Updated: There were a lot of moving parts at the global and international box office this weekend which was led for the studios by the sophomore frame of Marvel/Disney's The Fantastic Four: First Steps.  Amid a 54% dip from opening (-52% excluding China), the second overseas session added $39.6M…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Marvel/Disney's The Fantastic Four: First Steps has come in with an estimated $218M global opening. While this is lower than where we saw it yesterday, it remains above the pre-weekend projection, both worldwide and in terms of international box office. The latter landed at $100M, the…

The latest Demon Slayer movie is killing it in Japan, breaking records for opening day gross, single-day gross, and three- and four-day debuts. As we noted on Sunday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the first in a three-film arc, also set an all-time Imax record in…

Updated: It's been a busy weekend globally for Hollywood, with new milestones for two pictures, and as another pair close in on benchmarks amid strong holds. There was also new studio fare this frame while the latest Demon Slayer is a big hit in Japan, its first release market. Taking the major…

Disney's Lilo & Stitch has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, now with $1.001B through Wednesday. The sweet little girl and her mischievous blue alien finally give Hollywood its first billion-dollar movie of 2025, with Lilo & Stitch the only studio film to reach the milestone…

MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals: DC/Warner's Superman flew a bit higher in the Sunday actuals, reaching a $220M global start. The upward shift is powered by domestic, which came in at $125M, while the international box office take remained set in steel at $95M. Also moving up from Sunday's…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Universal/Amblin's Jurassic World Rebirth has come in with a monster $318.3M global launch, making it the biggest worldwide opening of the year for a studio film so far. It's also got bragging rights to becoming the 2nd best start for the franchise, behind 2015's Jurassic…

MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals: The launch of Apple Original Films' F1 has some more gas in the tank when including Sunday actuals. The international box office debut rises to $89.3M in 78 markets, while domestic is $57M. This fuels a $146.3M global bow, up $2.3M on Sunday's estimates.  In other…

UPDATED: Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later has come alive with an estimated $60M worldwide bow. The split is dead even at the domestic and international box office with $30M each for the auteur-driven R-rated Sony horror movie. This is slightly above pre-weekend projections. The opening in 59…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Universal's How to Train Your Dragon led the charge at the global and international box office this weekend as Hiccup and Toothless winged in with a $197.8M start worldwide. Of that, $114.1M (which includes previews) is from 81 overseas markets — a smidge lower than where we saw it…

Disney's live-action charmer Lilo & Stitch has surfed past $800M at the global box office. It crossed the milestone with Wednesday's business included, and through yesterday counts $807.6M worldwide.  The bubbly Dean Fleischer Camp-directed update on the 2002 animated hit is expected to reach…

Updated: Disney's Lilo & Stitch continued to sew up strong business in its third weekend, with the global cume now at $772.6M as it closes in on $800M WW in the coming days. The international box office tally through Sunday is $436.8M after a $67.7M offshore frame (-47%).  Paramount/Skydance's Mi…