International Box Office

The global steep chase sees a bunch of animated features in the mix. Zootpia, which hasn't yet launched domestically, is already in various foreign markets.

WEEKEND FOREIGN BOX OFFICE -- (GLOBAL TOTALS)

Deadpool -- $40,200,000 -- ($609,739,009)

Zootopia -- $30,000,000 -- ($81,400,000)

Kung Fu Panda 3 -- $4,500,000 -- ($314,255,359)

Alvin and the Chipmunks $6,100,000 -- ($224,521,401)

Star Wars 7 -- $1,600,000 -- ($2,048,044,000) ...

And the trade journals inform us:

With 975M yuan ($149M) to date, and a 30-day theatrical extension ahead of it, DreamWorks Animation/DreamWorks Oriental’s Kung Fu Panda 3 has topped Monkey King: Hero Is Back (956M yuan) to become the biggest animated film ever in the Middle Kingdom in local currency. Sage that he is, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg predicted this would happen. ...

And elsewhere across the world:

Disney’s Zootopia had a very strong $30M 3rd frame as it gets ready to be uncaged in North America later this week. ...

The Fox anti-superhero juggernaut Deadpool has crossed $600M globally with an international weekend of $40.2M. ...

Disney’s animated charmer Zootopia is in its 3rd week overseas with $81.4M to date. The Byron Howard/Rich Moore-helmed animal tale added another $30M in the frame, a 4% drop from last, with no major market openings. It’s playing in about 42% of its international rabbit’s footprint — 31 territories. ...

Adding yet another $1.6M, [Star Wars 7 and] the Millennium Falcon crew has an international cume to date of $1.122B and a global total of $2.048B. Rankings have not changed, and it’s still playing in 20 territories. ...