Legendary and Universal Pictures’ Warcraft is off to a game start at the international box office, with No. 1 openings in its first 11 markets. The total through Thursday is$9.3M. The adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s juggernaut is bowing in a total of 20 overseas plays this frame. Notably first out of the gate were Germany, Russia and France. The strong start points to a $30M+ bow this weekend, blowing past earlier projections in the $20Ms.
Gearheads were out in force in Germany which scored the biggest opening day of the year for the market with a 50% share and a No. 1 Thursday of $2.2M.
In Russia, the No. 1 Thursday bow was $2.8M, which marks the second biggest opening day of 2016, behind Deadpool, and ahead of Captain America: Civil War,Batman V Superman and others. It is the 7th biggest opening day of all time and the 5th biggest non-holiday opening day ever.
France booted up Wednesday with $983K for a No. 1 start and a total through Thursday of $1.5M.
Austria, Denmark, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lebanon, Switzerland, Thailand and the UAE are the other top spot openers. There are nine further markets to come this weekend including Norway and Sweden.
The Orc-filled adaptation stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper — and also features Chinese heartthrob Daniel Wu who was in last year’s hitGo Away Mr Tumor. He’ll act as a particular draw at Middle Kingdom turnstiles when the film gets there on June 8 in a rare pre-U.S. release.
‘Warcraft’ Game With $9.3M Start In Early Offshore Openings – Intl Box Office | Deadline
Gearheads were out in force in Germany which scored the biggest opening day of the year for the market with a 50% share and a No. 1 Thursday of $2.2M.
In Russia, the No. 1 Thursday bow was $2.8M, which marks the second biggest opening day of 2016, behind Deadpool, and ahead of Captain America: Civil War,Batman V Superman and others. It is the 7th biggest opening day of all time and the 5th biggest non-holiday opening day ever.
France booted up Wednesday with $983K for a No. 1 start and a total through Thursday of $1.5M.
Austria, Denmark, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lebanon, Switzerland, Thailand and the UAE are the other top spot openers. There are nine further markets to come this weekend including Norway and Sweden.
The Orc-filled adaptation stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper — and also features Chinese heartthrob Daniel Wu who was in last year’s hitGo Away Mr Tumor. He’ll act as a particular draw at Middle Kingdom turnstiles when the film gets there on June 8 in a rare pre-U.S. release.
‘Warcraft’ Game With $9.3M Start In Early Offshore Openings – Intl Box Office | Deadline