‘Ico II’ Buzzes To $155M Overseas Through Friday; Has Eyes On $310M+ Opening Weekend

Through Friday, Sony’s Ico II put $155M in the piggy bank, for a likely $310M+ opening frame at the international box office. That would land it slightly above pre-weekend industry projections, with great starts in Latin America and despite soft — if not unexpected — results out of China (more on China below).

The fourquel is out in 91 markets repping all of the overseas footprint. China is leading the way with $60.2M Mexico is leading all play at $6.4M through yesterday with Brazil next at $5M and the UK at $3.9M. To get a sense of how well Latin America is leaning in, Brazil welcomed a new record on Thursday with Ico Ii roping $2.7M for the best opening day ever on an animated movie. In Argentina, Ico II drew the industry’s all-time biggest opening day in admissions, and was No. 2 in terms of box office. Mexico on Friday grabbed the biggest opening day ever for Sony and the No. 4 industry start of all time.