Comscore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 16, 2018

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Dec 16, 2018, 16:33 ET

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Comscore today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of December 16, 2018, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.

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Comscore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Warner Bros.' 'Aquaman' is the number one film at the global box office for the second weekend in a row and crosses $250 million internationally and is now open in 43 international markets, generating $126.4 million this weekend on approximately 43,115 screens, pushing the running international cume to $261.3 million ahead of its North American release later this week. Notably, Sony's 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' earned $21 million internationally while topping the North American charts with $35.4 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 16, are below.

Aquaman - Warner Bros. - $126.4M
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - Sony - $56.4M
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Universal - $34.9M
Bohemian Rhapsody - 20th Century Fox - $24.2M
Mortal Engines - Universal - $19.0M
Ralph Breaks The Internet - Disney - $17.5M
Mule, The - Warner Bros. - $17.2M
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald - Warner Bros. - $15.4M
My Neighbor Totoro 30th An Studio Ghibli - China Film Group Digital Cinema Line Co.,Ltd - $13.0M
Dragon Ball Z Super: Broly - 20th Century Fox - $8.7M
Creed II - Warner Bros. - $7.7M
Nutcracker And The Four Realms, The - Disney - $5.3M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 16, are below.

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - Sony - $35.4M
Mule, The - Warner Bros. - $17.2M
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Universal - $11.6M
Ralph Breaks The Internet - Disney - $9.6M
Mortal Engines - Universal - $7.5M
Creed II - MGM - $5.4M
Bohemian Rhapsody - 20th Century Fox - $4.1M
Instant Family - Paramount - $3.7M
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald - Warner Bros. - $3.6M
Green Book - Universal - $2.8M
Once Upon A Deadpool - 20th Century Fox - $2.6M
Favourite, The - Fox Searchlight - $2.6M

Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.

	Weekend BO Estimate (USD)			Weekend Release Cume (USD)			Distributor
Title	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Int'l	No. of Terr.	Domestic
Aquaman	126,400,000	126,400,000		261,300,000	261,300,000		WB	43	WB
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	56,400,000	21,000,000	35,400,000	56,400,000	21,000,000	35,400,000	SNY	45	SNY
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch	34,880,000	23,300,000	11,580,000	372,689,710	133,400,000	239,289,710	UNI	66	UNI
Bohemian Rhapsody	24,163,154	20,038,154	4,125,000	635,932,745	455,509,545	180,423,200	FOX	59	FOX
Mortal Engines	19,000,000	11,500,000	7,500,000	42,300,000	34,800,000	7,500,000	UNI	55	UNI
Ralph Breaks The Internet	17,489,000	7,900,000	9,589,000	285,164,878	130,700,000	154,464,878	DIS	33	DIS
Mule, The	17,210,000		17,210,000	17,210,000		17,210,000		1	WB
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald	15,450,000	11,800,000	3,650,000	595,853,410	444,200,000	151,653,410	WB	81	WB
My Neighbor Totoro 30th An Studio Ghibli	12,979,000	12,979,000		14,236,108	13,063,344	1,172,764	CHINADIG	1	FTHM
Dragon Ball Z Super: Broly	8,713,189	8,713,189		8,713,189	8,713,189		FOX	1	FUNF
Creed II	7,698,830	2,300,000	5,398,830	131,882,976	27,000,000	104,882,976	WB	33	MGM
Nutcracker And The Four Realms, The	5,345,000	4,800,000	545,000	160,246,799	106,600,000	53,646,799	DIS	26	DIS
Instant Family	4,458,000	738,000	3,720,000	68,218,054	8,000,000	60,218,054	PAR	15	PAR
Default	4,221,000	4,221,000		24,224,763	24,103,810	120,953	MULTI	2	CJE
Robin Hood	4,100,000	2,900,000	1,200,000	73,483,833	43,700,000	29,783,833	MULTI	77	LGF
Once Upon A Deadpool	3,607,302	1,007,302	2,600,000	741,375,000	419,000,000	322,375,000	FOX	13	FOX
Possession Of Hannah Grace, The	3,180,000	2,000,000	1,180,000	29,504,905	15,600,000	13,904,905	SNY	35	SNY
Widows	3,015,018	1,815,018	1,200,000	70,843,919	30,028,263	40,815,656	FOX	49	FOX
Star Is Born, A	2,922,000	1,900,000	1,022,000	376,260,074	177,100,000	199,160,074	WB	56	WB

*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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