GEMINI MAN | 115.1M Overseas ● 155.0M Worldwide

[Purple Minion]

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Edited November 3, 2019 by Purple Minion

[Marathon]

Underwhelming. The final four markets need to some extra heavy lifting...

 

China on 18 October, then Japan, Poland, and Taiwan on 25 October.

[Purple Minion]

Deadline:

 

Gemini Man added $31.1M in 58 markets after a small early rollout last session. Including the 53 new openings this weekend, the offshore cume is $39M in 85% of the international footprint. The high-frame-rate pic from Ang Lee saw 26% of its grosses come in 3D+ and reps Lee’s best launch result in 25 markets. Globally, the Will Smith-starrer is at $59.5M.

 

Faced with the zeitgeist-y Joker, Gemini Man came in largely at No. 2s in its debuts this session. Mexico and Russia led with $2.7M each. France, which bowed last weekend, saw a decent hold and leads all play at $5.1M.

 

While Smith proved again he can be a big draw overseas with this summer’s surprise Aladdin success, the fact that the envelope-pushing Gemini Man is more story-based than action-driven is something of a hindrance in some markets. As Anthony has noted, we’re told the movie would need to gross $275M worldwide to reach break-even.

[a2k]

Doubt if this breaches 250 ww.

MIBI did that with 90-110 prod budget and decent 80 dom (good returns).

GM has a 138-158 prod budget, at most around 50 dom and 225-250 ww.

[Purple Minion]

Screendaily:

 

Ang Lee’s Gemini Man starring Will Smith and Will Smith earned $33.4m from 59 markets to reach an early $82.2m. The sci-fi action thriller was powered by a $21m Chinese debut through Fosun. In the second session, Mexico produced $1.2m for $5.1m, the UK $946,000 for $4.1m, and Russia $834,000 for $4.3m. In the third, France generated $905,000 for $6m and Germany $846,000 for $5.7m

[Purple Minion]

This one is sinking...

 

Deadline: Gemini Man (PAR): $4.5M intl weekend (55 markets); $115.1M intl cume ($155M global).