Worldwide box office July 5-7
| Rank | Film (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Despicable Me 4 (Universal) | $148m | $229.5m | $73m | $106.9m | 74 |
| 2. | Inside Out 2 (Disney) | $108.3m | $1.2bn | $78.3m | $683.1m | 46 |
| 3. | A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount) | $42.1m | $178.2m | $21.1m | $83.8m | 68 |
| 4. | A Place Called Silence (Maoyan) | $39m | $50.7m | $39m | $50.7m | 1 |
| 5. | Kalki 2898 AD (various) | $18.4m | $109.2m | $16.7m | $93.1m | 42 |
| 6. | Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) | $14.8m | $360.2m | $8.2m | $182.8m | 67 |
| 7. | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (Pathe) | $8.7m | $19.6m | $8.7m | $19.6m | 1 |
| 8. | MaXXXine (Universal) | $7.8m | $7.8m | $1.1m | $1.1m | 12 |
| 9. | Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (various) | $6.9m | $24.7m | $1.4m | $2.5m | 15 |
| 10. | Escape (Independent) | $4.2m | $4.3m | $4.2m | $4.3m | 1 |
Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.
Despicable Me storms to first as rollout continues
UPDATE: Universal animation Despicable Me 4 took the global box office crown with a confirmed $149.3m weekend, spurred on by $75m in North America and $74.3m internationally.
Its figures came from an expansion to 52 further markets, bringing it to 73 markets in total and a $230.9m cume. The new international markets made $61.9m – a figure in line with Despicable Me 3, above Minions: The Rise Of Gru and Despicable Me 2, and slightly behind Minions.
Mexico was the major international contributor to its result, launching across over 4,000 screens and bringing in $12.7m, despite 52 sites being impacted by Hurricane Beryl.
Eighteen of the markets recorded the biggest opening of the Despicable Me/Minions franchise, including Brazil ($5.7m), Spain ($5.6m), Netherlands, Poland and Indonesia on $2.6m each, Sweden ($1.9m), Vietnam ($1.6m), and India, where $1.0m topped the lifetime grosses of Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me.
It performed well in holdover markets including Australia, where box office increased 9% and brought in $3.9m for a $16.2m running total after three sessions that has passed the total of the first Despicable Me film. In Chile, Despicable Me 4 is holding off Inside Out 2 for the number one spot and has passed the totals of the second and third Despicable Me titles. It added $1.7m for $5.4m after two weekends.
The film also took $9.6m from 655 Imax screens across 50 markets, of which an $8.3m majority was from North America at $20,500-per-screen.
The numbers set it up well for a big weekend next time out, when it opens in France, Germany, China and UK-Ireland.
Inside Out tops $1.2bn
Despite losing the global number one spot, Inside Out 2 continued its excellent performance, adding $30m in the US and $78.3m internationally for a $108.3m global total.
Its international figure was the highest of the weekend, where it fell just 31% overall, including a four percent uptick in Australia, remaining level in France, and small drops in Germany (seven percent), Korea (11%), UK-Ireland (21%) and China (23%).
The Disney-Pixar sequel has $1.2m globally, and passed the total of Minions ($1.16m) this weekend to become the fifth-highest-grossing animated release of all time. It is the highest-grossing film of 2024 to date, and only title to cross $1bn, with Japan still to open on August 1.
Every Place now Quiet
UPDATE: All markets have now opened Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One, which brought in an additional $42.1m around the world to hit $178.2m on its second weekend. It started in number three in Chile ($433,000) and Argentina ($485,000) and four in South Africa ($285,000), all the biggest opening of the franchise and all including previews.
Mexico led the holdovers with $2.4m for an $9.0m total; while UK-Ireland was among the better-performing sites, dropping 34% with $2.1m taking it to $7.8m. All numbers were confirmed by Paramount on Monday.
Silent Place starts well in China
Similarly-named but not connected to A Quiet Place, Sam Quah’s Chinese crime drama A Placed Called Silence opened to a strong $39m in China this weekend, and has $50.7m including previews – enough for fourth place in the global chart.
Its takings included $2.3m from Imax venues, according to box office tracker Maoyan. A Place Called Silence is a Mandarin-language story about the masked killer targeting the students of a girls’ high school. It is a remake of Quah’s own film of the same name that debuted at Busan film festival in 2022, with a different cast for this new version.
Asian cinema also took fifth place in the global chart through Indian blockbuster Kalki 2898 AD, released by multiple distributors worldwide. Nag Ashwin’s film, a superhero title based on Hindu mythology, added $16.7m from 42 international locations, and has $109.2m in total, of which $93.1m is international.
MaXXXine’s first scream
UPDATE: Ti West’s MaXXXine started in its first 10 markets, with UK-Ireland the top international performer at a confirmed $492,000 – the biggest opening for a West film, above X and more than double that of Pearl. That formed the major part of its $1.1m international total, with Mexico, Germany and Poland among other territories to start the film; while its $6.7m US opening through A24 contributed most of its $7.8m global figure.
A Universal stablemate of MaXXXine for many international territories, The Bikeriders added four further markets including Australia with a confirmed $665,000, and has reached $29.6m in total worldwide, $19.3m of which comes from North America.
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