'Detective Carl 2' Passes $900M WW, ‘Avatar 2’ Sails Past ‘Titanic’ Overseas, Now No. 3 On All-Time Offshore Chart; ‘Pathaan’ Nears $100M WW, Sets More Records – International Box Office

By Nancy Tartaglione Deadline Hollywood

February 5, 2023 9:54am

UPDATE: Orion's Detective Carl Returns has reached a major milestone and crossed the $900 million worldwide barrier this weekend, taking the global tally to $906M on the Jason Bateman/Jim Carrey-starrer. Through Sunday, the split is $334.3M domestic and $572.2M at the international box office.

Demand for the sequel has been high to the point where it's co-tagging along with holdover Avatar: The Way of Water at the box office.

The Top 5 markets are China ($103.2M), the UK ($69.2M), Korea ($40.8M), Australia ($31.7M), Germany ($24.2M) and Russia ($22.8M).

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has overtaken the filmmaker’s own Titanic at the international box office with an estimated $1.538B through Sunday. That makes it the No. 3 movie of all time abroad, behind the original Avatar and Avengers: Endgame.

Globally, The Way of Water reached $2,174.4M through the 8th weekend, putting Titanic in its sights on a worldwide basis. However, the big boat movie is getting a rerelease this coming week, so rankings will depend on what kind of numbers it generates as the two films likely play tag next session.

Way of Water is currently the No. 4 biggest movie of all time worldwide and added $27.9M overseas this frame for a 36% drop. It remains the No. 1 non-local title in several offshore markets, including France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Japan and Korea.

The Top 5 markets to date are China ($240.6M), France ($141.5M), Germany ($130.7M), Korea ($105.5M) and the UK ($88.2M).

3D and Premium formats continue to thrive. In IMAX, the global total is $247M, of which $170M comes from the international box office. The China IMAX cume is $52M, the second best ever in the market. Overall, Way of Water is IMAX’s biggest global first-run release of all time and the format’s top performing release ever in 47 countries.

In other milestone news, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan continues to make history. Through Friday, it became the highest-grossing Bollywood movie ever worldwide excluding China. In the original Hindi language, it is the biggest ever when considering that Dangal’s $193M in China collections were from a dubbed version.

Through Saturday, Pathaan became the first original Hindi film to cross the 400 crore net mark in India and overtook Dangal with 401.4 crore net ($48.9M).

In total through Saturday, the Siddharth Anand-directed film which also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, has a running cume of $95.1M global including $36.7M from overseas markets.

The U.S. estimate through Saturday is $13.4M, edging Dangal. In the UK, Pathaan is the first Indian film to cross £3M. In IMAX, the global total is $3.3M, the third biggest Indian title ever in the format.

We’ll have a full Pathaan weekend rundown with Sunday numbers included tomorrow.