THE GRINCH | 240.9 M overseas ● 511.6 M worldwide

[MinaTakla]

THE GRINCH

Illumination Entertainment

Universal/Illumination’s domestic holiday hit has now topped $200M overseas ($203.9M) while global is at $469.4Mthrough Sunday. The weekend was worth $17.5M in 61 offshore markets with a great hold of -27%. A number of hubs were up versus the pre-Christmas session as the animated Dr Seuss update has surpassed the lifetimes of both Rise Of The Guardiansand Trolls.

 

Hong Kong was new to the green meanie at $486K to best the starts of Big Hero 6and Trolls. The top holdover market was France with a 28% increase in the 5th weekend, to cume $14.2M and exceed the lifetime of BH6. The UK leads all play at $33.8M to date. Other notable cumes include Germany’s $17.2M, Mexico’s $16M and Australia’s $12.5M.

[MaxAggressor]

 

[xxoo]

that's amazing never thought it will cross 500m

[Jonwo]

It's pretty much dead from next week onwards so it'll probably hit $500m WW then peter out.

[Marathon]

$500m worldwide is very good for a Dr. Seuss movie, considering Dr. Seuss has no brand power outside the anglophone countries (and perhaps Germany).

[xxoo]

What an amazing collection, over Wreck it Ralph both domestic and WW

[KP1025]

1 hour ago, xxoo said:

What an amazing collection, over Wreck it Ralph both domestic and WW

 

It might be a photo finish with regards to the final worldwide gross. I have Grinch adding $20 million more for a WW total around $520 million. Ralph 2 is looking to finish around $530 million by my estimates. @Omni Does this look about right to you?

[Omni]

Yeah to both, Grinch will add like 20 millions (there's always some looby watching a Christmas movie when Christmas is over, especially if it's an animated film) and it will probably need the extra push (= updated gross) to reach 520M. Ralph has many markets yet to come, included France and Germany, and it's at 405M WW coming from a 34M WW weekend. Normally, I'd say 525M+ would be locked and 550M likely, but we're talking about a movie that's getting weak legs in almost every market. So yeah...gonna be a close race.

 

Also, I don't get exactly how The Grinch grossing a little over 500M WW would be an amazing result. Freaking Horton grossed 300M 10 years ago, and Grinch is way more popular that it. It was bound to make great numbers in the anglo-saxon territories (popular character + consistent studio + Christmas theme + no animated hit since I2 months before) and in fact like 75% of its gross comes from NA+Mexico+England+Germany+Australia with totals going from solid to good. It failed to connect in pretty much every other market. Just another Lego Movie.

Edited January 8, 2019 by Omni

[Taruseth]

On 1/6/2019 at 10:47 PM, Marathon said:

$500m worldwide is very good for a Dr. Seuss movie, considering Dr. Seuss has no brand power outside the anglophone countries (and perhaps Germany).

That's what Deadline says:

"[...] Dr Seuss is not well-known outside the English-speaking markets and Germany[.]"

Grossed 501M (270M Us and 231M OS)

On 1/8/2019 at 1:07 PM, Omni said:

[...] 75% of its gross comes from NA+Mexico+England+Germany+Australia with totals going from solid to good. It failed to connect in pretty much every other market. Just another Lego Movie.

But that is coming dangerously normal for some movies that are popular in the US.

(Star Wars is the best example)

And the share of the other markets is strongly influenced by Chinas performance.

[Omni]

In fact, that's what I'm saying. The ratio is just normal, and it's combined with the absence of breakouts in any of its big markets. 1+1=2.

[Purple Minion]

 

[MinaTakla]

I think The Grinch is now the highest grossing Christmas film (animated or live action) worldwide of all time.

Home Alone was like 473m WW (not adjusted for inflation).

That's pretty good considering it was always a DOM-leaning film.

Edited January 9, 2019 by MinaTakla
updated numbers

[MinaTakla]

DHD confirms the all-time record for a Christmas film:

 

‘The Grinch’ Steals Across $500M At Worldwide Box Office

With Tuesday’s numbers included, Illumination and Universal Pictures’ The Grinchsteered the sleigh across the half-billion mark worldwide. The split is $270Mdomestic and $231M at the international box office for $501M global. This is the 6th title from the folks at Chris Meledandri’s animation powerhouse to reach $500M.

 

Domestically known as Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, the Benedict Cumberbatch-voiced update on the Christmas classic opened No. 1 with $67.6M in November. That gave Illumination its 7th No. 1 bow with the movie going on to become the 6th highest-grossing title of 2018 and the 2nd biggest animated film of the year in North America.

Overseas, where Dr Seuss is not well-known outside the English-speaking markets and Germany, the movie was titled simply The Grinch and has remained in the Top 10 for nine consecutive weeks. It opened No. 1 in 30 territories, including the UK, France, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Norway, India, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, Hungary and Ukraine.

 

Globally, the Yarrow Cheney/Scott Mosier-directed pic scored the biggest bow for a Christmas-themed film and went on to become the highest-grossing Christmas-themed pic of all time and the top Seuss adaptation.

The Grinch is the story of a big green grump who sets out to steal Christmas, only to find his heart touched by little Cindy Lou Who and her selfless yuletide wish.

For their work on the film, Meledandri and longtime collaborator Janet Healy recently received a PGA nomination. Healy told Deadline in October that a big takeaway from the story is the “power of inclusion, diversity. Also, the importance of community and tradition… But, even more so there’s the redemptive power of forgiveness. It really speaks to what kindness means and how joy and love and compassion are so important. Not only at Christmas, but for all of us, it’s a time to make the world a better place.”

Next up this summer, Illumination and Universal will go (back) to the dogs with The Secret Life of Pets 2, the anticipated follow-up to 2016’s $875.5M worldwide grosser.

 

Edited January 9, 2019 by MinaTakla

[MinaTakla]

FORBES

 

THE GRINCH going to pass the unadjusted $271m total of Sing (but not its $634m global take) from late 2016/early 2017, so it’s got that going for it. Oh, and random trivia alert (and the reason for this post): The Grinch is now the biggest-grossing Christmas movie ever in unadjusted-for-inflation worldwide earnings. Take that, Home Alone!

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/01/07/box-office-grinch-benedict-cumberbatch-christmas-macaulay-culkin-home-alone-iron-man-3/#41fd89691755

 

 

[MinaTakla]

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$269,779,855	53.9%
+ Foreign:	$230,717,898	46.1%
= Worldwide:	$500,497,753

[Omni]

Only a 5.5M week, with big to huge stumbles in all its key markets. A finish between 510 and 515 millions, so Ralph is now in a better position.

[kayumanggi]

238.3 M overseas ● 508.8 M worldwide

Edited May 3, 2019 by kayumanggi

[MinaTakla]

Final number. 508m WW.

Highest grossing Christmas themed film ever at the worldwide box office.

Illumination's 8th straight film above $200m domestically (out of 8 fully animated films)

Illumination's 6th straight $250m domestic grosser

Illumination's 7th film above $250m domestically (out of 8 fully animated films)

Illumination's 7th film above $500m WW (out of 8 fully animated films)

Illumination's 6th straight $500m WW grosser

 

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$270,527,835	53.2%
+ Foreign:	$238,300,000	46.8%
= Worldwide:	$508,827,835

Edited February 9, 2019 by MinaTakla

[Omni]

It's not really final. Universal always add a few millions to their animated movies eventually, so this should pass 510 millions.

[a2k]

If someone told me Grinch ww would be 100 below I2 dom then would have called them insane. But that speaks more to I2's incredible (pun intended) success than anything else. Grinch's dom beating os was to be expected in hindsight. Horton was 52-48 and Lorax was 61-39.

 

Looking at it's prod budget and healthy dom %, it's a great result. It's global theatrical returns will be north of 290 using the usual 55% dom and 40% os-china