Paramount Pictures’ musical comedy ‘Mean Girls’, released in US on January 12th, also debuted in 16 markets overseas
The extension of the classic 2004’s ‘Mean Girls’, the film grossed $6.5 million over its 5-day international opening.
Notable contributions from the international market came from Australia with $2.3 million and Mexico with $1.7 million.
In the US, the film opened to an excellent $28 million gross at the weekend box office, bringing its global total to $34.5 million. The film carries a $36 million and has almost recouped the entire budget in its opening weekend itself.
The story by Tina Fey and Nell Benjamin and directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., sees Angourie Rice as Candy Heron, a high school student who just transfers to new school where she is involved in a all-teen plot to play down the popular Queen Bee Regina George (Renee Rapp).
The other notable cast includes Avantika Shetty as Karen Shetty, Christopher Briney as Aaron Samuels, Tina Fey as Ms. Norbury, and others.
With its $34.5 million opening the musical dramedy secured the second spot at the global box office for the weekend just behind Jason Statham’s actioner ‘The Beekeeper’.
‘The Beekeeper’ Tops Global Box Office
On the other hand, ‘The Beekeeper’ exceeded industry projections with a strong performance in the international market as well as in the domestic run.
The R-rated original action film grossed $20.4 million over 49 markets, seeing a way bigger release than the musical ‘Mean Girls’ when it came to overseas territories.
In the US, it enjoyed a $16.8 million 3-day weekend debut, resulting in an impressive $37.2 million 5-day opening at the global box office in total gross, nearly matches the entire global run of Jason Statham’s last release ‘Expend4bles (2023)’ ($37.9 million).
Directed by David Iyer, Jason Statham is joined by Amber Sienna, Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Josh Hutcherson, David Witts, Michael Epp, and Taylor James.
With the opening weekend numbers, the R-rated action thriller sets at the top in global box office collections in 2024.
Here’s the Global Box Office Top Grosser for only 2024 releases (as of January 15):
- The Beekeeper $37.2M
- Son Of A Rich 2 $36.9M
- Mean Girls $34.5M
- Night Swim $29.7M
- The Bremen Town Musicians $27.3M
- Guntur Kaaram $10.7M
- Follow Bear To Adventure $5.7M
- HanuMAN $4.9M