Worldwide box office: May 9-11 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1 Thu
Worldwide box office: May 9-11
| Rank | Film (distributor) | 3-day (world) | Cume (world) | 3-day (int’l) | Cume (int’l) | Territories |
| 1 | Thunderbolts* (Disney) | $67.1m | $272.2m | $34m | $143.7m | 53 |
| 2 | Sinners (Warner Bros) | $27.7m | $283.4m | $6.6m | $68.9m | 71 |
| 3 | A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros) | $20.5m | $909.6m | $12.5m | $500.6m | 79 |
| 4 | The Accountant 2 (Warner Bros) | $10m | $82.2m | $3.5m | $31.3m | 73 |
| 5 | The Dumpling Queen (various) | $6.4m | $39.8m | $6.4m | $31.3m | 6 |
| 6 | Karate Kid: Legends (Sony) | $5.7m | $5.7m | $5.7m | $5.7m | 12 |
| 7 | Until Dawn (Sony) | $5.7m | $44.3m | $3.7m | $26.3m | 63 |
| 8 | Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (Toho) | $5.4m | $81.2m | $5.4m | $81.2m | 1 |
| 9 | A Gilded Game (various) | $5m | $26.5m | $5m | $26.5m | 6 |
| 10 | Clown In A Cornfiled (various) | $3.9m | $3.9m | $251,000 | $251,000 | 4 |
Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.
‘Thunderbolts*’ leads pack in second session
Disney/Marvel’s Thunderbolts* leads the global box office in its second weekend of release, thanks to an estimated $33.1m in North America (down 55%) and $34.0m for international markets.
We calculate a 60% drop overall in international markets, but the opening figure was boosted by extra days of play in many territories, which should be taken into account. Disney gives the weekend-to-weekend, like-for-like international drop as 44% excluding China – that’s relatively bland for a Marvel film.
After two weekends of play, Thunderbolts* has reached $128.5m in North America, $143.7m at international markets, and $272.2m globally.
UK/Ireland ($15.5m) has now overtaken China ($13.8m) to become the biggest international market for the film, chased by Mexico ($11.2m), France ($7.2m) and Australia ($6.3m). Right behind are Brazil ($6.3m), Japan ($6.2m), Germany ($5.9m), South Korea ($5.8m), Italy and Spain (both $4.4m), followed by Indonesia ($3.6m).
Thunderbolts* remains the top US studio title on release in 45 of its 52 international markets, and in North America. The film faced a challenge from Sony’s initial release of Karate Kid: Legends in 12 Latin American markets (see below).
Thunderbolts* is chasing the $415.1m grossed by 2025’s earlier Marvel release, Captain America: Brave New World. Disney/Marvel next has Fantastic Four: First Steps in July this year, for which box office expectations are high.
‘Sinners’ posts mighty hold
The fourth weekend of play for Warner Bros’ release of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners sees the film experience slightly bigger drops than it did in its third weekend – with a 36% fall in North America and 40% in international holdover markets. However, those declines are still fairly bland for a widely released US studio film.
North America continues to dominate for Sinners, with a 76% share of the film’s cumulative box office: $214.4m to date. International markets collectively have a 24% share on the title: $68.9m. Global total is $283.3m. It’s now a race to see which film will hit $300m worldwide first: Sinners or Thunderbolts*.
UK/Ireland remains out in front as the top international market for Sinners, with $17.4m to date. That’s more than double second-placed France ($8.1m), and more than triple third-placed Australia ($5.5m).
Sinners has now overtaken the worldwide box office of all three Creed films, which likewise starred Michael B Jordan. Coogler has various directing, producing, writing and story credits across the Creed trilogy.
Also for Warner Bros (and with partner Legendary Pictures), A Minecraft Movie added another estimated $20.5m globally at the weekend, pushing the worldwide total past $900m, with $909.6m so far. As with Sinners, Warner Bros UK can be proud of its achievement, with $71.2m to date – far and away the top international market, nearly double second-placed Germany ($37.0m), and more than double the chasing pack including Australia ($34.2m), Mexico ($32.0m) and China ($28.4m).
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ kicks off with $6m in early markets
Sony has begun the rollout of Karate Kid: Legends – the sixth film in the Karate Kid franchise – in an initial 12 Latin American markets, grossing an estimated $5.7m. The release sees the film land in sixth place in Comscore’s worldwide weekend box office chart.
The film performed best in Mexico, topping the box office with an estimated $3.0m, and other notable openings include Brazil ($860,000), Peru ($415,000), and Argentina ($320,000).
The result in these 12 markets is ahead of opening numbers for recent nostalgic action/adventure films in the same territories – for example Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (+32%) and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (+24%).
Legends is the first film in the series since 2010’s The Karate Kid, and is the feature directing debut of UK TV director Jonathan Entwistle (The End Of The F***ing World).
Karate Kid: Legends is released in North America on May 30, and also arrives in UK/Ireland and Germany the same week. Australia and Italy follow on June 5, with Spain, France and Japan all set for August.
The Karate Kid grossed $359.1m worldwide in 2010 according to available data. The franchise began in 1984, continuing with sequels in 1986, 1989 and 1994.
The modern film sees the return of both Ralph Macchio (from the first three films) and Jackie Chan (from 2010’s The Karate Kid); Shanghai-born, US-raised franchise newcomer Ben Wang has the lead role.
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