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Viacom18 and Marflix’s Bollywood action film “Fighter” was the weekend’s top-grossing film at the global box office, with box office receipts of $25.1 million, according to ComScore data.
The film, directed by Siddharth Anand, whose previous Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Pathaan” was one of the biggest Indian hits of 2023, stars Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor. “Fighter” revolves around the Indian Air Force and premiered on Thursday, January 25, ahead of the Indian public holiday of Republic Day on January 26. The film depicts Indian conflicts with Pakistan and was banned throughout the Middle East, where there is a large population of Pakistani migrant workers.
“Fighter” premiered in 23 territories and recorded a weekend of $24.5 million worldwide, of which $20.8 million of that total was earned in international territories, that is, outside of America. from North. Including Thursday’s figures, it had cumulative worldwide collections of $25.1 million.
In North America, “Fighter” grossed $3.7 million over the three-day weekend and $4.3 million over the four-day weekend. In India, it raised $17.7 million in four days.
In second place worldwide was Columbia Pictures’ romantic comedy “Anyone But You,” with $19 million. After its sixth weekend of release, the film grossed $127 million worldwide, with $71.1 million in North America. In third place, Amazon MGM’s Jason Statham action thriller “The Beekeeper” grossed $18.3 million and has a cumulative global box office of $104 million, including $42.2 million from North America after three weekends since its premiere.
(The North American or ‘domestic’ box office chart looked substantially different over the past weekend. There, “The Beekeeper” and “Mean Girls” were effectively tied for first place with estimated Friday-Sunday totals of about 7.4 millions of dollars).
In the world ranking, Warner Bros.’ The chocolatier origin story “Wonka,” starring Timothée Chalamet, came in fourth place with $13.7 million. After seven opening weekends, the film has grossed $552 million worldwide, including $195.1 million in North America.
Closing out the top five was Searchlight’s unconventional comedy, winner of two Golden Globes, “Poor Things,” distributed internationally by Disney, with $13.04 million. The film has grossed $51 million worldwide, including $24.7 million in North America, after its eighth weekend of release.
The Chinese comedy “Jonny Keep Walking”, which remains the highest grossing in its territory, raised 12.4 million dollars in sixth place for a total of 154.5 million dollars. Paramount’s musical remake, “Mean Girls,” ranked seventh worldwide with $11.6 million, for a worldwide cume of $83.4 million.
Universal animation “Migration” grossed $10.3 million in eighth place for a cumulative worldwide box office total of $206.1 million. Warner Bros.’ “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” grossed $9.8 million in ninth place and now has a global total of $412.7 million. In tenth place was Bandai’s anime “Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom,” which debuted with $8.8 million. It has not yet been released in North America.