‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ eyes international box office crown as ‘Frozen 2’ prepares to hit $1bn

Universal/Blumhouse slasher reboot Black Christmas heads into UK, Australia, Germany, Spain.Disney’s Frozen 2 will become the studio’s sixth film in 2019 to cross $1bn worldwide this weekend, although it may not hold on to its international box office crown as Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level bulks up with a handful of debuts in major markets.The adventure sequel starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Awkwafina has mustered $66m following its first wave last weekend.

On that occasion it took an impressive $52.8m from a cluster of markets in which France was the sole established major,

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