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: Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One not only set a domestic opening record for the franchise, it also did it at the international box office . Of the $98.5M global start, $45.
5M is from 59 overseas markets, well exceeding expectations. Overall, on a like-for-like basis, the offshore result on AQPD1 is 4% above A Quiet Place: Part II . When excluding China, it’s 20% higher.
The launch is also the biggest opening weekend in the franchise in 24 markets including Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, UAE, Portugal, Turkey, Colombia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Related Stories Casting Lupita Nyong'o Was Afraid Of Cats, But 'A Quiet Place: Day One' Changed That News Indian Films Pop With 'Kalki 2898 AD' & 'Jatt & Juliet 3' In Top Ten - Specialty Box Office China was the lead market at $9.8M, landing No.
3 behind a local title and the continued strong run of Inside Out 2 . Mexico was a $4.7M start at No.
2 for the biggest opening weekend in the franchise and the best for a Paramount horror movie. The UK scared up $3.9M at No.
2; Australia opened to $2.6M and Korea to $2.5M.
Elsewhere, France ’s $1.9M was the best for the franchise; as was Indonesia with $1.7M.
Brazil ’s $1.7M likewise scored the top for the series and is Paramount’s best start for a horror title. Markets yet to open include Argentina, Chile, Finland and South Africa.
In Imax, the film delivered $9.3M global including $3.5M from overseas markets.
What a nice salve this weekend has been w.
