Edge of Tomorrow may be getting a soft reception domestically so far in late night Thursdays, but Tom Cruise is still a big international draw. The sci-fi actioner directed by Doug Liman, bowed in China and Russia to No. 1 and to a record-breaker for its star Tom Cruise in Russia. The Warner Bros.' film marks the biggest opening ever for Cruise in that territory, beating MI4 by a whopping 67% there. Specifically, it nabbed $1.4M on over 1,600 screens. Russia was the No. 2 market for Cruise's Oblivion, grossing a total of $19.2M there last year.
The film, which also stars Emily Blunt, grossed a total of $8M on Thursday, bringing its total international cume since bowing last weekend to $41M. China grabbed $6.7M from 4,000 runs taking 57% of the market share there. The opening of the film exceeded Cruise's last outing there ( Oblivion) by 150%. China was the No. 1 market for Oblivion, which ended up grossing a total of $23.7M in China when it opened there last year. The picture went on to gross $198.4M at the end of its international run.
In China, Edge of Tomorrow also bested such heavy hitters as Gravity by 46% and exceeded the opening day of the first Hobbit by over 20%. The opening day is on par with the studio's Harry Potter 7B which grossed over $60M and is 4% higher than Sony's Men in Black 2, which went on to gross over $80M. Those are the comps.
There is a 5-day holiday weekend in Korea so box officer there is expected to be stronger. So far, its grabbed $5.8M with a Thursday take of $1.9M on 681 screens.
The United Arab Emirates also opened to a strong No. 1 with $410K on 81 screens, marking the second biggest opening ever for Cruise. MI4 remains the biggest which is not surprising as it was partially filmed there and the World Premiere took place at the Dubai Film Festival.
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