MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals: The launch of Apple Original Films’ F1 has some more gas in the tank when including Sunday actuals. The international box office debut rises to $89.3M in 78 markets, while domestic is $57M. This fuels a $146.3M global bow, up $2.3M on Sunday’s estimates. 

In other updates from Sunday, Universal’s How to Train Your Dragon also soared higher, with $34M in the third overseas frame (versus the $32.7M Sunday estimate, see below). The international cume through Sunday is $255.8M for $456.1M global. 

PREVIOUS, SUNDAY: Apple Original Films’ F1 has raced to a $144M global launch, including $88.4M from 78 international box office markets. The starts for the Brad Pitt-starrer are higher than projected coming into the weekend, and mark the biggest openings to date for an Apple title. 

In 74 out of 78 overseas markets, the Joseph Kosinski-directed Warner Bros release was the No. 1 U.S. film. 

In like-for-likes, and at today’s exchange rates, F1 is currently tracking on par with Gladiator II, 18% ahead of WWZ, 34% over Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 58% bigger than Bad Boys: Ride or Die and 152% above Bullet Train. 

We’ll get into much more detail on F1 and other films in the marketplace (HTTYD notably continuing to soar) in just a bit, but let’s first give a zombie huzzah to Danny Boyle and Sony’s 28 Years Later which crossed the century mark globally this weekend, reaching $103M worldwide to become the biggest grosser of the franchise. The film added another $13.7M from 63 overseas markets, a drop of 49% from opening. The running international cume is $52.7M, putting it ahead of Sinners by 26% and Smile 2 by 18% at the same point in release and in like-for-like markets. It’s on par with A Quiet Place Part II and Evil Dead Rise.

Turning back to F1, the global Imax bow was $27.7M, including $11.1M from overseas where it delivered more than 12% of the weekend total in such markets as the UK, Japan and Korea. In China, the Imax number was $3.8M — a huge 43% of the nationwide debut. 

As we noted on Saturday (see below) and in our global preview, this high-octane drama was destined to do big business overseas where Formula 1 has an important following. Despite a heatwave in the UK, that market gave the racing drama a clear No. 1 start of $9.2M. Including previews, that’s roughly on par with Pitt-starrer Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as well as ahead of Fast X (+17%) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (+78%).

Across Europe as a region, F1 had  the biggest opening weekend for an Apple film. Eastern European countries are performing especially strong where F1 racing is very popular.

The Middle Eastern region clocked a combined $5.6M. The UAE ($2.7M) notably overperformed and was the biggest opening for Apple, Pitt, Javier Bardem and Kosinski.

In Latin America, F1 dominated at No. 1 for the region with a 46% share and the top start for Apple. In Asia, word-of-mouth is positive and the film ranked a clear No. 1 in most markets.

The UK leads all play at $9.2M, followed by China ($9M/biggest opening day for an Apple film and biggest for Pitt), Mexico ($6.7M/including previews, ahead of Top Gun: Maverick by +38%), France ($5.4M with great social scores) and Australia ($5M/tops for an Apple movie and for Pitt).

Looking at other major titles, Universal’s How To Train Your Dragon is super fierce, with another $32.7M from 81 markets in the third frame. That’s a 41% dip and lifts the offshore cume to $254.4M for a global running total of $454.4M. 

Some notable stats here include HTTYD overtaking Minecraft in China to become the 2nd highest grossing studio title of the year there with $31.1M. In Mexico, HTTYD has grossed $30M, surpassing the lifetime of Beauty and The Beast. 

Rounding out the Top 5 markets are UK ($21.8M), Brazil ($15M) and Korea ($11.4M).

And what about Elio? The Pixar/Disney new IP has now grossed $72.3M globally after respectable midweek play that translated to some small drops in individual markets. The international sophomore weekend was $11.4M in 48 material markets (-38% from open). The overseas total is currently $30.1M.

Here are the Top 5 to date: Korea ($3M), France ($2.9M), UK ($2.9M), China ($2.7M) and Mexico ($2.3M). 

Still to come are Spain and Japan. 

Continuing the Lilo & Stitch watch, the Disney charmer is now at $946M global after this weekend. It dipped just 36% in the frame internationally with strong holds in France (-15%), UK (-18%), Japan (-20%) and Germany (-21%). The offshore cume is $546M. 

Top 5 to date are: Mexico ($65.7M), UK ($47.4M), France ($38.8M), Brazil ($35.5M) and Germany ($30M).

MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
*M3GAN 2.0 (UNI): $7M intl weekend (80 markets); $7M intl cume/$17.2M global
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (PAR): $6.7M intl weekend (66 markets); $376M intl cume/$562M global
Materialists (SNY/A24): $1.2M intl weekend (11 markets); $9.7M intl cume/$40.1M global
Karate Kid: Legends (SNY): $1.1M intl weekend (48 markets); $50.8M intl cume/$102.3M global
Final Destination Bloodlines (WB): $875K intl weekend (40 markets); $146.6M intl cume/$283.3M global
The Phoenician Scheme (UNI): $567K intl weekend (59 markets); $16.9M intl cume/$34.7M global
*Denotes new

PREVIOUS, SATURDAY: Apple Original Films’ F1 is off to the races at the global and international box office, heading to higher-than-projected openings in both cases, as well as domestic.

Overseas, the Warner Bros release from director Joseph Kosinski has rounded $39.5M through its first three days (Wednesday-Friday) from a total 78 markets; this includes some paid previews from earlier in the week.

The offshore bow through Sunday is now expected to reach $80M-$85M. This would easily surpass such Brad Pitt comps as World War Z ($73.8M) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ($64.6M) at today’s rates and in like-for-like markets excluding China.

Combined with domestic, the global start is looking to come in at $140M, and possibly more. This would mark the biggest launch for an Apple movie. As ever, slight fluctuation from what we’re seeing today is possible.

Word of mouth is helping propel F1 as it careens around the globe; international was always going to be in the driver’s seat given Formula 1’s popularity, while domestic is proving a better-than-expected shotgun.

Offshore launches are No. 1s or No. 1 for a U.S. title virtually everywhere. Europe, as expected, is firing – and heat wave impact is being offset by Latin America. Asia Pacific is coming in as predicted.

The Top 10 markets through Friday are: UK ($4.8M), France ($3M), Mexico ($2.8M), China ($2.7M), Australia ($2M), Germany ($1.8M), Korea ($1.5M), UAE ($1.3M), Italy ($1.3M) and Taiwan ($1.1M).

China, as always the wildcard, has grossed about $6M through Saturday (note that the Saturday figure is not included in the international total above). Korea had a big Saturday (also not included in the overseas total above), jumping 117% from Friday to reach $2.75M through today.

Among notable stats, China’s Friday opening was the biggest for an Apple film and the biggest opening day for Pitt. Spain’s Friday came in ahead of the fifthquel in the hugely popular local franchise Padre No Hay Mas Que Uno (as well as being bigger than No Time to Die, the last two Mission: Impossibles and Top Gun: Maverick). Mexico scored the biggest opening day for an Apple title, ahead of a fistful of comps. Australia’s Thursday debut was the best for Apple and for Pitt, also above comps.

We’ll have a full update on Sunday.