Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of fastest-grossing films" in English language version.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The Birth of a Nation, costing an unprecedented and, many believed, thoroughly foolhardy $110,000, eventually returned $20 million and more. The actual figure is hard to calculate because the film was distributed on a "states' rights" basis in which licenses to show the film were sold outright. The actual cash generated by The Birth of a Nation may have been as much as $50 million to $100 million, an almost inconceivable amount for such an early film.
After setting new records for opening day and opening weekend in a single market (February 12–14), Wanda Pictures' Detective Chinatown 3 has grossed RMB 3.56B ($551 million) through Wednesday. It is not only far and away the top movie of the year globally, but is also nearly 20% bigger than 2020's top worldwide title, China's The Eight Hundred — and this after just six days of play, with more to come.
Global Tuesday was $58.5M. Overseas running total is $387.3M for a running WW total of $555.9M.
the running gross is RMB 7.58B ($1.04B) as of 11:30am Beijing time on Sunday
Current Maoyan estimates have the title at RMB 8B ($1.1B) through today in China.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is having a joyous holiday as it is now officially the first movie of the pandemic era to pass the $1B mark at the global box office. [...] No Way Home got to the mark in just 12 days, ultimately crossing early Sunday [...] This lifts the offshore cume in 61 overseas markets to $587.1M for the No. 5 spot of the year. The drop over the Christmas frame was 57%, and there's plenty of runway ahead globally, along with Japan which releases on January 7. The domestic cume is $467.3M.
The worldwide total through Tuesday is $1,029.8M.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water, as expected (see below), has exceeded $1.5B globally with Wednesday's figures included. The running total through yesterday is $1,516.5M
In 63 overseas markets this session, the Jon Watts-directed phenom added $64.4M to bring its running international box office total to $867.5M.
Inside Out 2 topped $1.5B global this weekend with $1,505.6M.
The mega-achievement was presaged ahead of the weekend with the global gross on the 20th Century Studios/Disney sequel now $2.024B through Sunday.
Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home charted the second best opening day in the history of the domestic box office with $121.5M (including $50M previews)
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)The Enlight release earned RMB1.98 billion ($275.3 million) over the Feb. 14–16 weekend, bringing its total to $1.64 billion, according to Artisan Gateway.
the running gross is RMB 7.58B ($1.04B) as of 11:30am Beijing time on Sunday
Current Maoyan estimates have the title at RMB 8B ($1.1B) through today in China.
The Enlight release earned RMB1.98 billion ($275.3 million) over the Feb. 14–16 weekend, bringing its total to $1.64 billion, according to Artisan Gateway.