TUESDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU with actuals: Rocketing off in 37 markets this weekend, Disney/Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 came in nearly $5M higher than projected on Sunday. With a $106M opening at the international box office, the launch was notably stronger than forecast in both Europe (+$3.1M) and Latin America (+$1.1M). That ratchets the debut up to 64% bigger than the first Guardians, 57% bigger than Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 24% above Thor: The Dark World when comparing the same suite of territories and all at today’s exchange rates. Many markets have a holiday today for May Day.

The GOTG2 opening is in line with pre-weekend projections which hovered around the $100M mark. Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill got off to an especially good start on Tuesday last week, taking advantage of holidays in Italy and Australia/New Zealand. This is the same late-April sweet spot that has seen Disney release such Marvel tentpoles as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Iron Man 3.

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Although Civil War is not a fantastic comp here given that it hulks out as essentially an Avengers movie, it’s interesting to note that GOTG2 has opened above it in some key markets. Those include Germany and France which are both in the Top 5 hubs.

GOTG2 is currently in 58% of its offshore footprint with domestic and the rest of the world, including China but not yet Japan, pressing play on Awesome Mixtape #2 this coming week. It’s expected to continue to outperform the previous film with China potentially playing a pivotal role. The market was tops on GOTG in 2014, even after the movie released more than two months later than the rest of the rollout. It still charmed the PROC with $96.5M to lead all overseas plays.

In all openings this weekend, the James Gunn-helmed sequel was the No. 1 movie (save in Portugal, Turkey and Vietnam). It also bested the original in each market, except for Belgium which had previews the last time around. On 176 IMAX screens, and ahead of a big push this week, GOTG2 made $5M.

The biggest play is the UK with $16.9M, followed by Australia at $11.8M, Germany with $9.3M, Mexico at $8.2M and France with $7.9M. In the UK, Disney now has the top two openers of 2017 led by Beauty And The Beast and with GOTG2 in 2nd. The film’s Friday debut is also the 2nd biggest opening day ever for a Marvel Cinematic Universe title — behind Captain America: Civil War, and ahead of GOTG by 86%.

In the rest of the box office galaxy, Universal’s The Fate Of The Furious pushed past $1B worldwide and came in significantly higher than Sunday’s estimate to add $73.9M to its total. Fox’s DWA release The Boss Baby also stuffed a bigger amount of cash into the briefcase than projected and crossed $250M international. And, in India, S.S. Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion grossed an estimated $45.5M ($81.2M WW) to shatter records. The action fantasy sequel is also a monster in North America and other overseas play.

Breakdowns on the films above and more have been updated below.

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

Disney The ragtag troupe of Disney/Marvel space-savers rocketed to $106M at the international box office this weekend. The opening, which began on Tuesday in Italy and Down Under, comes in 64% above the previous GOTG movie and tops other sequel comps Captain America: The Winter Soldier (+57%) and Thor: The Dark World (+24%). The launch is in line with projections from ahead of the weekend where the range was $85M-$100M with most thinking it would get to the latter number, if not a bit higher.

Notably, GOTG2 outperformed Captain America: Civil War in some key plays, even though it’s not a perfect comp given it scales more as an Avengers installment. In only 37 material markets this frame, there are several majors to come including China, Russia and Korea this week. Japan tunes in on May 12. GOTG2 should continue to outperform the previous film, although China as ever will be key. The day-and-date release with domestic is better timing than 2014’s GOTG, and the market has been energized by the massive success of The Fate Of The Furious.

On the last movie, China was the top offshore play at $96.5M, followed by the UK ($47.4M), Russia ($38.5M), Germany ($24.6M) and Australia ($23.3M) to round out the Top 5.

This weekend, GOTG2 was No. 1 in all of its debuts, except Portugal, Turkey and Vietnam and was higher than GOTG the first everywhere save Belgium where the original had previews in the mix.

The UK was the biggest launch market for the space jam with a 67% share. It’s the 2nd biggest opening of the year, behind Disney’s own Beauty And The Beast; and the 2nd best first day for an MCU title (behind Civil War). The $16.9M bow is over 86% higher than the first film.

Australia came in with $11.8M after being boosted by the Anzac holiday earlier in the week. At the weekend, it was 27% bigger than GOTG. Germany kicked off with $9.3M and the 2nd best MCU debut ever. It’s over 11% ahead of Civil War there and better than GOTG. Mexico jumps up to No. 4 in the actuals with $8.2M and France rounds out the Top 5 at 16% higher than Civil War and 36% better than GOTG with $7.9M.

Other key market cumes include Brazil ($6.9M), Italy ($4.1M), Indonesia ($3.4M), Spain ($3.3M) and the Philippines ($3.2M). Austria saw the best MCU debut of all time.

IMAX pulled in $5M of the total weekend gross on 176 screens in 35 hubs. The UK portion of that was $1.4M for 50% better than GOTG. Standout performances in the large format were seen in Turkey (+139% on GOTG), Mexico (+80%), France (+73%), Australia (+69%) and Brazil (+57%). The film adds 700 more IMAX screens in 31 markets next frame, including China and North America.

BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION

ARKA It is notoriously difficult to get solid numbers out of India, particularly when a movie is released in four different language versions as is the case with S.S. Rajamouli’s sequel to 2015 Telegu smash Baahubali. However, estimates from local box office reporting, and producer Karan Johar whose Dharma Productions presents the film, have it at 303 net crores ($45.5M) for the weekend in India (391 gross crores – $58.8M) and 522 crores worldwide. That’s $78.5M, although some local reports place it at $81.2M in the conversion.

Day 1 estimates came in at 121 net crores ($18.2M) with 285 gross crore ($42.8M) through Saturday, according to local analysts. The worldwide gross of 217 crore ($32.6M) on Day 1 topped the entire first weekend of Salman Khan’s Sultan. Through Saturday, the global estimate was $57.5 which is, frankly, unheard of. It also topped box office king Aamir Khan’s Dangal opening on Day 1.

Outside of India, in seven markets including North America, it made $13.83M including $10.14 domestic.

In IMAX, shows sold out across the weekend scoring the No. 1 opening ever in India for the format with $334K on 10 screens, about 15% bigger than The Fate Of The Furious. The launch is also IMAX’s biggest global opening ever for an Indian title and the biggest domestic bow for a foreign language movie. On only 66 IMAX screens worldwide, it grossed $2.34M.

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion reunites the Rajamouli with star Prabhas, along with Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia. The first film went on to be the third-highest grossing Indian title globally with an estimated $97M. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film in 2015. At opening, it grossed over $20M locally and had a weekend take of about $28M worldwide. The period war epic hails from Tollywood (as the Telugu industry is known) and is released in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam.

This one picks up with hero Shivudu (Prabhas) as he comes to terms with his legacy and the responsibility placed on him by this knowledge. Shivudu’s quest aims to find the answer to the question that’s plagued fans of the franchise: Why did Kattappa kill Baahubali?

Released on over 9,000 screens worldwide, the Prabhas-starrer received a rapturous reception at home and abroad. In India, it played on a record 6,500 screens. The Day 1 score there came in nearly 6 times bigger than the top opener of 2017, Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees.

HOLDOVERS/EXPANSIONS

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Universal Joining the $1B club, Universal’s high-octane 8th installment in this $4B+ franchise added a better than estimated $73.9M in 69 territories this frame. The international total is $873.5M for $1.07B worldwide. This is the fourth-highest-grossing Universal film worldwide after Jurassic World ($1.67B), Furious 7 ($1.52B) and Minions ($1.16B). It is also the studio’s 5th film to reach the $1B mark, and tops Jurassic Park’s $1.04B.

Japan was the only new play, also the final release, with $7.8M. That’s the best start for the franchise in the market and the 2nd best for Universal ever, although it came in at No. 2 behind Beauty And The Beast whose ardent fans kept that film at No. 1.

Most notably this weekend, F8 grew to 2.43B RMB, making it the biggest imported movie of all time in the market. It is No. 2 ever amongst all movies with local pic The Mermaid still at No. 1 overall with 3.4B RMB. The dollar figure on F8 in the Middle Kingdom is $363.5M.

The Top 5 markets are now China, Mexico ($33.6M), the UK ($33M), Brazil ($32.6M) and Germany ($27.5M). F8 is Universal’s highest grossing film ever in Egypt, Indonesia, Paraguay and Venezeuela.

In IMAX plays this frame, TFOTF earned $5M on 858 screens. The global cume is now $58M in the format; China alone is $27M.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Disney Coming off of a $17.2M weekend in 46 territories, the Bill Condon-directed Beauty has played to $662.4M worth of overseas audiences. Globally, the total is $1.142B, making it the No. 13 highest grossing movie of all time. This week it waltzed past Transformers: Age Of Extinction, Skyfall, Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.

In Japan, Disney saw turnstiles spin 9% harder than on the first weekend. The cume there is now $33.6M and Golden Week is upon us. Elsewhere, holds were strong including in the Netherlands (-10%), Spain (-30%), New Zealand (-30%).

In Europe, the estimated cume to date of $267M, makes this the 2nd highest grossing film of the past 12 months in Europe (behind only Rogue One). In the UK/Ireland, Beauty And The Beast is the 8th biggest movie of all-time, and the biggest musical ever there with $87.4M..

THE BOSS BABY

DreamWorks Animation/Fox Alec Baldwin’s briefcase toting tot cashed in with another $17.9M this weekend on 9,382 screens in 74 markets. The DreamWorks Animation pic that Fox is releasing is well up on the Sunday estimate and is seeing super holds with an international cume of $250.5M.

The lead market is the UK with $29.6M after 4 frames while France has banked $20.5M after five. Holland jumped by 51% in its sophomore session ($3.7M cume). Spain dipped only marginally ($9.2M to date) and Poland has a 2.4M cume.

Boss Baby has also become the biggest grossing DWA title ever in Hong Kong (topping Kung Fu Panda 2). Korea is still on deck on May 3.

SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE

Sony The blue boys and girl found $11.7M internationally this weekend. Animated in 62 markets and on 9K screens, the Sony release now has an overseas cume of $117.8M. In the 2nd China frame, the film added $5.1M for an $18.1M cume to date.

GOING IN STYLE

Warner Bros. This Warner Bros’ remake lifted another $3.2M from the international box office on 2,250 screens in 46 markets. The overseas cume is now $24.5M. Australia dropped 34% from opening to total $2.1M to date. Mexico also had a good sophomore hold with $440K from 267 screens. The total there is $1.8M. Germany’s $515K weekend was a 33% drop for $2.9M to date. The lead market remains the UK at $3.4M. France and Italy get in on the action this week.

MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE

Universal Get Out (UNI): $1.5M intl weekend (30 markets); $21.2M intl cume

Ghost In The Shell (PAR/MS): $1.3M intl weekend ($1.1 in 40 PPI markets); $126.2M intl cume ($124.9M PPI)

Sing (UNI): $725K intl weekend (14 markets); $357.8M intl cume – Japan now highest grossing offshore hub with $42.2M

Saban’s Power Rangers (LGF): $449K intl weekend; $50.5M intl cume

Logan (FOX): $174K intl weekend (14 markets); $383.2M intl cume

Hidden Figures (FOX): $187K intl weekend (11 markets); $60M intl cume

Split (UNI): $115K (15 markets); $138.1M intl cume