‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Scares Up Best Overseas Horror Bow Since 2019; ’Indiana Jones’ Moves Dial To $248M Global; ‘Elemental’ Catching Fire Offshore; ‘Fast X’ Tops $700M WW – International Box Office
09.07.2023 - 19:11
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Refresh for latest…: Busy weekend at the international box office with a strong scary new entry, some unexpected spark in holds and a milestone for a long-running franchise.
Out of the gate this frame, Sony/Screen Gems/Stage 6 Films/Blumhouse’s Insidious: The Red Door knocked out the biggest overseas horror debut since 2019. With $31.4M from 52 markets; this is also the best for the franchise in like-for-like markets. Including domestic, the global bow is $64M.
Offshore, the Patrick Wilson-directed and starring fifth in the series, which is a direct continuation of the first two movies, is tracking 27% ahead of Insidious: The Last Key at current exchange rates ,and bigger than recent horror franchise releases Evil Dead Rise (+58%) and Scream VI (+30%).
Horror-leaning Mexico led play with a No. 1 $5.8M, marking Sony’s biggest ever horror opening in the territory. The scarer also scored a record in the Philippines as the highest horror opening weekend ever and biggest opening weekend of the last year with $3.7M. The UK was up next with $2.8M, followed by France at $1.9M and India with$1.5M (the latter being the widest-ever release for a horror film and the best Sony opening for a horror title in the market).
Still to release are Indonesia, Korea and Spain this month.
Turning to the holdovers. Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in its sophomore session has moved the needle to $248M globally. Coming off of a softer than hoped for opening last weekend, the movie dipped 49% overseas, whipping up an additional $31.8M from 52 markets this frame. The International box office total is now $126.7M.
Indy 5 held No. 1s in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Australia and Japan (note that Mission: Impossible