Refresh for latest…: It’s been a busy weekend globally for Hollywood, with new milestones for two pictures, and as another pair close in on benchmarks amid strong holds. There was also new studio fare this frame while the latest Demon Slayer is a big hit in Japan, its first release market.
Taking the major milestones first, and before digging into more detail, DC/Warner Bros’ Superman topped the four-century mark in its sophomore session, flying to $406.8M global. In its 3rd weekend, Universal/Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth, after topping half a billion worldwide during its sophomore frame, roared past $600M global to reach $648M through Sunday.
In holds, and near milestones, Apple Original Films’s F1, via Warner Bros, keeps pushing the needle with increases in some markets again this session amid a mere 24% overseas drop from last weekend to top $300M ($307.2M) at the international box office and reach a $460.8M global cume to date, on its way to $500M.
Universal’s How to Train Your Dragon is closing in on $600M worldwide with $589M through today.
Notably, some of the above titles have yet to open in Japan, having dated out of the way of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle which started local release on Friday. This is the massively anticipated latest in the Demon Slayer franchise. While getting reliable grosses out of Japan this early (particularly as this is a four-day weekend with Monday a holiday), we are hearing estimates as high as 5.9B yen ($39.7M) for the FSS.
We will update as clearer figures become available, but we do know that the movie (which will be released by Sony domestically in September) opened to an all-time Imax record in Japan of $3M. That’s bigger than any Hollywood or local title and includes an Imax opening day Friday record. The estimated four-day total is $3.5M in Imax.
Before we turn back to details on the above Hollywood holdovers, here’s how the new movies fared.
Paramount Animation’s Smurfs grossed $22.6M this session internationally, for $33.6M global. That’s lower than where we saw it pre-open, but comes with the codicil of a crowded marketplace and not so family friendly weather in Europe. Including Australia, which started last weekend, the offshore cume is $25M.
As expected, France was first up with $3.7M, followed by the UK at $1.7M, Brazil at $1.6M, Mexico with $1.5M and Germany at $1.5M. Including last weekend, Australia is at $3.3M.
Major markets still to release include Korea and Italy in August and Japan in September.
Also new, Sony’s I Know What You Did Last Summer hooked $11.6M from 58 overseas markets this session. That’s on par with Happy Death Day 2U and 11% above Speak No Evil for the same group of markets at current rates.
Overall, there’s not the same nostalgia for this property internationally as there is domestically.
Returning to the toplines… Superman added an estimated $45.2M from 78 overseas markets, for a holdover drop of 44% (excluding China; that market has positively rejected this movie). The international running cume is now $171.8M.
Weather, as noted earlier and as we always note during summer (and/or random phenomenon months), has been a factor. With a more favorable moviegoing climate, the UK dropped by 31% while other markets saw strong holds including France (-23%), Holland (-25%), Germany (-29%), and Italy (-38%).
Latin America held to -39%, and a highlight in Asia Pacific was Australia where the drop was -32%.
The Top 5 to date are: UK ($22.2M), Mexico ($16.6M), Brazil ($11.2M), Australia ($11M) and China ($8.5M).
The global Imax total is $51.4M.
After topping half a billion worldwide during its sophomore frame, Universal’s Jurassic World Rebirth crossed another milestone during its third session, roaring past $600M global to reach $648M through Sunday.
This makes the Scarlett Johansson-starrer the 4th biggest Hollywood film of 2025 worldwide (behind Ne Zha 2, Lilo & Stitch and A Minecraft Movie). It is the 6th Jurassic title to cross $600M global, and in China has become the biggest Hollywood movie of 2025 with $71.8M to date.`
Overseas, Gareth Edwards’ JWR dipped 44% across 82 markets for a $40.3M weekend. The international box office cume is $371.8M through Sunday.
Looking at comps, excluding China, the offshore performance is in line with Jurassic World Dominion, just off Top Gun: Maverick and well above Universal’s current How to Train Your Dragon (2025) and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
The Top 5 markets to date are: China ($71.8M), UK ($33.7M), Mexico ($28.7M), Germany ($20.3M) and France ($17.4M).
Japan is still to release, on August 8.
In another impressive performance, F1 is continuing to gain traction from great word of mouth. The Joseph Kosinski-directed movie added an estimated $29.5M in its 4th weekend in 78 overseas markets for a $307.2M offshore cume to date, with the global running tally at $460.8M.
The holds here are impressive: Asia Pacific, excluding China, dipped just 11% while China, after increasing last weekend, slid just 37% while new local movies entered that market. Europe was off 25% from last weekend, and Latin America came in with a drop of -32%.
Very notably, Korea grew this session by 28%, that’s freaky for a depressed market but speaks to the power of word of mouth (and some other alchemy we’re still figuring out). Taiwan (+5%), UK (+2%), France (-5%), Holland (-18%), Saudi Arabia (-19%), India (-22%), Spain (-27%), Australia (-28%), Mexico (-29%), Brazil (-35%), UAE (-36%), Germany (-37%) and Japan (-42%) are also among the impressive holds.
Here are the Top 5 through Sunday: China ($45.5M), UK ($24.6M), France ($20.8M), Mexico ($17.4M) and Australia ($15.2M).
The worlwide Imax cume is $79M.
How to Train Your Dragon for its part is closing in on $600M with $589M global through today. The international weekend was $8.6M in 82 markets, a 38% dip from the previous session. Overseas, the running cume is $338.2M.
Here are the Top 5: China ($38.7M), Mexico ($36.3M), UK ($27.8M), Brazil ($20.5M) and Australia ($18.5M).
Japan releases on September 5.