Apple’s ‘Napoleon’ Takes Out Sony’s Global Thanksgiving Cinema Battle Plan With $46M WW Opening – Preview

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting a head start with our Thanksgiving preview here, the Apple Studios production from Ridley Scott Napoleon will hit the global box office this Wednesday via Sony, which way 46 million dollars WW global launch.

That is, split over the route from Wednesday to Sunday 22 million dollars 5 days domestic and 24 million dollars abroad.

That’s not the only big release during the holidays, though: there’s Disney’s animated film Wish, which we will tell you more about early next week and today is the second weekend of everything that bends: The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Trolls Band Together, Thanksgiving And The next goal wins.

NapoleonWe hear the film, starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix, will play in theaters for 45 days before hitting Apple TV+.

We’re told that the competition here, both domestically and in the United States, is Scott’s House of Gucci which launched worldwide during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday in 2021, when Covid has always been prime for moviegoers. Starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino and Jared Leto, the film earned $12.8 million overseas, adjusted for inflation, and another $22 million in the US/Canada, giving it a worldwide opening of $34.1 give million Large areas for House of Gucci Scott’s home country was Great Britain (initial $3.4 million), France ($1.9 million), followed by Mexico with nearly $1 million.

Napoleon will attack 85% of foreign territories, with major territories in Belgium, France and the UK taking place on November 22; Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Mexico and the Netherlands on November 23; and Spain on November 24. China opens with Japan on December 1st. South Korea departs on December 6.

In the United States, previews begin Tuesday at 3 p.m. at 2,700 locations for the film, which also stars Vanessa Kirby as Napoleon’s wife Josephine. The pic expands to 3,300 on Wednesday and is shown in Imax, PLFs and select locations in 70MM. Napoleon is currently popular among older men over 35, followed by men between 17 and 34, and then women over 35. Rotten Tomatoes for Napoleon Stands at 67% fresh.

Flower Moon Killerwhich represented the streamer Apple’s attempt at wide theatrical releases with Paramount, had a $44 million three-day global debut and a $23.2 million domestic debut in October amid the actors’ strike. RT critics give it a certified freshness rating of 93%. While the cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemmons and Lily Gladstone were on Facetime at the Cannes Film Festival world premiere, they’re only now fully back on their feet after an entire summer and coming to terms with the battle between SAG and AFTRA with AMPTP over. The current running total is turned on Flower Moon Killer is $61.6 million and $138.8 million worldwide.

One major difference to note in the box office returns between the two Apple films is this Flower Moon Killer is 3 1/2 hours long, which limits the number of performances Napoleon The running time is 2 hours and 38 minutes. It would not be a surprise if the latter yields more.