Box Office: 'F9' 運動s to Mighty $162 Million Debut Overseas
By Rebecca Rubin
LOS ANGELES, May 23, (Variety.com) - "F9" has the international box office sizzling.
The 最新の 分割払い in 全世界の／万国共通の's testosterone-燃料d franchise kicked off with a 大規模な $162.4 million in eight markets, 含むing 中国, Korea and Hong Kong. Those ticket sales easily 示す the best start for a Hollywood blockbuster since COVID-19 攻撃する，衝突する.
It's an encouraging start to summer movie season, 特に because 歳入s weren't far off from what a "急速な／放蕩な" movie would have 生成するd at the box office in 非，不，無-pandemic times.
"Moviegoers are eager to come 支援する to theaters when the 権利 movie is out there," 全世界の／万国共通の's 大統領，／社長 of international 配当 Veronika Kwan Vandenberg said. "It's a 広大な／多数の／重要な movie for the 中国 market," she 追加するs. "It has a strong fanbase."
Of this 週末's $162 million bounty, $135 million （機の）カム from 中国 alone. That 階級s as the second-biggest 開始する，打ち上げる for the series in the country に引き続いて the eighth 入ること／参加（者）, 2017's "The 運命／宿命 of the Furious" ($184 million). In another 著名な milestone, it's the first Hollywood 肩書を与える in two years -- since Disney's 2019 superhero epic "Avengers: Endgame" -- to debut to more than $100 million in 中国.
どこかよそで, "F9" opened to $9.9 million in Korea, 同様に as $6.2 million in the Middle East and $2.4 million in Hong Kong. With this 週末's ticket sales, the "急速な／放蕩な" franchise has 押し進めるd past $6 billion globally.
"F9" -- directed by Justin Lin and starring Vin ディーゼル, Michelle Rodriguez, John Cena -- is （軍隊を）展開する，配備するing a staggered rollout across the world as the globe 回復するs from the pandemic. It touches 負かす／撃墜する in the U.S. on June 25 and will 屈服する in 60 付加 markets over the summer. Unlike 近づいている blockbuster 希望に満ちたs, such as Disney's "黒人／ボイコット 未亡人" and the Warner Bros. musical "In the 高さs," "F9" will only be 申し込む／申し出d in theaters -- at least for its first few 週末s of 解放（する）.
It was much quieter at the box office in North Amer ica, where the gruesome horror film "Spiral," 活動／戦闘 adventure "Wrath of Man" and wilderness thriller "Those Who Wished Me Dead" 統括するd over the 競争.
Without any new 全国的な 解放（する）s, "Spiral" remained in first place with $4.5 million from 2,991 審査するs in its second 週末 of 解放（する）. The movie, a creepy 新規加入 to the "Saw" franchise that 星／主役にするs Chris 激しく揺する and Samuel L. Jackson, has 生成するd $15 million in the U.S. to date.
In second, "Wrath of Man" collected $2.9 million from 3,007 theaters. After three weeks on the big 審査する, the Jason Statham-led vigilante flick has amassed $18.8 million.
Ticket sales for "Those Who Wish Me Dead," starring Angelina Jolie, dipped 35% from its 開始 週末. The film brought in $1.8 million from 3,379 発生地s between Friday and Sunday, 上げるing its total 運ぶ／漁獲高 to a 荒涼とした $5.5 million. The Warner Bros. movie, like the studio's entire 2021 予定する, is 現在／一般に playing on HBO Max and will remain on the streaming service for 31 days in total.
Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon" and the Warner Bros. tentpole "Godzilla vs. Kong" 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd out the 最高の，を越す five on 国内の box office charts. The family friendly "Raya and the Last Dragon" pulled ever so わずかに ahead of "Godzilla vs. Kong" with $1.6 million in ticket sales, compared to $1.4 million for the latter. "Raya and the Last Dragon," which 最初 debuted 12 weeks ago in theaters and on Disney 加える, has made $48 million at the box office. 一方／合間, "Godzilla vs. Kong," which is still 存在 申し込む／申し出d on HBO Max, is just shy of the $100 million 示す with ticket sales hovering at $97 million.
In the U.S., the box office is 推定する／予想するd to ramp up over 記念の Day 週末 as 最高位の's nearly silent sequel "A 静かな Place Part II" and Disney's "Cruella" land in theaters.
