Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One Tops Box Office Chart

Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

Digital researcher comScore announced Sunday the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of April 1, 2018, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services.

As a provider of real-time box office reporting, comScore claims it is the only theater-level movie measurement and analytics company providing insights across the world’s largest markets, covering 95 percent of the global industry gross.

Using comScore’s suite of movie products, customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results from around the world, the company says.

It reports that Steven Spielberg‘s ‘Ready Player One’ had an impressive $128 million international debut for the weekend of April 1.

“Warner Bros.’ presentation of director Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ had a spectacular $128 million international debut while earning an estimated $61.7 million in China to rank number one in that key market as well as opening at the top spot in North America with $41.2 million for a global weekend tally of $181.2 million,” said comScore’s senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 1, are below.

Ready Player One – Warner Bros. – $169.2M

Pacific Rim Uprising – Multiple – $40.6M

Peter Rabbit – Sony – $34.1M

Black Panther – Disney – $19.0M

Tyler Perry’s Acrimony – Lionsgate – $17.1M

Tomb Raider – Warner Bros. – $16.7M

Baaghi 2 – Multiple – $15.8M

I Can Only Imagine – Multiple – $11.0M

Sherlock Gnomes – Paramount Pictures – $9.5M

Wrinkle In Time, A – Disney – $9.5M

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum – Showbox / Mediaplex Inc. – $8.5M

Nothing To Lose (Part 1) – Downtown files/Paris Filmes – $7.1M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 1, are below.

Ready Player One – Warner Bros. – $41.2M

Tyler Perry’s Acrimony – Lionsgate – $17.1M

Black Panther – Disney – $11.3M

I Can Only Imagine – Roadside Attractions – $10.8M

Pacific Rim Uprising – Universal – $9.2M

Sherlock Gnomes – Paramount – $7.0M

Love, Simon – 20th Century Fox – $4.8M

Tomb Raider – Warner Bros. – $4.7M

Wrinkle In Time, A – Disney – $4.7M

Paul, Apostle Of Christ – Sony – $3.5M

Isle Of Dogs – Fox Searchlight – $2.8M

God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness – Pure Flix – $2.6M

Content is produced and/or compiled by comScore and its Box Office Essentials and International Box Office Essentials data collection and analytical services.

comScore is a leading cross-platform measurement company that measures audiences, brands and consumer behavior.

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