Japan debut drives ‘Little Women’ to cusp of $100m international box office

Crime drama Gyul-Baek opens top in South Korea on $2.4m.As cinemas around the world gradually reopen, Sony Pictures Releasing International executives on Sunday (June 14) reported that Greta Gerwig’s Little Women scored a number one debut in Japan as it inched towards the $100m international milestone.The period drama starring Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet and Laura Dern grossed $760,000 from 440 screens in 13 markets for an international running total of $99.5m, powered by a $495,000 result in Japan.Little Women stayed top in its second session in Denmark, dropping a mere 15% to $255,000 for a $750,000 running total after 10 days.

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