With 42 overseas markets open through Friday, Warner Bros’ prehistoric shark The Meg has chomped down on $34.5M at the international box office.
That includes a $16.2M Friday in China, but not Saturday’s fish flash of another $16.1M there.
All told, the Chinese co-production is now looking at a debut offshore weekend around the $90M mark.Including the Middle Kingdom mouthful on Friday, The Meg swallowed $26.7M from roughly 26,705 screens overseas.
Audiences are going along for the ride on a summer fun movie that does not take itself too seriously — although it’s expensive at what we hear is a $178M cost before P&A (studio insiders contend it’s $130M net).Because of the film’s co-pro structure, WB gets back a higher percentage of the China gate.
With an estimated $32.4M through Saturday,
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