‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Whistles Past $100M Global
deadline.comIn an encouraging sign for specialized product, Sony/3000 Pictures/Hello Sunshine’s Where the Crawdads Sing has crossed the $100M benchmark globally.
Getting there on Tuesday, the feature adaptation of the Delia Owens novel sits at $78.8M domestic and $21.5M from the international box office.Crawdads initially released domestically in mid-July with $17M; a good win for a $24M production before P&A, and ahead of other female-skewing novels on screen pre-pandemic.
It also charmed audiences at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite a critical score of 34%. The Daisy Edgar-Jones led movie is directed by Olivia Newman (First Match) from a screenplay by Lucy Alibar (Beasts Of The Southern Wild).It’s on a staggered offshore release, still with Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Korea and Japan to come.
To date, the top overseas markets are the UK ($8.6M), Australia ($6.7M), Germany ($1.3M), New Zealand ($1M) and France ($821K).Where The Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina.
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