M. Then, in what looks like a tie, come Warner Bros’ new entry, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Sony’s Pixels, each with an estimated $12M. The former is playing in 23 markets on about 5,200 screens while the latter is in 80 on 6,250.
Chinese and Korean titles are also slotted near the top of the overseas chart this frame. They include Go Away Mr Tumor, and the returning Veteran, Monster Hunt and The Assassination. I’ll report on those a bit later. In the meantime, keep refreshing for breakdowns on the international weekend for the studios.
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BROTHERS
This weekend saw the debut of Bollywood actioner Brothers, released by Fox Star Studios in association with producers Lionsgate, Dharma Productions and Endemol India. Taking advantage of the Indian Independence Day holiday, the remake of Gavin O’Connor’s 2011 Oscar-nominated family martial arts drama Warrior bowed to $12.4M from about 3,500 screens in 7 markets. It is the No. 1 movie in India, earning $11.2M of its worldwide total there. The first Hindi-language co-production from Dharma, Lionsgate and Endemol India, it stars Akshay Kumar (aka “the Jackie Chan of Bollywood”), Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez (Kick). Produced by Karan Johar and directed by Karan Malhotra, the film has been highly anticipated since the trailer debuted in June and garnered nearly 2M views in less than 24 hours. Fox last year remade Knight & Day as a Bollywood film titled Bang Bang which went on to gross over $40M worldwide. This is Lionsgate’s stab at adapting one of its properties to the Indian market and diaspora. Brothers released Stateside to $339K this frame.
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Warner Bros’ The Man From U.N.C.L.E. opened in 23 markets with an estimated $12M off of 2M admissions on over 5,200 screens. The major plays are Russia, the UK, Spain, Australia and Germany. Russia bowed to $3.1M, for what Warner says is 60% of the Top 5 market share and double Rogue Nation’s 2nd frame with positive reaction to the Cold War-themed pic. While comps are somewhat difficult here — helmer Guy Ritchie’s last movie, Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, was a tentpole sequel – the Russia bow did outperform that movie as well as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in local currency terms. UNCLE grossed an estimated 200M rubles, while Game Of Shadows came in at 188M and MIGP was 193M in 2011. The dollar figures will be skewed here given the devaluation of the ruble over the past year.
In the UK, there’s a bit of a quibble since WB is reporting UNCLE’s $2.3M from 505 sites as the No. 1 for Friday-Sunday while Sony has Pixels at No. 1 with $4.2M including previews during the week. Warner did not preview UNCLE, I’m told, and had the highest per-screen average amongst newcomers. The UK is a big Ritchie market, especially based on his early breakout hits Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. The UNCLE TV series was also popular here. Reviews have been somewhat mixed, but the film should have some room to play this week.
Australia opened to an estimated $1.2M on 289 screens. Trainwreck and Mission: Impossible are leading the market here, although some sites have UNCLE split between 2nd and 3rd place, according to WB. Spain also came in at No. 3, behind Inside Out and MI:5, but UNCLE saw a Saturday jump and is aspiring to upmarket holiday play. Germany, which had big weather swings this weekend, grossed an estimated $712K from 485 sites. The uptick on Saturday (when the heatwave gave way to storms) was 82%. This is a crowded market where Rogue Nation is leading, followed by Minions, Trainwreck and Pixels. Conversely, in New Zealand, UNCLE bested Trainwreck for No. 1 with an estimated $220K on 84 screens.
In Asia, the projected regional gross of $2.7M on 803 screens in six markets is tracking 73% ahead of Will Smith con artist pic Focus, and most individual market performances are either on par with/or exceeding Sherlock Holmes.
There are 18 smaller markets to release next weekend ahead of Italy on September 2, Brazil on September 3 and Mexico on September 4. A China release has yet to be determined.
EL CLAN
Another Fox International Production, El Clan is one to watch as films from Argentina are on a hot streak. Pablo Trapero’s Venice Competition entry for next month opened at home this frame to $2.9M from 290 screens. The crime-family drama is No. 1 in the market with 52% market share and has set the industry’s biggest opening ever for a local production. It hails from producers Pedro and Augustin Almodovar, who also produced the previous record holder for a local opening: Wild Tales. That movie went on to huge box ofice and secured an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language category last year.
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
While Universal/Legendary’s Straight Outta Compton is looking at $57.4M in its domestic open, it’s also beginning rollout abroad. It opened in Trinidad and other Caribbean islands this weekend with an estimated total of $15K at 13 dates; a strong debut. This will be a staggered release overseas and over the next several months for the F Gary Gray movie. This is a tough one to pinpoint going forward: NWA is best known Stateside while Dr Dre has a big international following and Ice Cube has done well at the international box office; word of mouth out of the U.S. will help. In the two upcoming frames, the origins story of the revolutionary hip hop group heads to Slovenia, Norway, Germany and the UK. The latter was the top offshore market for 2002 comp 8 Mile, followed by Germany, France, Japan and Australia. It’s expected Europe and English-speaking markets will be among the best plays for Straight Outta Compton.
HOLDOVERS
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION
In a hat trick, reigning champ Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation was the No. 1 movie at the international box office this weekend. The frame was worth $46.1M taking the offshore cume to $235.3M and the worldwide total to $373.4M. There were four new markets in the mix with strong bows — especially the impressive $7M at 788 locations in France, 53% above Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Also of particular note high up was Japan where Rogue Nation jumped 13% in the 2nd frame with $5.2M for a $20.4M cume to date. That’s especially notable given the dino-mighty legs of Jurassic World which dominated last weekend when the films opened simultaneously. JW is still well in the lead (see below), but Cruise and the M:I franchise have a big fan base in Japan. Ghost Protocol did about $70M there.
Rogue Nation had its first flight in Brazil this session with a $3.5M No. 1 at 493 cinemas and 171% over MIGP. As with many other territories, the opening was tops for Tom and for the franchise. It’s Paramount 5th biggest opening ever. Also, Portugal was a No. 1 bow with $602K and running 57% above MIGP for a franchise best.
Elsewhere, Korea’s 3rd weekend was worth $3.9M from 497 sites to take the local cume to $38.3M. That pushes it past last year’s Cruise-starrer Edge Of Tomorrow which was giant in the market. The 3rd UK frame added $2.6M at 526 locations for $23.1M to date and down 31% from last week. Germany took another $2.3M on the 2nd weekend at 618 sites, down just 20% from open and maintaining No. 1. The cume after 11 days is $6.7M.
Cumes in other markets include India’s $10.7M; Australia’s $8.8M; the Middle East’s $8.6M; Russia’s $8.3M; and Spain’s $4M. Still to come among major markets are Italy on August 19 and China on September 8.
FANTASTIC FOUR
Fox’s reboot added $16.23M from 8,273 screens in 54 markets this weekend, to reach an international cume of $60.1M. Latin America and certain European markets were good to the troubled title. Mexico maintained the No. 1 position with $1.7M from 1,574 screens. France also held, at No. 3, with $1.57M from 706; followed by Brazil ($1.3M from 751/No. 2), and the UK ($1.1M from 531/No. 6). There were other No. 1 holds in Colombia, Central America, Peru and Ecuador. The United Arab Emirates opened well with $827K from 61. Next week sees more major markets added including Russia, Korea and Spain.
MINIONS
Universal and Illumination’s Minions minted another $15M in 62 territories this weekend, bringing the henchmen’s overseas score to $644.5M. Kevin, Stuart and Bob passed $900M globally last weekend and now have a total of $957.4M before moving on to Italy (August 27), Turkey (September 4), China (September 13) and Greece (September 24) — and surely passing $1B in the process. Minions, from Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin, is the 5th highest-grossing film ever internationally and will pass Toy Story 3’s $650M this week to move up to No. 4. The top three animated films ahead of it will then be Frozen ($880M), Ice Age: Continental Drift ($718M) and Ice Age: Dawn Of Dinosaurs ($690M). Elsewhere, Minions has now passed Finding Nemo’s $936.8M to become the 5th highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide. Above it are currently Frozen ($1.28B), Toy Story 3 ($1.064B), The Lion King ($987.5M) and Despicable Me 2 ($975.5M).
In the current frame, Slovenia opened No. 1 with $218K at 10 dates including previews. Japan’s 3rd frame placed it No. 3 as Hollywood movies dominate the top of the chart. It grossed another $3.2M at 328 dates for a 16-day total of $25.2M — bigger than DM2. It is the top non-Disney/Pixar animated film of all time in the market.
PIXELS
Deadline recently wondered how much of a box office pickle Pixels is for Adam Sandler given its less-than-spectacular Stateside bow a few weeks ago. Here’s an update on the game time to play out. The Adam Sandler comedy from Columbia Pictures has now crossed $150M worldwide with a $155.6M global cume. Of that $91.1M is coming from international where there are still key markets to debut. That includes China where China Film Group has skin in the game having co-financed the movie. Also on deck internationally are Japan, Australia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Thailand. This weekend, Pixels added eight new markets and popped a $12M power pill from 6,250 screens in 80 territories total. As noted earlier, the UK is being claimed by both Pixels and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – the former is including previews for a $4.2M start from 580 locations, whereas UNCLE is only including F-S-S.
Southeast Asia this weekend had strong resposnse with Malaysia opening at No. 1 to gross $675K from 200 screens; Singapore bowing at No. 1 for $760K, including previews, from 31 screens; and Vietnam, which earned $210K from 99 screens, surpassing the lifetime of The Lego Movie by 49%.
Elsewhere, Germany dropped 29% in its 3rd frame to bring the cume to $6.4M. Brazil, where Sandler is a big draw, added now has a $9.5M total after 4 frames. Mexico, the top market to date is at $11.4M, has bested the lifetime of The Lego Movie by 40%, per Sony.
INSIDE OUT
Speaking of Disney/Pixar, as Inside Out approaches its 10th weekend of international release, it’s still making folks laugh and cry in vast numbers. The current frame added $11.4M to advance to $327.6M abroad and $666.96M worldwide. Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear and Sadness are emoting in 55 territories with Italy (September 16), Germany (October 1) and China to come. The latter still does not have a confirmed date. The UK is still the biggest market to date with $42.7M, followed by Korea ($31.7M) and Mexico ($31M). Next week IO opens in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Norway.
JURASSIC WORLD
Jurassic World has become the top Hollywood movie of Summer 2015 in Japan as it continues its dino-might run there. The Universal title is No. 1 for the 2nd frame in a row with an estimated $7.4M at 352 dates and 43% of the box office share. The 12-day total is now $34.9M. In total, Indominous Rex snagged another $8.9M in 63 territories for an international total of $968.3M. Combined with the U.S. estimated total of $638M, the worldwide total will be $1.6B on Sunday.
TRAINWRECK
Amy Schumer-starrer Trainwreck rolled into the UK, Germany, Spain and more this week adding $6.2M in a total of 27 territories. The international cume on the Universal comedy is now $13.7M. Combined with the U.S. estimated total of $97.6M the worldwide tally is $111.3M. The UK bowed at No. 5 with $1.5M at 467 dates. Germany (where it’s going by the local title Dating Queen) was good for No. 3 with $1.3M at 476 dates. Spain took 5th place with $462K at 256 dates and New Zealand debuted at No. 3 with $267K at 70 dates. In nearby Australia, the Judd Apatow-helmed pic held the No. 1 spot for the 2nd frame and has a total of $7M. Schumer and co-star Bill Hader did a big push in this market which has paid off. There are 24 more territories to release over the next few months. Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay open next weekend.
ANT-MAN
Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man turned up in Italy this frame, where it piled up $2.2M in the No. 1 slot. The total weekend was worth another $5.6M internationally, bringing the offshore cume to $189.5M and the global tally for Peyton Reed, Paul Rudd & Co to $347.07M. Holds were strong for the powerful superhero/insect with Mexico down 28%, Australia down 35%, and France down 38%; followed by the UK (-41%), Germany (-41%) and Spain (-44%). Still building its hill in 51 markets, Ant-Man has yet to bow in Korea (September 3), Japan (September 19) and China whose date continues to elude.
TED 2
Ted 2’s stuffed legs carried the bold bear to $5.5M in 46 territories for an international total of $92.6M this session. The worldwide total on the Universal comedy sequel is now $173.7M. Eight markets opened this frame, including No. 1s in the Netherlands ($1.1M/110 dates) and Belgium ($823K/68). In Argentina, Ted came up behind local hit El Clan for No. 2 with $530K at 120 locations. Chile was also a new bow with $195K at 55 dates. France held at No. 4 and has a 12-day total of $4M. Five territories have yet to open including Japan on August 28 — one to watch given the enormous grosses for the original film there.
PAPER TOWNS
YA pic Paper Towns has boosted its international cume to $36.4M after adding $3M from 2,258 screens in 38 markets this weekend. The John Green adaptation from Fox secured the No. 2 opening day amongst new arrivals in France with $1.1M from 259 screens. For the weekend, it was No. 6 in a crowded market. Germany ($259K from 413 screens) dropped 28% from last weekend, while Holland ($156K from 85) saw an 8% jump on the previous frame. The cume there $901K.
THE LITTLE PRINCE
Paramount’s The Little Prince has been enjoying a steady run in a competitive France where the cume is now $7.3M. In its 3rd frame, the Cannes Official Selection added $1.3M at 800 locations.
UNFRIENDED
Universal’s Unfriended was tagged for $1M in Latin America this frame — its first in the region. Mexico liked $516K at 344 dates for a No. 5 bow while Peru particularly embraced the scarer to the tune of $274K at 74 dates. It’s Universal’s 3rd best horror opening ever in the market behind Ouija and Mama. The international total is now $25.6M. There are still 11 more territories to release.
THE 33
Fox’s Chilean miner drama The 33 is in its 2nd frame in its home territory with another $1M from 155 screens. The No. 1 film dropped 34% and now has a cume of $3.1M. After a strong opening last frame which was the 2nd best start ever for a local title — 5% behind Fox International Productions’ own Stefan Vs Kramer — it is enjoying the industry’s 2nd highest 2nd weekend for a local title, behind that same picture.
TERMINATOR: GENISYS
Before it boots up in China next Sunday as the first Hollywood movie let back in after the long summer blackout period, Paramount’s Terminator: Genisys grossed $722K from 49 international territories this frame. The international cume is now $234.7M. As a reminder, Terminator: Salvation made just $15M in China back in 2009 while Par’s preferred comp has been Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol which grossed just over $100M there in 2011.
PITCH PERFECT 2
Universal’s singing Barden Bellas grossed another $440K in seven territories this session. Pitch Perfect 2 now has an offshore songbook filled with $101M. The worldwide total is $284.8M. Debut performances this frame included Brazil at No. 5 with $216K across 205 dates. That’s six times bigger than the opening of the original with three more markets to go, all in Latin America, through September 4.
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CHINA
Before Arnold can say he’s back in China next Sunday when Terminator: Genisys bows as the first major studio movie to unspool in the Middle Kingdom since the extended summer blackout period, Chinese audiences will get engage in Bride Wars. A remake of the 2009 Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway romantic comedy, it opens on August 20 and has been heavily promoted looking to tap into the local taste for the genre. It boasts stars Angelababy and Ni Ni. In new films that debuted this week, Go Away Mr Tumor was the big local title with a $21.5M frame for a $29.3M cume. Based on the comic series created by the cartoonist Xiong Dun, it’s a romantic comedy that chronicles the author’s real-life struggle with a malignant tumor. Directed by Han Yan, it stars Monster Hunt’s Bai Baihe and Warcraft’s Daniel Wu. Speaking of Monster Hunt, the mega-Middle Kingdom summer smash added $11.6M in seven markets to take the overall cume to $349.5M. Local figures are stacking up at just about $342M. After passing Transformers: Age Of Extinction last week to become the No. 2 movie ever in China, it would still need about $50M to best Furious 7 for the all-time top record.
KOREA
Korea’s Veteran remained near the top of the international chart this frame, taking an added $18.25M for a $44M cume to date. That put it at No. 3 for the week overall behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and China’s new entry Go Away Mr Tumor. The film is now the No. 4 title of the year in Korea where the Top 5 movies are The Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Assassination — which added $7.8M this session for a cume of $71.2M — and Ode To My Father, another local pic that released at the end of 2014. Kingsman: The Secret Service is No. 5. Next frame, director Baek Jong-Yeol’s The Beauty Inside bows. Pic is based on the 2012 social film developed by Intel and Toshiba which starred Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Topher Grace and was helmed by Drake Doremus. Also coming up is horror pic The Chosen: Forbidden Cave by Kim Whee which was originally titled Toemasa — or Exorcist. Based on the novel Moonyeogool, it centers on a psychiatrist attempting an exorcism.
U.N.C.L.E. What a flop!
It would have done better with bigger names. Who green lights an 80 million dollar movie that doesn’t have any current movie stars? Cavill and Hammer are great, but neither is what you call a draw.
Clooney was always the right guy. I guess after that Hamm, right?
Star power is overrated. I don’t see any star power attached to Compton and look how well it’s doing. Even if clooney (which didn’t help much to save Tomorrowland from flopping) had been cast UNCLE would have been a though sell.
What others have said, not sure how a project this expensive gets greenlit on the basis of this screenplay, letalone the attached talent (nothing against either top billed star, but neither appears able to carry a pic just yet). Why didn’t they just remake the TV series?
I’m sorry, it just looked boring.
Re : “Rogue Nation” all true but in the endgame doesn’t it look like a massive drop in reference to the last one? With the budget such as it was the domestic numbers seem particularly ho-hum. I think people are realizing that the “Mission Impossible” movies have just become vehicles for Cruise to deniably sell Scientology internationally in a subliminal fashion. He’s holding on to that plane like L. Ron Hubbard himself is stepping on the gas! And that gaunt face…and that hair…he looks like a scarecrow who needs to change hairdressers. You know who are the great movie stars? The ones who don’t pretend they’re not aging. You could put together a long list and put Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Helen Mirren at the top of it. Hugh Grant, for instance, looks better than ever in “U.N.C.L.E.” Newman, Redford, Morgan Freeman, Eastwood, Nicholson,…Fonda, Stewart, Wayne…on and on.
Stop being an idiot.
I think Tom Cruise had agreed to gain weight for the drama he is/was filming in Ball Grounds, GA. It I read an article detailed his
You are ignorant for hating on Cruise just because of his religion. Cruise IS the biggest movie star of all-time no matter what religion he believes in.
Cruise is a liability in anything but these movies, a truly damaged brand as a movie star, and McQuarrie can only score hits with these as well. Jack Reacher 2 will be a reckoning and the clock is ticking on this tired, lame-o franchise.
John Wayne is the biggest movie star of all time! Tom Cruise is just the biggest movie star right now. Be more accurate, okay.
Cary Grant begs to differ.
I think Tom Cruise started filming a new movie “Mena” in Ball Grounds, Ga. in May 2015. He agreed to gain weight for the role. He started his MI5:RN promotion around last few weeks in July. He will portray a CIA drug Informant. i think Cruise has three “Oscar Nominations”. Mi5:RN is great action entertainment.
People are realizing that the imbecile identified as Mark Kelley is one of the biggest clowns on the internet, picking the most asinine reasons for hating on an amazing actor, film, and franchise.
Not only am I identified as “Mark Kelley” but that’s actually my name. I mostly would like to thank the Academy for this great honor and I am so pleased that I passed the audition. The inter-net is pretty big you know so this is quite an honor and achievement. “Marc Miwards” you rock! I mean look at those nominees…I thought David Miscavige had it in the bag!
What the hell does Mission Impossible got to do with Scientology? The answer is nothing and you just a hater. If you don’t like Tom and and his movies then don’t watch and don’t try to ruin for the fans that do. Don’t we have the right as an American to believe what we want to believe in? There is an amendment called Freedom of Religion.
I can definitely say that MIRN will keep on ruling the foreign box office for three more weeks at least!!
People need to stop calling MIRN an undisputable hit.
Theres no way MIRN will reach 700mil
and beat Ghost Protocol.
Its only made 350 so far,
and its mostly done adding territories.
It doesn’t need to beat GP to be an “undisputable” hit.
And China will tell whether it does pass it or not.
Wait for China..
Ummm, it will keep making more and more money in it’s current territories, and it will make even more money when it opens in China and other countries on Sept. 8 where Cruise is arguably bigger there than he is here.
Apparently, besides being a liar and a hater, you can’t do math either. It’s international numbers, $235 million plus the domestic total, $138 million puts it closer to $400 million. Then there’s the big market territories that will become major factors on down the road. But here’s the truth that you can’t handle. Even if it only reached $400 million and didn’t earn a cent more, it’s still $400 freaking million dollars in worldwide grosses. HaHAAaaa! LOL. YOU CAN’T HANDLE TOM CRUISE: THE HITMAKER!!!!!
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yah…
xcept…
studios only get to keep 25% of chinas gross.
Mission Impossible is a co-production with Alibaba. It keeps 50%.
Who cares about getting 25% in China if it will probably gross at least 600 million worldwide anyway?
You have n argument against the success of this film.
‘Wait until it opens in China’ is the equivalent of ‘we lose money on every sale, but we’ll make it up on volume.’ It takes years to fully amortize these films, and with technological changes and changing audience tastes, it may be some time until anyone really knows what it really takes for anything but obvious blockbusters to be profitable. I think we’re seeing an over investment in film and TV production right now that won’t really be obvious until we get to look at it in retrospect at some point in the future.
There’s no way it will not. It’s ahead of Ghost Protocol in every market in the same timeframe.
Yes, M.I. is fun, but so is U.N.C.L.E. I loved it so much better than the old versions–it was much better than I thought it would be. All of the actors are wonderful. Ladies, you gotta see it— Armie Hammer is one sexy Russian spy–the film & the accent gets better as it goes on…
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I’m really curious to see how Straight Outta Compton does overseas. Is it even going to open in Asian nations? It’d be cool if it did. By the way, Straight Outta Compton is my second favorite movie of the year.
Rogue Nation was awesome. Worth watching again.
UNCLE might have had a chance when Clooney and Soderbergh were attached, But Guy Ritchie? You can put the blame squarely on him for ruining what could have been a small franchise. The stars have no chemistry together and Ritchie’s direction gets old fast.
As far as Fantastic Four goes, this unrequested reboot has likely killed this Marvel title for a few years anyway. The previous FF (and its sequel) was not great, but compared to this reboot, it was a winner. The FF concept could work in the hands of a competent director, but so far that has not happened. A sequel is definitely DOA, although IMDB still shows one announced for 2017.