SUNDAY UPDATE: Coming in a touch lower than where we saw it heading yesterday, Marvel Studios/Disney’s Thunderbolts* has opened to $162.1M globally, including $86.1M from the international box office. The worldwide bow is within the pre-weekend projected opening range.
Overseas, the Florence Pugh-starrer launched at No. 1 or No. 1 non-local in nearly all major markets as well as most smaller markets. The international debut is estimated to be 45% ahead of Shang-Chi, 13% above Ant-Man and 7% over Guardians of the Galaxy in like-for-like markets at current rates (excluding China).
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The film played best in Latin America and smaller Asian markets, while Europe was a bit mixed. Although overall Saturday bumps didn’t pan out as hoped, parts of Europe saw some of the biggest Friday-Saturday increases which reflects the impact of changing weather. Similar to the U.S., reviews and social sentiment internationally are generally strong, and Thunderbolts* has runway before the next major wide opener.
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Before we dig into further detail, a note about the other top players: Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie currently stands at $873.4M global after an international weekend of $26.6M (-33%). The overseas total is $475.2M. Also from WB, Sinners had an impressive -27% hold in its third offshore frame. The international cume to date is $57M for $236.7M worldwide.
Back to Thunderbolts*. It released day-and-date globally, and, as previously noted, was not expected to do mega business in China and Korea (see below). China nevertheless is the top opening market (it started on a non-traditional Wednesday) with $10.4M through Sunday.
After that, the UK, which had super summer weather heading into the weekend, grossed $7.7M.
In Latin America, Thunderbolts* opened at No. 1 in every market and had the 2nd highest debut of 2025 across the region, Brazil (including previews) and Mexico (including previews) as well as Central America, Chile and Paraguay. The regional opening weekend was ahead of Ant-Man, Shang-Chi, Eternals and Captain America: Brave New World.
Across Europe, Thunderbolts* opened at No. 1 in all markets except for Finland and Sweden which were behind the continued play of Minecraft.
Thunderbolts* had the 2nd highest opening of 2025 in the Middle East and 3rd highest opening of 2025 in France and Spain as well as Iceland, Portugal and South Africa.
Across Asia-Pacific, Thunderbolts* was No. 1 non-local in all markets except for Japan where it was the No. 2 studio title. It scored the 2nd highest studio opening of 2025 in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand; and the best non-local opening of 2025 in Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore.
The Top 10 starts were: China ($10.4M), UK ($7.7M), Mexico ($7.3M), Brazil ($4M), France ($3.8M), Germany ($3.6M), Korea ($3.5M), Australia ($3.4M), Japan ($3.2M) and Spain ($2.8M).
A Minecraft Movie, meanwhile, continues to climb, with an overseas drop of just 33%, propelled by increases in China (+38%), Chile (+8%), Brazil (+7%), Japan (+5%) and Argentina (+2%). Other notable holds include Norway (-15%), Spain (-16%), Denmark (-19%), Mexico (-21%), Peru (-23%), Colombia (-24%), Poland (-25%), Holland (-32%), Korea (-33%), and Germany (-45%).
In the Nordics, the film has become the all-time biggest video game adaptation topping The Super Mario Bros. Movie by 14%. Note that the original game hails from Sweden. The $475.2M international running total has surpassed the lifetime offshore grosses of fellow WB titles The Dark Knight, Wonka, Wonder Woman, The Batman and Dune: Part Two.
The Top 5 so far are the UK ($69M), Germany ($35.7M), Australia ($33.5M), Mexico ($31.2M) and China ($27.5M).
As for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, another $10.4M from 71 overseas markets included exceptional holds in Latin America (-9%) and Europe (-27%), with individual market highlights in Saudi Arabia (+29%), Brazil (+8%), Sweden (-3%), Holland (-5%), Belgium (-10%), Spain (-12%), Germany (-14%), Denmark (-15%), Mexico (-17%), Argentina (-22%), Australia (-23%), UAE (-28%), UK (-31%), and France (-34%).
In like-for-like markets and using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking 110% over Speak No Evil, 75% higher than Nope, 49% ahead of Get Out, 27% above Us and 20% over Creed.
The Top 5 to date are the UK ($13.8M), France ($6.7M), Australia ($4.3M), Mexico ($3.4M) and Germany ($2.7M).
Rounding out the WB triumverate, The Accountant 2 (an Amazon MGM Studios title that WB handles overseas), the Ben Affleck sequel tallied up another $7.2M in 72 international markets in the sophomore frame (-43%). The offshore running cume now stands at $24.6M and the worldwide total is $65.7M through Sunday.
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Until Dawn (SNY): $6.4M intl weekend (60 markets); $20.4M intl cume/$34.7M global
The Amateur (DIS): $2.3M intl weekend (52 markets); $50.8M intl cume/$87.7M global
Black Bag (UNI): $754K intl weekend (63 markets); $17.8M intl cume/$39.2M global
Drop (UNI): $585K intl weekend (74 markets); $11.3M intl cume/$27.7M global
Dog Man (UNI): $482K intl weekend (68 markets); $46.1M intl cume/$144.1M global
PREVIOUS, SATURDAY: Marvel Studios/Disney’s Thunderbolts* kicked off international box office play on Wednesday, and through Friday has an estimated overseas cume of $47.2M from 52 material markets. The day-and-date global rollout is rolling up to a projected $165M+ through Sunday. This is in line with the pre-weekend estimated range.
As Anthony has noted, the domestic bow now has as a shot at coming in at $73M-$77M.
Overseas, the ragtag bunch of antiheroes is, as a whole, playing best in Latin America, and also scoring in the UK and Asia with projected No. 1s everywhere (outside of Korea and China, which was expected – more on that below).
Note that May 1st was a holiday in many markets – though the UK will take the day off on Monday — while weather in Europe is also a factor.
The well-reviewed Florence Pugh-starrer is hoping to see walk-up business on Saturday and Sunday and thus should finish the weekend within the range we wrote about earlier this week.
The Top 5 markets through Friday are China ($7.1M), Mexico ($4.2M), UK ($3.1M), Brazil ($2.2M) and France ($2.1M).
As expected, we’re not seeing big action in China with the Jake Schreier-directed first installment MCU movie having opened on a non-traditional Wednesday and playing into a competitive frame with lots of new local titles. Through Saturday, the estimated China cume is about $9M (note that today’s numbers are not included in the running total above).
We’ll have a full update tomorrow.