MONDAY UPDATE: Goliath won over David this weekend at the global box office, but David, meaning Markiplier’s Iron Lung put up a great fight against monolith Disney 20th Century Studios’ Send Help, $22.1M worldwide to $27.2M worldwide. The Sam Raimi movie came in lower stateside with $19.1M (overseas $8.1M), but still overall it was respectable for a movie which before P&A which cost $40M. Also, the result is a win for a R-rated original movie.
The less than $3M production Iron Lung came in higher in North America with $18.2M, but on a global basis moves to 5th while Housemaid jumps to 4th. We heard from foreign B.O. sources that there were several sellout shows abroad for Iron Lung which totaled $3.9M offshore.
(L-R) ‘Zootopia 2’ and ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
Disney / 20th Century Studios
Send Help takes Disney to its 10th consecutive week at the global B.O., and as of this moment, the Mouse House owns the top three spots with Avatar: Fire and Ash at $24.9M ($5.6M domestic/$19.3M from 52 markets, -34% drop abroad) and Zootopia 2 at $23.2M ($5.9M domestic, $17.3M overseas in 52 territories, -18% abroad). Global rises for Avatar 3 to $1.41 billion, the 18th highest grossing of all-time ahead of Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4B). The James Cameron movie with $1.0185B is the No. 12 MPA release of all-time at the foreign B.O. ahead of Fate of the Furious ($1.01B) and Jurassic World ($1.018B). Imax’s global network delivered $3M to Avatar 3 for a running cume for the large format exhibitor on the Na’vi movie at $184M.
Send Help opened No. 1 in Mexico ($1M), Kuwait, Thailand and Indonesia. It was No. 2 in Bahrain, Iceland, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia ($200K), UAE (non-local), Argentina, Brazil ($200K), Korea ($400K), India, Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. The Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien movie opened #3 (non-local) in Australia ($800K), Japan ($400K) and Taiwan. Germany did $500K, Italy $400K, Spain $400K, and Netherlands $300K. Realize Send Help is in 80% of the foreign marketplace. It didn’t play UK this weekend where Iron Lung planted its flag. The Sam Raimi-directed movie hits France on Feb. 11.
Zootopia 2 was up in its 10th weekend stateside at +9%. When does that ever happen for an animated movie on a non-holiday weekend? China was also up at +13%, still No. 1 there with the sequel’s cume in the Middle Kingdom now at $631.2M. Zootopia 2 among non-local films in Japan was No.; pic’s cume well north of $90M. The eighth highest MPA release at the worldwide B.O. stands at $1.77B with $408.8M from North American and $1.36B abroad. Other updated cumes are France ($74.6M), Korea ($56.2M), Germany ($48.5M), UK ($43.5M), Mexico ($40.2M), Australia ($27.9M), Brazil ($24.6M), and Taiwan $23.3M).
THE HOUSEMAID, Amanda Seyfried, 2025. © Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection
Still someone not to sass with abroad is Lionsgate’s The Housemaid in fourth place with $22.5M after a $19.1M offshore weekend in 50 territories and $3.4M seventh domestic frame. The Paul Feig directed movie is still No. 1 in seven territories including Germany and Brazil. Top territory cumes include UK (where Lionsgate is distributing it) with $37.5M, France (released by Metropolitan) with $34.6M, Australia (Studio Canal) with $14.8M, Spain (Sun Diamond) which counts $14M and Germany (Leonine) which has a current cume of $12.7M.
Mark Fischbach aka Markiplier in ‘Iron Lung’
Markiplier/Everett Collection
Iron Lung‘s limited offshore rollout included UK/Ireland ($1.2M, No. 4 behind The Housemaid, Hamnet and Shelter), Australia/New Zealand, Germany and Netherlands. That foreign start on Iron Lung is 10% ahead of Black Phone, 33% ahead of the start of The Monkey. Iron Lung was No. 1 in Australia with $1.67M at 230 sites and did $1.4M across Europe. In Australia, the Mariplier starring and directed feature take of the indie videogame of the same name was +6% ahead of Longlegs, +18% ahead of Black Phone. New Zealand was No. 1 with an estimated $118K. Germany meh at No. 11 with $300K. Denmark expected to ring up $241K with sold out shows nationwide. Sweden, I understand, was booked late in 65 locations, but took off with $226K.
Jason Statham and Bodhi Rae Breathnach in ‘Shelter’
Daniel Smith / Black Bear /Courtesy Everett Collection
Black Bear’s Jason Statham movie Shelter did $7.5M overseas (at 12,971 locations and 27 territories) to $5.5M in North America for a global opening of $13M for the $50M production which was funded by foreign sales. I’m hearing that P&A domestic was around $15M, and if you want to go large with a Statham action pic, you gotta spend more (A Working Man was around $27M North American P&A).
Shelter played in UK & Ireland (it was No. 2 there with $1.3M behind Hamnet which did $1.9M, but ahead of Iron Lung and Primate, and 4% ahead of The Beekeeper and 43% ahead of A Working Man), Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, China, Netherlands, Greece, Israel, South Africa, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia/Bosnia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and West Indies. Shelter was No. 1 in Saudi Arabia ($928K ahead of Send Help, and 78% ahead of comp The Accountant 2), No. 1 in UAE ($707K ahead of Send Help, 7% ahead of Accountant 2). Overall, the Middle East did $2.3M which is 40% ahead of The Accountant and in sync with The Beekeeper. China was a No. 4 debut with $2M, -37% behind Statham’s A Working Man and -53% behind The Beekeeper. The Netherlands bowed to No. 3 ahead of Send Help with $447K, 69% ahead of Accountant 2.
Kali Reis and Chris Pratt in ‘Mercy’
Amazon MGM Studios/Everett Collection
Amazon MGM Studios’ Mercy did $5.6M abroad in 86 markets, with another $4.7M (-56%) in North American for a global second frame of $10.3M and running global cume of $41M ($21.5M of that foreign) for the net $60M Chris Pratt production (before P&A). France opened this weekend at 237 screens to $560K. Holdovers were China ($1.5M at 8K screens, cume $5.7M); Mexico ($360K from 1,031 screens, $1.6M total); Germany ($320K from 461 screens, $943K running total); UK ($264K from 437 sites, $1.5M total); Australia ($240K from 264 screens, cume $1.2M); Japan ($190K from 633 screens, cume $1.1M), Spain ($172K from 272 screens, cume $753K), and Netherlands ($165K at 98 sites, cume $570k). Up next Korea on Feb. 4 and Taiwan on Feb. 6.
A24’s Marty Supreme clocked $9.5M global after an updated $2.5M domestic weekend, and $7M abroad in 34 territories. The running global cume is $132.9M, $90.5M of that from North America. The nine-time Oscar nominated movie is less than $10M away from overtaking the reported global take of multi-Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All at Once and become A24’s highest grossing movie of all time.
Focus Features’ Hamnet isn’t stopping with $9.2M global weekend, $7.7M of that from abroad in 41 territories and 3,329 screens and $1.5M stateside in its tenth frame. Total running worldwide tally is $57.8M ($20.2M domestic/$37.6M overseas). Mexico bowed to $700K, ranking No.4 in the market on 468 screens. The result is in line with Little Women, above The Brutalist, more than double The Favourite, and more than 4x Tar. Hamnet released into a long weekend, with Monday being the Constitution Day national holiday in the market. In Finland Hamnet opened to an excellent $90K this weekend at No.5 in the market, opening across 107 screens. That’s in line with The Favourite, above The Brutalist, and well above Tar, Belfast, and Conclave. UK was No. 1 in its holdover with $1.9M and hitting $20M. Sunday popped. Performance is above The Favourite and Belfast at the same point, and is in line with Little Women. The current cume has now overtaken the running total of Marty Supreme.
Spain achieved an outstanding hold in Wknd 2 (-7%), by far the best in the market, grossing $1.2M to reach $3.5M cume. Hamnet ranked No.2 in the market behind local opener Aida y Vuelta, and above other new opener Marty Supreme (No.3). This weekend we surpassed the lifetime of Nomadland, having overtaken the total lifetimes of Belfast, The Fabelmans, We Live in Time, The Zone of Interest and Past Lives earlier this week. France had a strong hold to gross $700K and hit $2M cume through Sunday, in line with The Brutalist, above The Favourite, Nomadland and The Banshees of Inisherin at the same point, surpassing Belfast’s total lifetime. In Germany, the Chloe Zhao directed period movie added $500K this weekend with a strong hold (-17%), reaching $1.4M cume through Sunday, above The Brutalist, Nomadland, The Favourite, and Belfast at the same point.
Anurag Singh’s Border 2 rounds out the global top 10 with $725K domestic and another $7.7M from 14 territories including India for a fourth $8.4M global weekend and $42.6M worldwide cume ($2.9M domestic/$39.7M international).