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The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes debuts on an estimated $44.0m in North America, $54.5m in 87 international markets.

Worldwide box office Nov 17-19 RankFilm (distributor) 3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l)Territories 1. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes (Lionsgate) $98.5m $98.5m $54.5m $54.5m 88 2. Trolls Band Together (Universal) $37.3m $108.1m $6.7m $76.3m 67 3. The Marvels (Disney) $29.7m $161.3m $19.5m $96.3m 53 4. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal)

$13.4m $271.8m $9.9m $139.2m 79 5. Thanksgiving (Sony) $12.6m $12.6m $2.4m $2.4m 12 6. Last Suspect (various) $10.5m $66.2m $10.5m $66.2m 3 7. Tiger 3 (Yshraj) $9.6m $45.7m $8.6m $41.7m 100 8. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount...

Local crime drama film “Last Suspect” returned to the top spot at the mainland China box office over the latest weekend, as “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” opened quietly in third place.

Narrowly beaten last week by “The Marvels,” “Last Suspect” climbed one place while “The Marvels” fell out of the top five in China. In its third weekend of release, “Last Suspect” recorded $10.1 million (RMB76 million), according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. After 17 days on release, it has earned an aggregate of $68.1 million.

Chinese family drama, “Be My Family,” earned $4.8 million in its second weekend and took second place for a cumulative of $15.4 million after ten days on release.

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” earned $4.6 million (RMB33.5 million). Imax reported that $700,000 of the total came from its screens.

The weekend score is far below previous entries in the franchise, but...

Lionsgate’s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes opened at China’s movie box office in third place over the weekend, losing to two holdover local films and earning just $4.6 million. It’s just the latest disappointing performance by a U.S. franchise film in the market.

Songbirds & Snakes has earned low to middling social scores from Chinese audiences, and ticketing app Maoyan projects it will total only about $7 million by the end of its run.

Songbirds & Snakes opens eight years after the last Hunger Games title played in theaters and 12 years after the first film hit the big screen. The previous four Hunger Games films, based on Suzanne Collins’ dystopian YA novels and starring Jennifer Lawrence, all performed considerably better in China than the new title. The Hunger Games (2012) earned a total of $27 million, while The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) took $28 million, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1...

Brie Larson’s superhero sequel made $47m for North America, and $63.3m internationally.

Worldwide box office November 10-12 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. The Marvels (Disney) $110.3m $110.3m $63.3m $63.3m 52 2. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal) $24.4m $251.9m $15.4m $124.7m 77 3. Last Suspect (various) $11.5m $49.9m $11.5m $49.9m 1 4. Tiger 3 (various) $11.5m $11.5m $9.3m $9.3m 105 5. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount) $10.7m $137.1m $6m $77.2m 66 6. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various)

$8.4m $240.9m $2.5m $68.4m 54 7. Be My Family (various) $6.7m $6.8m $6.7m $6.8m 1 8. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $5.1m $188.7m $3.3m...

“The Marvels” narrowly missed the top spot at the mainland China box office on its opening weekend. And its debut was far short of its blockbuster predecessor.

Data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway shows “The Marvels” earning RMB82.7 million or $11.5 million between Friday and Sunday in Chinese cinemas. Of that some $2 million or 17%, was earned in Imax theaters.

The film’s debut weekend haul was a fraction below the RMB84.2 million ($11.7 million) earned by Chinese film “Last Suspect” in its second weekend of release. Crime drama title, “Last Suspect” now has a cumulative of $51.5 million after ten days on release.

Figures for “The Marvels” compare badly with the $88.9 million earned by “Captain Marvel” when it opened in Chinese theaters in March 2019. Local ticketing service, Maoyan forecasts that “The Marvels” will have a career total of RMB152 million or $21 million in China. It opened poorly in other territories too.

Third place...

The Marvels‘ disappointing start at the North American box office over the weekend — $47 million, a record low for a Marvel Studios release — is adding to analysts’ concerns that superhero fatigue is an urgent and growing problem for the major studios. But in China, filmgoers have been snubbing America’s caped crusaders for far longer — and The Marvels only marks a fresh low.

The Marvels opened to just $11.5 million in China, losing the three-day weekend to holdover local crime thriller Who’s the Suspect, which earned $11.7 million. Including Thursday night previews, The Marvels‘ four-day total creeps up to $11.8 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.

MCU releases have been underperforming in China since the pandemic, but The Marvels‘ face-plant is particularly striking. Back in 2019, Brie Larson’s franchise starter Captain Marvel opened to $89.3 million on its way to a strong $154 million China total. According to current projections, The Marvels will be lucky to top $20 million.

In North America, total weekend box office is estimated at $56m – one of the lowest market totals so far this year.

Worldwide box office November 3-5 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal) $55.0m $217.1m $35.6m $103.5m 75 2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $25.1m $231m $11.6m $65.1m 114 3. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount)

$18.9m $119.2m $11.9m $66.9m 67 4. Last Suspect (various) $17.8m $23.4m $17.8m $23.4m 1 5. Trolls Band Together (Universal)

$13.2m $56.9m $13.2m $56.9m 54 6. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $10.0m $181.7m $8.0m $119.7m 68 7. The Boy And The Heron (various...

Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s was still plenty game this weekend, crossing $100M at the international box office and $200M worldwide. The sophomore frame overseas, where this is a pure theatrical play, dipped 54% to deliver $35.6M in 74 markets for a $103.5M offshore cume and $217.1M global.

Fazbear and crew have surpassed the reported international box office totals of Insidious: The Last Key, Halloween, M3GAN, Lights Out, Evil Dead Rise, Get Out, The Black Phone, The Invisible Man and Insidious Chapter 3. The overall cume is above The Nun 2, The Conjuring 2, Annabelle Comes Home and Insidious: The Red Door in the same markets at the same point.

This is now the biggest Blumhouse film in 29 markets including Brazil, Argentina, Poland, Chile, Peru, Central America and Ukraine.

The Emma Tammi-directed horror pic added 11 new hubs this session. Spain saw the biggest opening Wednesday and biggest horror opening day ever...