‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ Now Sony’s Biggest Animated Title; Franchise Tops $1.3B Ww

Exclusive: The Drac Pack has reached a new milestone as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation becomes Sony’s biggest animated film of all time globally.

At $476.3M worldwide, it sailed past Hotel Transylvania 2 ($474.8M) on Friday.

Combined, the three Ht movies have now grossed in excess of $1.3B global.Through Friday, HT3 cruised to $316M at the international box office, topping HT2.

Domestically, it’s tallied $160.3M, about 6% off the previous movie.The first two installments were released in the fall, so HT3 (efficiently budgeted at a reported $80M before P&A) was the first summer tryout for the series.In Latin America, notably, HT3 is Sony’s 2nd biggest title of all time for the region behind Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.

It is also the studio’s biggest grosser ever in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Slovakia, Lithuania and Ethiopia.The Top 5 markets through Friday are China ($28.7M), Mexico

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