‘dune: part two’ rises to $367. 5m global; ‘kung fu panda 4’ kicks off with $80. 5m ww as early overseas play begins – international box office

Warner Bros/Legendary Entertainment’s _Dune: Part Two_ held strongly in its sophomore session at the international box office, adding $81M to handily cross the $200M overseas milestone, and

reaching $367.5M globally. We’ll dig further into _Dune 2_’s second frame below, including its China start. In the meantime, let’s look at what’s new this weekend.  Universal/DreamWorks

Animation’s _Kung Fu Panda 4 _came out kicking as it begins a staggered overseas rollout. The fourquel opened to $22.2M in 41 markets which rep just 23% of the international landscape, and

put the global debut at $80.5M. Spain was the only major in this first suite as the Jack Black-starrer will continue adding markets in the coming weeks to align with holiday play; it goes to

China on March 22. The offshore start, excluding previews, is bigger than _Kung Fu Panda 2_ and _3_ in like-for-like markets at today’s rates. It’s also above the comparable bows of _Ice

Age: Collision Course_ and _Zootopia_. A total 32 markets had the biggest opening weekend of the year for a studio movie. WATCH ON DEADLINE SPAIN led play with $3M including previews.

Friday’s opening was the second biggest opening day of the year and the best for an animated title since last summer’s _Elemental_. _KFP4_’s Saturday was the biggest for an animated title

since _Super Mario_, and the biggest for DWA since _Puss in Boots_ in 2011. The full weekend is performing above _KFP2_ and _KFP3, _and in line with _Zootopia_ and _HTTYD3 _excluding

previews. MALAYSIA debuted on Thursday with the biggest studio opening day of the year, No. 3 biggest Universal animation opening day, No. 4 DreamWorks opening day of all time, and the top

animated opening day ever including previews. The running total of $2.36M including previews is in line with _HTTYD3 _and _KFP3, _and above _KFP2 _excluding previews.  INDONESIA bowed

Wednesday with  the No. 2 opening day of the year for a studio movie, and the second-best post-pandemic animation opening day (behind _Minions: The Rise of Gru_), as well as the No. 3 DWA

opening ever (after _KFP3_ and _HTTYD3_). The full weekend was good for $2.1M including previews.  VIETNAM debuted to the biggest opening day ever for an animated title. At current estimates

of $1.94M, the weekend is the biggest Hollywood animated opening weekend of all time, the No. 3 biggest Universal opening of ever (after _Fast_ films) and the No. 10 biggest non-local

opening weekend in history. The start is over three times higher than _KFP3_. POLAND punched up $1.6M including previews, above the opening of _Super Mario Bros_, in line with _Zootopia_ and

 _Ice Age: Collision Course_, and well above previous franchise titles (excluding previews).  Other early markets include Argentina ($1.2M and biggest opening day of 2024); Denmark ($1.2M

and franchise-best opening); Chile ($1.1M and best DWA opening); and Singapore ($1M and best start of the year). Turning back to Denis Villeneuve’s _Dune: Part Two_, the sci-fi epic added

$81M from 72 international markets, just a 36% drop in the holdovers. The overseas cume is now $210.5M, putting global on its way to the four-century mark, currently with $367.5M through

Sunday. In like-for-like markets and using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking 64% ahead of 2021’s _Dune_, 43% higher than _Transformers: Rise of the Beasts_, 36% over _Godzilla Vs

Kong_, 3% above _M:I7_ and roughly on par with _The Batman_. Notably new this weekend was CHINA (where the movie is distributed by Legendary East). The estimated debut is RMB 142.1M ($20M),

ranking at No. 2 in the market, narrowly behind Taiwanese title _The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon_. This is the biggest for Hollywood in 2024, and the best opening weekend ever for

Villeneuve and Timothée Chalamet. The IMAX China Network delivered $6.5M, a huge 33% of the total. _Dune 2_’s overall China launch results were roughly on par with 2021’s _Dune_ as well as

higher than _The Batman_ (+95%), _Blade Runner 2049_ (+183%), _The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes_ (+330%) and _Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny_ (+772%). Audiences

gave it a Maoyan score of 9.3, with Taopiaopiao at 9.6 and Douban rising to 8.3.  Elsewhere, of the 72 released overseas markets, the film ranked as the No. 1 in 57 and as the top U.S. title

in 60. Markets that saw good drops include France (-17%), Germany (-19%), Taiwan (-22%), Brazil (-23%), Holland (-23%), Spain (-27%), Australia (-29%), Italy (-32%), UK (-34%), Hong Kong

(-34%), New Zealand (-34%), Singapore (-34%) and Philippines (-35%). In IMAX, the sci-fi epic dipped by just 15% globally, with $27.7M from 1,600 screens. The overseas portion of that is

$16.6M, down only 25% across the markets that opened last weekend. The international cume climbed to $35.8M and global is $72.4M or 20% of the worldwide cume to date. The Top 5 markets

overall to date are the UK ($24.8M), CHINA ($20M), FRANCE ($19.4M), GERMANY ($18.2M) and AUSTRALIA ($11.6M). Japan releases this coming Friday. MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE _BOB MARLEY: ONE

LOVE_ (PAR): $4.9M intl weekend (52 markets); $71.2M intl cume/$160.5M global _ANYONE BUT YOU_ (SNY): $3M intl weekend (48 markets); $124M intl cume/$212M global _MIGRATION_ (UNI): $2.4M

intl weekend (79 markets); $156.7M intl cume/$282M global _POOR THINGS_ (DIS): $2.1M intl weekend (47 markets); $74.4M intl cume $108.4M global _MADAME WEB_ (SNY): $1.8M intl weekend (64

markets); $54M intl cume/$96.6M global _DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA – TO THE HASHIRA TRAINING_ (SNY/CR): $1M intl weekend (42 markets);  $23M intl Sony cume/$40M global Sony cume

_ARGYLLE_ (UNI): $830K intl weekend (83 markets); $49.8M intl cume/$94.6M global _MEAN GIRLS_ (PAR): $133K intl weekend (14 markets); $31.9M intl cume/$104.3M global