Intl Box Office: ‘Hercules’ Muscles In Overseas With $28.7M; ‘Transformers’ Passes $300M In China; More

While we wait on all studios to report, the first full-weekend international numbers are in for Paramount and MGM’s Dwayne Johnson-starrer Hercules. The Brett Ratner-directed period actioner bowed in 26 international markets this weekend at 3,364 locations and rocked a $28.7M cume through Sunday. The movie’s biggest bow was in Russia, which continues to serve up strong box office for Hollywood despite diplomatic tensions with the U.S. The film debuted there with $12M at 930 dates and was 23% above comp GI Joe: Retaliation. It’s Johnson’s biggest opener ever in the market. The wrestler-turned-actor was the No. 1 grossing international star of 2013, but has often been part of an ensemble or an existing franchise and this is his first shot at leading the charge on his own. In North America, the battle-heavy Hercules landed a B+ CinemaScore and skewed 58% male. The three-day take of $29M in the U.S. is on par with the foreign box office over this first day-and-date weekend. IMAX was globally worth $6M with international repping $2M on 114 screens; over $1M came from Russia at a $30K per screen average.
In the UK, where he earned $2.5M at 438 locations, the demi-god appeared in a crowded field of indies, animation and horror. Reviews there have been so-so with critics calling the ... Read More »

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