‘Wonka’ On Way To $500M WW, ‘Wish’ Tops $200M; ‘Taylor Swift: Eras Tour’ Overtakes ‘This Is It’ – International Box Office
deadline.comAudiences didn’t have a lot of new choices, nor a mega late-December blockbuster to ring in the first weekend of the new year at the movies, but the studio titles on offer are still drawing crowds and seeing strong holds, particularly with ongoing holidays in many international box office markets.
Milestones are also being set as Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Heyday Films’ Wonka topped $300M overseas while Disney’s Wish crossed $200M worldwide and AMC touted a new benchmark for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Though Swift lost out in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category at the Golden Globes on Sunday, her movie has now grossed $261.6M worldwide, overtaking the previous global box office record holder for a documentary, Michael Jackson’s This is It, according to AMC.
The Eras Tour movie, which is also the highest grossing concert film worldwide, is still playing in select theaters domestically and opened in China on December 31, grossing $8.7M through the first week.
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