“The Meg” swam past the competition at the international box office for the second week in a row.Warner Bros.’ shark thriller generated $67 million in 55 territories abroad this weekend for an overseas tally of $230.4 million.
It picked up another $21.5 million in North America, bringing its global tally over $314 million.“The Meg,” which was a co-production with China, just crossed the $100 million mark in the Middle Kingdom.
It opened in Korea with $3.2 million in 601 locations, followed by Australia with $2.5 million on 413 screens.
Top holdover markets include Mexico, the United Kingdom ($2.8 million on 720 screens), Russia, and Brazil ($1.5 million on 806 screens).Another Warner Bros.
title, “Crazy Rich Asians,” pocketed $730,000 when debuted in six international territories.
Jon M.
Chu’s romantic comedy opened at No.
1 in North America with a five-day tally of $34 million.
The studio is staggering its release overseas in weeks to come.
Based on Kevin Kwan’s bestselling book, the movie — which stars Constance Wu,
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