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International Box Office 2023: Turnstiles Danced With Growth In Key Markets While The Floor For Big Titles Dropped & China Shrugged; Global Studio Rankings
Globally, including most everywhere overseas, 2023 box office was led by a mix of Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer, curious bedfellows who nevertheless proved that cultural pheno…
Leaving China aside for now (see select market snapshots below), and looking at highlights from 2023, international distribution execs are happy about bounce-back in Germany and (cautiously) Italy, as well as strong performances out of Latin America, and pockets of Southeast Asia including the extremely populous Indonesia. The 2024 lineup looks more than promising and aims to deliver something for everyone, kicking off with Mean Girls(though admittedly more of a domestic and Anglo-Saxon market play), followed by the highly-anticipated Bob Marley: One Love in February, John Krasinski’s IF in May, A Quiet Place: Day One in June, the animated Transformers One in September, Smile 2 in October, Gladiator 2 in November and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in time for the end-of-year holidays. While the major tracking firms don’t have full data on India which has no centralized reporting system and calculates figures in both net and gross, it’s notable that the market saw a resurgence of Bollywood titles, and a comeback of sorts for Shah Rukh Khan.
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