World Box Office

There is a poop-load of animation (what with animated features plus animated visual effects) in the Global Box Office list:

WEEKEND FOREIGN BOX OFFICE -- (WORLD TOTALS)

Captain America -- $200,200,000 -- ($200,200,000)

The Jungle Book -- $57,100,000 -- ($684,795,800)

Zootopia -- $8,300,000 -- ($931,418,489)

Batman Vs. Superman -- $2,750,000 -- ($862,932,593)

Ratchet and Clank -- $600,000 -- ($6,823,000)

Kung Fu Panda 3 -- $3,100,000 -- ($509,907,337) ...

And our fine entertainment journal tells us:

Before taking the fight to the U.S. on May 6, Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War began its offshore campaign this frame in 37 territories. With an estimated $200.2M, Team Cap and Team Iron Man came in just behind Avengers: Age Of Ultron’s international start last year and set all-time opening weekend records in Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. ...

Disney had a full dance card this weekend, also seeing The Jungle Book swing to another $57.1M internationally for an offshore total of $432.7M. In Europe, the Mouse dominated all the major markets with Civil War and Jungle Book placing No. 1 and 2 in many territories and with Civil War/Jungle Book/Zootopia sweeping the top three spots in the UK yesterday. ...

With a weekend of almost $100M global, The Jungle Book continues to beat its chest at the worldwide box office. The 4th offshore frame was worth $57.1M to bring the overseas total to $432.7M and the global tally to $684.8M. ...

Disney’s other animals were fairly wild again this frame, picking up $8.3M in the 12th – yes, 12th – offshore frame. The international total is now $607.9M for $931.42M global. Still playing in 40 territories, Zootopia benefitted from the Golden Week kickoff in Japan where it rose 9% versus last weekend. That holdover power enabled it to beat the launch of its own studio rival Captain America: Civil War, and bodes well for the coming frame. Meanwhile, in Germany, with 3.47M admissions, $31.8M in total box office and a 4th place finish in its 8th weekend of release, Zootopia has become the market’s No. 1 movie of 2016. ...

Kung Fu Panda 3 continued its run in 19 markets. Released by Fox, which has DWA titles through 2017, KFP3 grossed a further $3.1M to bring the total since its late January release to $368M overseas. ...

As their run winds down and with Marvel rivals now dominating offshore play, the Batman Vs. Superman pulled in an estimated $2.75M this weekend from approximately 3,400 screens in 59 markets. The offshore cume is now $537.8M. ...

With animation of all stripes killing at the world box office, it's not real surprising that the market for experienced talent is tightening.