Meanwhile, Scarlett Johansson's LUCY topped the international box office for the 2nd week in a row:
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Lucy crossed $150M at the international box office this weekend for a cume of $151.6M. It added $27.2M at 4,700 Universal dates in 48 territories bringing the studio’s portion of the cume to $107.2M. Combined with grosses from Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp which is releasing in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hong Kong, the total weekend estimate is $31.2M. Continuing a trend for the Scarlett Johansson-led actioner, Lucy gave Besson his biggest opening for a film he directed in all the territories that opened this weekend.
Brazil, Croatia, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and Trinidad were No. 1 openings. Egypt and Greece came in at No. 2 and in Japan, where there are strong local films in theaters, Lucy is the No. 1 non-Japanese film, and the No. 3 film behind two local films. Mexico was tops with $4.3M at 605 dates and 34% market share; Japan opened with $2.6M at 205 dates; Brazil opened with $2.4M at 348 dates and 24% market share.
In holdovers, Lucy stayed at No. 1 in the UK/Ireland with an additional $3.3M at 504 dates for a 10-day total of $13.1M. In Poland, it’s the No. 1 film for the third week in a row. And, in Besson’s narive France, it has held the No. 1 spot for the 4th consecutive week with a $35.1M cume in 26 days. Ahead of the weekend, it was the No. 3 film of the year at the French box office behind two local-language comedies. Next weekend, Lucy shoots over to Korea and Panama.
