comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of February 18, 2018 (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of February 18, 2018, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.

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comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Disney's presentation of Marvel's 'Black Panther' pounced on the box office around the world taking in $361 million to mark the fifteenth highest global opening weekend of all-time and with China, Japan and Russia yet to come the potential future revenue is literally off the charts. Internationally, the hit superhero film opened at number one in almost all territories and set new box office records in North America including the fifth biggest opening weekend of all-time. Notably 'Detective Chinatown 2," the Chinese comedy-mystery buddy film had a spectacular weekend drawing $155.7 million for this follow up to the 2015 popular first film in the series."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, February 18, are below.

1. Black Panther - Disney - $361.0M
2. Detective Chinatown 2 - Multiple - $155.7M
3. Monster Hunt 2 - Multiple - $141.3M
4. Operation Red Sea - Multiple - $70.3M
5. Fifty Shades Freed - Universal - $64.6M
6. Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women, The - Multiple - $52.3M
7. Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink - Shenzhen Huaqiang Shuzi Dongman Co. - $32.6M
8. Peter Rabbit - Sony - $17.2M
9. Greatest Showman, The - 20th Century Fox - $14.7M
10. Shape Of Water, The - 20th Century Fox - $14.0M
11. Maze Runner: The Death Cure - 20th Century Fox - $13.5M
12. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - Sony - $12.7M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, February 18, are below.

1. Black Panther - Disney - $192.0M
2. Peter Rabbit - Sony - $17.2M
3. Fifty Shades Freed - Universal - $16.9M
4. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - Sony - $7.9M
5. 15:17 To Paris, The - Warner Bros. - $7.7M
6. Greatest Showman, The - 20th Century Fox - $5.1M
7. Early Man - Lionsgate - $3.1M
8. Maze Runner: The Death Cure - 20th Century Fox - $2.5M
9. Winchester - Lionsgate - $2.2M
10. Samson - Pure Flix - $2.0M
11. Post, The - 20th Century Fox - $2.0M
12. Shape Of Water, The - Fox Searchlight - $1.7M

Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.

Weekend BO Estimate (USD)			Weekend Release Cume (USD)			Distributor
Title	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Int'l	No. of Terr.*	Domestic
Black Panther	361,023,000	169,000,000	192,023,000	361,023,000	169,000,000	192,023,000	DIS	49	DIS
Detective Chinatown 2	155,717,000	155,040,000	677,000	155,727,000	155,050,000	677,000	MUL	6	WB
Monster Hunt 2	141,335,000	141,000,000	335,000	141,335,000	141,000,000	335,000	MUL	8	LGF
Operation Red Sea	70,310,000	70,310,000	-	70,310,000	70,310,000	-	MUL	3	-
Fifty Shades Freed	64,640,000	47,700,000	16,940,000	266,931,455	190,800,000	76,131,455	UNI	61	UNI
Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women, The	52,260,000	52,260,000	-	81,375,000	81,375,000	-	MUL	8	-
Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink	32,635,000	32,635,000	-	40,095,000	40,095,000	-	HQSZ	1	-
Peter Rabbit	17,250,000	-	17,250,000	48,222,542	-	48,222,542	-	1	SNY
Greatest Showman, The	14,700,000	9,600,000	5,100,000	340,078,356	185,600,000	154,478,356	FOX	32	FOX
Shape Of Water, The	13,965,000	12,300,000	1,665,000	91,943,714	38,700,000	53,243,714	FOX	41	FSL
Maze Runner: The Death Cure	13,525,000	11,000,000	2,525,000	259,005,126	205,000,000	54,005,126	FOX	66	FOX
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle	12,745,000	4,800,000	7,945,000	904,623,565	527,000,000	377,623,565	SNY	89	SNY
15:17 To Paris, The	10,485,000	2,800,000	7,685,000	36,132,717	10,700,000	25,432,717	WB	28	WB
Ice	8,700,000	8,700,000	-	8,700,000	8,700,000	-	SNY	1	-
Coco	7,511,000	6,800,000	711,000	730,391,667	523,200,000	207,191,667	DIS	37	DIS
Face Of My Gene, The	7,465,000	7,465,000	-	7,780,000	7,780,000	-	MULTICN	1	-
Detective K: Secret Of The Living Dead	7,150,000	7,150,000	-	14,360,000	14,360,000	-	SHOWBX	1	-
Early Man	6,800,000	3,650,000	3,150,000	21,880,000	18,730,000	3,150,000	MUL	12	LGF
Golden Slumber	6,800,000	6,800,000	-	6,850,000	6,850,000	-	CJE	1	-
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri	6,000,000	4,500,000	1,500,000	111,769,506	63,800,000	47,969,506	FOX	41	FSL
Post, The	5,710,000	3,745,000	1,965,000	133,414,372	56,840,000	76,574,372	MUL	34	FOX
Tuche 3, Les (Magic Tuche, The)	5,610,000	5,610,000	-	38,620,000	38,620,000	-	PATHE	1	-
Darkest Hour	3,695,000	2,800,000	895,000	131,136,692	78,000,000	53,136,692	UNI	57	FOC
A Casa Tutti Bene	3,625,000	3,625,000	-	4,275,000	4,275,000	-	01 DIST	1	-
Phantom Thread	2,880,000	2,200,000	680,000	27,676,624	10,000,000	17,676,624	UNI	28	FOC
Belle And Sebastian, Friends For Life	2,760,000	2,760,000	-	2,955,000	2,955,000	-	GAUMONT	1	-
Ferdinand	2,700,000	2,700,000	-	282,086,397	200,000,000	82,086,397	FOX	34	FOX
Winchester	2,621,250	391,250	2,230,000	25,160,179	3,300,000	21,860,179	MUL	12	LGF
Wonder	2,510,000	2,300,000	210,000	291,471,894	159,800,000	131,671,894	LGF	48	LGF
Lady Bird	2,505,728	1,900,000	605,728	48,151,893	1,900,000	46,251,893	UNI	11	A24

*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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[Sean Bryan]

Looks like Black Panther is out performing the estimates (again).