EXCLUSIVE: Sony\/Seven Bucks\/Matt Tolmach Productions Jumanji: The Next Level is closing in on its predecessor, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. With a $548.8M worldwide gross through January 2, the Dwayne Johnson-starrer now counts $209.7M domestic and $339.1M from the international box office. Comparatively at the same time in release, Next Level is slightly ahead (+3%) of the previous installment overseas and when excluding China. Including the Middle Kingdom, the latest Jake Kasdan-directed adventure is down by about 5%.<\/p>\n
The film came on strong last weekend with just a 1% overseas drop and following muscular mid-week business in the Christmas corridor. Along with Disney\/Lucasfilms Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker ($423M international\/$840M global through Thursday), it remains a Top 2 choice in most key markets and is still to roll into Brazil later this month.<\/p>\n
The biggest market thus far for Next Level is China with $41.1M (down from Jungles $78M with softer word of mouth in whats been a slower year for Hollywood fare), followed by the UK ($33.37M), France ($20.66M), Germany ($16.57M) and Indonesia ($15.1M). All figures are through Thursday. Domestically, The Next Level exceeded opening expectations in mid-December and should be at $234M by Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 2017 Welcome To The Jungle, which acted as strong counterprogramming to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, counted China, the UK, Australia, France and Russia as its top overseas markets, playing to a very high multiple as it continued to beat the drum for weeks until its offshore final of $557.6M and $962.1M global (at historic rates).<\/p>\n
The star-studded IP also features Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, SerDarius Blain and Madison Iseman, with Danny Glover and Danny DeVito.<\/p>\n
The film kickstarted its global publicity tour in late November with a Latin America\/Australasian media event in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. There was also a three-city European tour.<\/p>\n
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