Refresh for latest …: Paul Thomas Anderson ’s One Battle After Another came out swinging with a $48.5M global start, the biggest of the iconic filmmaker’s career. Included in the worldwide total, the Leonardo DiCaprio -starrer from Warner Bros grossed $26.1M in 74 international box office markets, slightly higher than the pre-opening projection.

This is also PTA’s biggest launch weekend in 68 of those overseas markets, including France, Germany, Italy, UK, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.

Overall overseas and in like-for-likes using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking above Argo (+104%), Sinners (+55%), Killers of the Flower Moon (+10%) and The Departed (+8%).

Regionally, OBAA is PTA’s best opening across Europe (note that in France, the movie has a fanta

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