Actor Hrithik Roshan-starrer 바카라˜Fighter바카라™ was the highest grossing film of the weekend at the global box office, with box office revenues of $25.1 million.
The film, directed by Siddharth Anand, whose previous film, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 바카라˜Pathaan바카라™, was one of the biggest Indian hits of 2023, also stars Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor, reports Variety.
바카라˜Fighter바카라™ revolves around the Indian Air Force and was released on January 25, ahead of Republic Day, a public holiday. The film depicts Indian conflicts with Pakistan and was banned across the Middle East where there is a large Pakistani migrant worker population.
'Fighter' released across 23 territories and recorded a $24.5 million worldwide weekend, with $20.8 million of that total earned in international territories, i.e. outside North America. Including the Thursday numbers, it had worldwide cumulative collections of $25.1 million, as per the data from ComScore.
In North America, 바카라˜Fighter바카라™ collected $3.7 million over the three-day weekend and $4.3 million over four days. In India, it collected $17.7 million over four days. In second place worldwide was Columbia Pictures바카라™ romantic comedy 바카라˜Anyone But You바카라™ with $19 million. After its sixth weekend on release the film has $127 million worldwide, with $71.1 million in North America.
As per Variety, in third position, Amazon MGM바카라™s Jason Statham action-thriller 바카라˜The Beekeeper바카라™ earned $18.3 million and has a worldwide cumulative box office of $104 million, including $42.2 million from North America after three weekends on release.
On the worldwide ranking, Warner Brothers바카라™ chocolatier origin story 바카라˜Wonka바카라™ starring Timothee Chalamet, placed fourth with $13.7 million. After seven weekends on release, the film has a sweet $552 million worldwide, including $195.1 million in North America.
Rounding off the top five was Searchlight바카라™s double Golden Globe-winning offbeat comedy 바카라˜Poor Things바카라™ distributed internationally by Disney, with $13.04 million. The film has collected $51 million worldwide, including $24.7 million in North America, after its eighth weekend on release.
