May 16, 2016 – “The Angry Birds Movie” landed in 74 markets this weekend, which represent an estimated 63% of the total international release. Grossing an outstanding $43-M, the film knocked “Captain America: Civil War” off the perch as the #1 film in 37 of these markets.
For the same nest of markets at current rates, and without the benefit of school vacations or holidays, “The Angry Birds Movie” outdistanced such big animated titles as “The Croods” (by 9%), “The Lego Movie” (20%), “Rio” (14%), and “How to Train Your Dragon” (45%).
Strong critical reception and great word of mouth ignited the box office on Saturday as “The Angry Birds Movie” displayed huge increases from Friday, suggesting a long successful run for the film. Next weekend these birds will soar to even greater heights with highly anticipated launches in the U.S., China and South Korea.
Grosses to date of the top markets are led by Russia – $5.7M, UK – $3.0M, Germany – $2.9M, Mexico – $2.9M, Brazil – $2.7M, Spain – $2.1M, Australia – $2.0M, France – $1.9M, Peru – $1.4M and Argentina – $1.4M.
In the Philippines, the mobile-game-turned-big-screen-adventure posted an outstanding opening weekend gross of P39.85-M, exceeding first weekends of “Zootopia” (by 48%), “Rio” (60%), “The LEGO Movie” (65%), “The Croods” (76%), “How to Train Your Dragon” (378%) and “Peanuts Movie” (398%).
Upcoming key market releases include S. Korea (19-May), China (20-May), Italy (15-Jun) and Japan (1-Oct).
In the 3D animated comedy, “The Angry Birds Movie,” we’ll finally find out why the birds are so angry.
The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.
Featuring a hilarious, all-star voice cast that includes Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph and Peter Dinklage, as well as Keegan-Michael Key, Kate McKinnon, Tony Hale, Ike Barinholtz, Hannibal Buress, Jillian Bell, Danielle Brooks, Latin music sensation Romeo Santos, and YouTube stars Smosh (Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla), the Columbia Pictures/Rovio Entertainment film is directed by Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis, produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder, screenplay by Jon Vitti, and executive produced by Mikael Hed and David Maisel.
Now playing across the Philippines, “Angry Birds” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
