International Box Office Top 100 of 2018: Another Record Year, but Rise Is Slight
By Dave McNary
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – International box office ticked up 1% over 2017 to a record $29.8 billion, helping to drive worldwide moviegoing up 2.7% to a new high-water mark of $41.7 billion. Most of the global increase came from North America, which surged 7% to $11.9 billion. “Avengers: Infinity War” became the seventh film to gross more than $1 billion internationally, with $1.37 billion. In all, 40 foreign titles hit the top 100 (23 of them from China), led by “Operation Red Sea” with more than $611 million — good enough for the sixth spot on the year’s international chart.
| Rank | Title (Distrib) | Domestic B.O. |
| 1. | (Disney) | $1,369,544,150 |
| 2. | Jurassic World: … Kingdom (U) | $891,740,973 |
| 3. | Black Panther (Disney) | $648,313,144 |
| 4. | Venom (Sony) | $642,239,919 |
| 5. | Incredibles 2 (Disney) | $634,164,141 |
| 6. | Operation Red Sea^ (China) | $611,516,097 |
| 7. | Aquaman* (WB) | $602,041,078 |
| 8. | Mission: Impossible — Fallout (Par) | $570,956,000 |
| 9. | Detective Chinatown 2 (China) | $530,160,486 |
| 10. | Bohemian Rhapsody* (Fox) | $519,253,170 |
| 11. | Fantastic Beasts: … Grindelwald* (WB) | $470,900,000 |
| 12. | Dying to Survive^ (China) | $463,140,547 |
| 13. | Ready Player One (WB) | $443,300,000 |
| 14. | Deadpool 2 (Fox) | $418,042,433 |
| 15. | Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney) | $406,000,000 |
| 16. | The Meg (WB) | $384,400,000 |
| 17. | Hello Mr. Billionaire^ (China) | $373,058,588 |
| 18. | Hotel Transylvania 3 (Sony) | $359,799,895 |
| 19. | Monster Hunt 2^ (H.K.-China) | $354,261,277 |
| 20. | Rampage (WB) | $325,400,000 |
| 21. | Jumanji: … Jungle† (Sony) | $319,228,789 |
| 22. | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (U) | $272,751,112 |
| 23. | Fifty Shades Freed (U) | $270,942,859 |
| 24. | The Nun (WB) | $247,400,000 |
| 25. | Skyscraper (U) | $236,307,258 |
| 26. | Peter Rabbit (Sony) | $235,964,767 |
| 27. | Pacific Rim: Uprising (U) | $231,055,623 |
| 28. | Maze Runner: The Death Cure (Fox) | $230,229,298 |
| 29. | Tomb Raider (WB) | $215,700,000 |
| 30. | Coco† (Disney) | $213,716,573 |
| 31. | Us and Them^ (China) | $212,962,939 |
| 32. | The Grinch (U) | $207,855,851 |
| 33. | The Greatest Showman† (Fox) | $200,043,432 |
| 34. | The Island^ (China) | $197,883,447 |
| 35. | Project Gutenberg^ (H.K.) | $190,223,257 |
| 36. | A Star Is Born* (WB) | $188,000,000 |
| 37. | Ralph Breaks the Internet (Disney) | $185,616,461 |
| 38. | Qian Ren 3^† (China) | $182,551,218 |
| 39. | Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney) | $171,359,986 |
| 40. | Johnny English 3* (U.K.-France-U.S.) | $149,769,185 |
| 41. | Ocean’s 8 (WB) | $146,782,145 |
| 42. | How Long Will I Love U^ (China) | $140,322,634 |
| 43. | A Quiet Place (Par) | $137,706,169 |
| 44. | Star Wars: The Last Jedi† (Disney) | $135,703,763 |
| 45. | Smallfoot (WB) | $130,800,000 |
| 46. | The Shape of Water† (Fox) | $125,792,881 |
| 47. | Spider-Man: …Spider-Verse* (Sony) | $125,040,089 |
| 48. | The Monkey King 3: … Women^ (H.K.) | $116,197,688 |
| 49. | Forever Young^ (China) | $114,747,303 |
| 50. | Secret Superstar^† (India) | $114,225,136 |
| 51. | The Nutcracker … Realms (Disney) | $114,180,454 |
| 52. | Cool Fish^ (China) | $113,490,998 |
| 53. | Ferdinand† (Fox) | $112,345,259 |
| 54. | The Predator (Fox) | $109,517,426 |
| 55. | Detective Conan: … Enforcer^ (Japan) | $108,835,015 |
| 56. | Red Sparrow (Fox) | $104,698,129 |
| 57. | Along With the Gods: … ^† (S. Korea) | $103,062,870 |
| 58. | Christopher Robin (Disney) | $98,020,000 |
| 59. | The Post (U) | $97,865,999 |
| 60. | Three Billboards … † (Fox) | $97,182,244 |
| 61. | Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink^ (China) | $94,503,546 |
| 62. | Mary Poppins Returns* (Disney) | $92,639,365 |
| 63. | Bumblebee* (Par) | $92,402,935 |
| 64. | Insidious: The Last Key (Sony) | $92,127,835 |
| 65. | Halloween (U) | $90,859,367 |
| 66. | Shadow^ (China) | $90,599,397 |
| 67. | Detective Dee: … Kings^ (China) | $90,438,167 |
| 68. | The Equalizer 2 (Sony) | $88,316,700 |
| 69. | Hello, Mrs. Money ^ (China) | $86,653,038 |
| 70. | Hidden Man^ (China) | $86,621,005 |
| 71. | Doraemon the Movie: … Island^ (Japan) | $85,295,332 |
| 72. | Darkest Hour† (U.K.) | $83,421,273 |
| 73. | Code Blue: The Movie^ (Japan) | $83,102,023 |
| 74. | Wonder^† (Various) | $82,657,177 |
| 75. | iPartment the Movie^ (China) | $80,844,599 |
| 76. | Animal World^ (China) | $76,766,585 |
| 77. | Amazing China^ (China) | $74,580,067 |
| 78. | Kill Mobile^ (China) | $73,909,656 |
| 79. | The Commuter^ (Various) | $70,009,989 |
| 80. | The First Purge (U) | $67,164,258 |
| 81. | L Storm^ (H.K.) | $66,429,127 |
| 82. | Crazy Rich Asians (WB) | $64,500,000 |
| 83. | Sanju^ (India) | $63,625,813 |
| 84. | Shoplifters^* (Japan) | $62,745,410 |
| 85. | Alpha^ (Sony) | $61,063,789 |
| 86. | The House With a Clock … Walls* (U) | $60,334,179 |
| 87. | A or B^ (China) | $56,335,297 |
| 88. | First Man* (U) | $54,135,522 |
| 89. | Go Brother!^ (China) | $54,124,716 |
| 90. | Truth or Dare (U) | $53,712,186 |
| 91. | Cry Me a Sad River^ (China) | $51,285,767 |
| 92. | La Ch’tite famille^ (France) | $50,923,029 |
| 93. | Golden Job^ (H.K.) | $48,851,099 |
| 94. | Les Tuche 3^ (France) | $48,451,519 |
| 95. | Searching (Sony) | $47,568,316 |
| 96. | Mortal Engines* (New Zealand-U.S.) | $47,140,798 |
| 97. | Sherlock Gnomes (Par) | $46,582,329 |
| 98. | Robin Hood^* (Various) | $44,940,105 |
| 99. | Goosebumps 2: … (Sony) | $44,843,728 |
| 100. | Bajrangi Bhaijaan^ (India) | $44,599,149 |
| ^Unofficial Cume *Still in release as of publication †2017-18 crossover title Source: comScore | ||
