Bridget Jones's Baby | $187.7M OS ● $211.6M Global

[Purple Minion]

Deadline

 

With $13M in 39 international markets through Friday, the third installment in the Bridget Jones franchise is on track to deliver a $29.4M offshore opening weekend. Universal Pictures, Studiocanal and Miramax’s presentation of Working Title’s Bridget Jones’s Baby has so far bowed No. 1 in 24 overseas territories. On Friday, it set a record for the biggest comedy/romantic comedy opening ever in the UK/Ireland with $4M at 641 dates. That’s also a record for the biggest Working Title and September launch of all time.

Australia also kicked off this week, on Thursday, with a No. 1 opening and $2.7M in two days plus previews. Market share there is 31%. Spain, a Top 5 market on the first two movies, debuted at No. 1 with $439K and 31% of the local crowd.

The Netherlands’ Baby bump is $1.3M through Friday for the biggest opening in the franchise and a No. 1 with 44% share. Also bowing to the best numbers for the series are markets in Latin America including Mexico, Panama and Peru; all are crowning with better-than-expected numbers.

Further No. 1s were born in Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa and Ukraine.

Combined with domestic, our Bridge will be at $38.5M worldwide as of Sunday.

There are 21 territories to open over the next two months. Next weekend includes Italy, Egypt, Iceland, India, New Zealand, Switzerland, Thailand and Trinidad.

 

http://deadline.com/2016/09/bridget-jones-baby-opening-weekend-results-uk-comedy-records-international-box-office-1201821535/

Edited February 20, 2017 by Purple Minion

[PatrickvD]

That is gargantuan for UK and The Netherlands. This film was made for non US audiences and the results show.

[Purple Minion]

Screendaily

 

Bridget Jones’s Baby arrived on the international stage with an estimated $29.9m bow from its 39 territories, including number one bows in 24 of them.

The Working Title production, presented by Universal, Miramax and Studiocanal, enjoyed a record-breaking $11.3m debut in the UK, marking the biggest opening weekend for a romantic comedy (excluding previews) and the biggest ever September opening.

Other highlights include a chart-topping $4.2m in Australia from 298 sites, a number one bow in the Netherlands with $1.9m from 133 and a $1.7m debut in Spain from 395 to lead the market.

[efialtes76]

Bridget Jones’s Baby delivered an estimated $21.9m second weekend overseas from its 47 territories for $67.1m to date.

The Working Title production, presented by Universal, Miramax and Studiocanal, opened in eight new territories with Italy providing the best debut at $1.7m, while the UK provided a terrific $8.4m second weekend for $27.5m after only ten days in play.

Australia added $2.1m for an 11-day tally of $7.7m and the threequel retained the top spot in the Netherlands with $1.2m and a local tally of $3.7m. It opens in Brazil, South Korea and Malaysia next weekend.

[efialtes76]

In its third weekend of overseas release, Bridget Jones’s Baby delivered a further estimated $19m from its 50 territories for $99.9m to date.

The Working Title production, presented by Universal, Miramax and Studiocanal, opened in South Korea with a preview-boosted $2.4m debut from 342 sites and in Brazil with $619k from 200 sites.

Holdover-wise, it retained the top spot in the UK for the third straight week with $6.7m for an excellent $41.1m after only 17 days, while Italy added $1.6m for $4.3m and Australia took $1.4m for $10.3m.

[Purple Minion]

Screendaily -  Landing in France with a $3.9m bow through Studiocanal, Bridget Jones’s Baby delivered an estimated $15.2m from its 54 territories for $124.5m to date. The Working Title production, presented by Universal, Miramax and Studiocanal, held strong in the UK with a $3.6m fourth weekend for an excellent local tally of $48.7m, while South Korea took $1.3m for $4.7m after 11 days in play. It opens in Belgium, Bolivia and Ecuador next weekend.

[Purple Minion]

Screendaily - Universal Pictures, Miramax and StudioCanal’s presentation of Working Title’s Bridget Jones’s Baby earned a further $10.4m from 56 territories for $141.8m. This includes French box office. The rom-com debuted top in Belgium on $584k from 74 and held firm at number three in the UK as $2.5m elevated the tally to $54m.

On Wednesday the film became the highest grossing Working Title release in the Netherlands, where it stands at $8.1m and has usurped the 17-year-old record of Notting Hill. The film opens this week in German-speaking Switzerland and Indonesia.

[Purple Minion]

Still pulling the dollars, that Bridget...

 

Screendaily - Universal Pictures, Miramax and StudioCanal’s presentation of Working Title’s Bridget Jones’s Baby delivered another $10.8m from its 59 territories for $156.3m.

In Studiocanal territories, the threequel opened behind Inferno in Germany with a $3.5m debut and held well in France with a $2m third weekend for $9.5m to date. Universal’s release of the film in the UK provided $1.4m for $56.9m after six weeks.

There are four more territories to open: Colombia (October 27), Japan (October 29), Argentina (November 3) and Paraguay (November 17).

[fmpro]

Still way under the first 2. But it will make money

[Purple Minion]

BRIDGET JONES’S BABY: $167.7M Overseas Total / $191.8M Global Total #BridgetJonesBaby

[Purple Minion]

Screendaily - Bridget Jones’s Baby will cross the $200m at the global box office today (November 6). Overseas, Universal Pictures, Miramax and StudioCanal’s presentation of Working Title’s threequel delivered $5.1m from its 51 territories for $178.3m. Germany led the way with a $1.4m weekend for a local tally of $8.7m.

 

Deadline - It has now crossed $200M at the worldwide box office with a total $202.4M.

 

Edited November 6, 2016 by Purple Minion

[Purple Minion]

Comscore reports a $183.1M OS for a $207,239,805 total. Not bad for a threequel these days.

[Purple Minion]

Screendaily - Now released in all of its international territories, Working Title’s Bridget Jones’s Baby delivered $1.5m from its 39 territories for $185.8m overseas, including Studiocanal territories.

 

The OS/DOM ratio is mad.

 

Domestic:	$24,139,805	11.5%
+ Foreign:	$185,800,000	88.5%
= Worldwide:	$209,939,805

Edited November 20, 2016 by Purple Minion