As in recent weeks, we are still waiting at the international ticket office, pending further major studio releases. There have been a few milestones this session, however, and Japan has generally been a bright spot with a local photo One Piece Movie: Red and the continuous roar of Top Gun: Maverick while the market does most of the lifting to potentially push Jurassic World Dominion across the $1 billion mark worldwide.

Universal/Amblin’s six-film Jurassic franchise has crossed the $6 billion mark worldwide. The current slice, Jurassic World Dominionis now at a global count of $990.4 million until Sunday. As we noted last weekend, Japan was the last major market to exit, and perhaps the swing on whether the JWD dino-meter clicks over 1 billion. The market was the best holdout with a 25% drop in its 5th frame, for a local run-up of $40.9M.

At sea, JWD is at $615.7Mexceeding no time to die to become the 3rd highest-grossing Hollywood picture of the pandemic era overseas.

The has been new blood in foreign markets as an out-of-studio late summer romance tilted to heat the turnstiles and bother them: Voltage Pictures’ After always happythe fourth film in the YA franchise, rolling out to over 50 hubs, reporting $7.9M in his first arc. These include #1s in Germany, Netherlands and Russia (yes, Russia – more to come).

Overall, Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru led the offshore game with a $15 million weekend in 84 markets (-45%). The gang spent $500 million on Thursday overseas ($514M.1 until Sunday) and pushes the five films Despicable Me franchise over $3 billion internationally. The world total is now $868.9 million.

China hit $24.5 million in its second session, down just 43%. Despite local title competition, Gru and crew are 65% ahead of The villains at the same time of release, following only that title as the second-biggest import animation of 2022. ItalyThe second weekend of added another $2 million for a cumulative $9.5 million, exceeding the lifespan of Toy Story 4, Sing and monster university on the market.

Notable markets include the UK ($50.6 million), Germany ($30.8M), Japan ($30.3M) and France ($23.5 million).

sony High-speed train released another $9.4M (-36%) internationally to bring overseas cume to $95.4M and worldwide to $173.6M. The film had a soft opening in Korea that frame, with $908,000, despite a hero’s welcome from Brad Pitt who visited the market for the first time in eight years earlier this month. Korea was down overall with the top title Hunt adding $2.9 million to the FSS framework for a cumulative $28.6 million to date.

Universal Nope trotted in 20 other markets during the session for a total of 78. The weekend scared $8.3M (-54% in holdovers) for a $31.1M international cum. Global is now at $148.7M. Of that, IMAX accounts for $13.1 million.

Mexico debuted at $900,000 this weekend at No. 2 and takes 25% of the market. IMAX and 4D formats have surpassed the norm. The opening was over Jordan Peele We and get out. Japan tilted with $800,000, almost three times more than We and more than 3.5 times ahead get out.

Brazil marked the 4th biggest horror opening since the start of the pandemic with a No. 1 of $600,000, above Peele’s previous two titles. Saudi Arabia was a #1 launch with $500,000.

Leading overseas on Nope so far are the UK ($7.26M), Korea ($3.1M), France ($3M), Australia ($2.8M) and Germany ($1.6 million).

Still flying around the globe, Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick is now at $1.42 billion worldwide. It’s after a $6.7M weekend in 64 offshore markets (-24%) and with a $731.2M international cum. The UK is set to spend $100 million on Tom Cruise’s star anytime, currently at $99.7 million after a 14th session of $645,000 – a 5% increase from last week, which was itself 28% ahead of the previous frame.

Somewhere else, Japan dipped just 18% weekend over weekend and remained No. 2 in the frame for a total of $88.3 million to date. Behind Japan are Korea ($65.5M), Australia ($62.8M) and France ($55.9 million).

In IMAX, TGM grossed $104.7 million worldwide.

As for local language titles, Alibaba New Gods: Yang Jian was again the best film of China with an additional RMB of $88.1 million ($12.84 million) for a cumulative RMB 297 million ($43.3 million). The IMAX portion is $4 million.

In JapanToei One Piece Movie: Red became the 5th highest-grossing local title of all time for IMAX, grossing $5.3 million. Full box office figures are forthcoming, though the film crossed 10 billion yen ($72 million) late last week, the milestone’s second-fastest to market.

Coming this week, there are a handful of new local titles in China as the international rollout begins on IMAX versions of Steven Spielberg classics. Jaws and ET: The Extra-Terrestrial.

MISC UPDATED CUMES / NOTABLE

DC League of Super Pets (WB): $4.4m international weekend (71 markets); $72.4M international revenue / $146.5M worldwide
Dragon Ball Super: Super heroes (SNY/CRU): $4.2M international weekend (34 markets); $19.9 million international ($38.4 million, Japan via Toei) / $69.2 million worldwide
* Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet (PAR): $4.1 million international weekend (15 markets); $4.1M international revenue
The beast (UNI): $4m international weekend (60 markets); $16M International/$36.2M Worldwide
Where the Crawdads sing (SNY): $2.6m international weekend (23 markets); $24.7M international revenue / $106.6M worldwide
Thor: Love and Thunder (DIS): international weekend of $2.6 million (31 markets); $410.1M international revenue / $746.7M worldwide
Jurassic World: Dominion (UNI): international weekend of $2.1 million (86 markets); $615.7M International/$990.4M Worldwide
Elvis (WB): $1.9m international weekend (64 markets); $129.3M International/$276.7M Worldwide
*The invitation (SNY): $1.6m international weekend (19 markets); $1.6M international/$8.6M worldwide
The black phone (UNI): $686,000 international weekend (75 markets); $68M international revenue/$157.2M worldwide
*Denotes new