Aquaman Races Past $250 Million At International Box Office

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By Sam Stone

Published Dec 16, 2018

Aquaman continues to perform well at the foreign box office bringing its total earnings over $250 million a week before its wide American release.

A week before Aquaman has its wide release in the United States, the latest DCEU film continues to do big business overseas.

Over the weekend, the DC Comics film earned $126.4 million at the foreign box office, bringing its current combined earnings to $261.3 million. The underwater superhero epic had passed the $200 million mark just yesterday, with China remaining the biggest market for the film to date.

Coming out of its second weekend in China, the film has earned $189.2 million in the country making it the fourth highest earning superhero film of all time in China, behind this year's Avengers: Infinity War and Venom as well as 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron; it is already the highest earning Warner Bros. film in the country to date.

With the film already outpacing Infinity War and Black Panther for domestic advance ticket sales online, the studio's tentative plans for a sequel are becoming more and more a distinct possibility.

Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Amber Heard as Mera, Patrick Wilson as Ocean Master, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus and Nicole Kidman as Queen Atlanna. The film opens on December 21 nationwide.

(via Variety)