Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 broke a box office record, grossing $87 million over the weekend. The Guardian reports this.
The film was screened in 63 countries and had a particularly good box office in France: $10.3 million in 729 theaters. At the same time, the film has not yet been released in the US, Canada and China, but has already become the highest-grossing debut of all the director’s films.
At the same time, Scott’s new film did not become a record release in 2024. Thus, during the first weekend, the film “Dune: Part Two” grossed $97 million, Pixar’s animated film “Inside Out 2” earned $140 million and Disney’s “Deadpool and Wolverine” earned $233 million.
As reported EADailyThe premiere of the sequel to the 2000 cult film took place on October 18 and the film will be released in American theaters on November 22. The events of the second part take place more than two decades after the events of Maximus, whose role in the first part was played by Russell Crowe.
