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‘F1’ Revs Higher With $146.3M Global Bow; ‘Dragon’ Also Rises; ‘28 Years Later’ Tops $100M WW – International Box Office Monday Update

F1 is off to the races at the global and international box office, heading to higher-than-projected openings in both cases, as well as domestic

This would easily surpass such Brad Pitt comps as World War Z($73.8M) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood($64.6M) at today’s rates and in like-for-like markets excluding China. Word of mouth is helping propel F1 as it careens around the globe; international was always going to be in the driver’s seat given Formula 1’s popularity, while domestic is proving a better-than-expected shotgun. Spain’s Friday came in ahead of the fifthquel in the hugely popular local franchise Padre No Hay Mas Que Uno(as well as being bigger than No Time to Die, the last two Mission: Impossibles and Top Gun: Maverick).

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