CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline Hollywood reports:

Apple Original Films’ F1 has raced to a $144M global launch, including $88.4M from 78 international box office markets. The starts for the Brad Pitt-starrer are higher than projected coming into the weekend, and mark the biggest openings to date for an Apple title.

In 74 out of 78 overseas markets, the Joseph Kosinski-directed Formula 1 movie was the No. 1 U.S. film. This is Pitt’s 2nd best start ever in like-for-like markets, behind only World War Z.

Let’s first give a zombie huzzah to Danny Boyle and Sony’s 28 Years Later which crossed the century mark globally this weekend, reaching $103M worldwide to become the biggest grosser of the franchise.

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