Refresh for latest…: Still a lot of holdover business in the early part of the year at the international box office as we ride out late-2024 releases. That shouldn’t take away from the fact that Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King – which, recall, initially started softer than expected – now leads a global weekend for the 6th time in a row.

Meanwhile, Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still tearing up records. After becoming the biggest of the franchise globally last weekend, it’s now tops for the trilogy overseas.

Starting with Mufasa, the worldwide total to date is $626.7M, while the running international cume is $405.6M.

Overseas, Mufasa added $15.4M this session (-29%) and is still the No. 1 non-local film in France, Germany, Spain, Brazil and the Latin American region overall as well as many smaller markets. 

The Top 5 markets to date are: France ($38.1M), UK ($34.7M), Mexico ($28.3M), Germany ($27.8M) and Italy ($23.1M).

Sonic the Hedgehog 3, meanwhile, added another $10.6M this frame, taking its offshore cume to $220.5M – the best of the franchise — and global to $446.6M. No wonder Par announced a Sonic 4 earlier this week

Top 5 here on S3 are: UK ($28.9M), Mexico ($21.1M), France ($18.4M), Australia ($17.1M) and Brazil ($12.3M).

Elsewhere, after sailing past the $1B mark globally last weekend, Disney’s Moana 2 added another $5.8M internationally (-32%) to lift the overseas cume to $576M and worldwide to $1.026B. With the most recent business, the sequel becomes the No. 3 Walt Disney Animation Studios all-time global release and the 11th overall, topping Zootopia ($1,025.5M). It will soon pass both Finding Dory ($1,029M) and Despicable Me 3 ($1.035B) to become the No. 9 animated release ever on a worldwide basis.

Top 5 on Moana 2 are: France ($61.8M), UK ($51.2M), Germany ($44M), Australia ($31.8M) and Japan ($31.6M).

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