‘Back Rooms’ $118M, ‘Obsession’ $148M, ‘Michael’ Near $900M

Back rooms it was not just a national sensation, but the opening of A24 in more than 30 countries in Latin America, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, South Korea, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Taiwan, Israel and Turkey.
As we told you, the global came in $118M of the Kane Parsons film, its $36M they come from abroad. As for that foreign take, the first opening weekend of this year’s biggest horror picture, Paramount’s, has passed. Shout out 7which was $33.1M. The start of the world here is also coming Shout out 7A franchise record debut of $97.1M WW—which was the biggest opening of 2026 for a horror film.
As opposed to other computers, Back rooms extremely Weapons (+62%), Shout out 7 (+22%), Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (+5%) and End point: Bloodlines (+4%), all open to the international steps of their first frames.
LatAM led all territories with $12.7M, the No. 1 picture. 1 in the region overall, more than 3x the opening of A24’s previous biggest title. In Latin America Shout out 7 it was $7.7M in its first frame.
In the UK, the film also ranked #1 overall with $5.6M. Not only is it the highest-grossing opening weekend for an A24 title in the region, but also the best opening of the year so far, Shout out 7it is $5.3M.
Back rooms it also led Australia/New Zealand with $4.4M, making it the second-worst grosser of the decade and nearly doubling the previous big opening weekend for A24. Shout out 7 it made $2.5M there in Australia in its first frame back at the end of February.
Another local shout out Back rooms is South Korea ($2.7M / No. 2, but beating Mandalorian and Grogu‘s No. 3 $1M take), Middle East ($2.4M /No. 2), Scandinavia ($2.2M / No. 1) and Italy ($2M/No. 1, before Shout out 7$1.8M).
Next weekend, the movie directed by Kane Parsons opens its doors in Spain, Russia and the CIS, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Slovenia. France, Germany, Poland and Belgium will follow two weeks later.
Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver in ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ (2026)
Walt Disney Studios Animation
Disney’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and the Grogu saw an international weekend of $27.8M at 52 locations, down 53%. The entire weekend of the world was there $52.8Mincluding a $25M, -69% fall in North America. Running around the world $246.6M with $109.2M from abroad, $137.4M domestic.
Disney says Mando and Baby Yoda remains the top non-local movie this weekend in France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, NZ, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The revised total is UK ($15M), Germany ($11.2M), Japan ($9.6M), China ($9.2M), Australia ($7.7M), France ($7.1M), Mexico ($5.9M), Spain ($3.9M), Italy ($2.9M) and Poland ($2.1M).

Inde Navarrette in ‘Obsession’
Features Focus/Everett Tribute Collection
YouTube fever is not just a North American phenomenon, but worldwide with Focus Features’ Infatuation grinding $40.2M from both Universal and non-Universal locations this weekend, after eight new markets opened for a total of 45 locations. Global for the Curry Barker movie has stopped $148M; has a way to go before being laid off London Has Fallen ($206M) and Downton Abbey ($195M) as Focus’ highest-grossing movie of all time. Well, in the US, horror romance is the best Focus has ever seen.
The entire outdoor weekend is open Infatuation is something $13.8M ($10.6M from 45 Uni locations, and $3.2M from 11 non-Uni markets) and amazing $26.4M the third weekend held stateside. While the domestic is +10% in the 3rd weekend, the international is up an impressive +39%.
Uni territory India posted a great weekend of $900K on 362 screens, 1 MPA title in the market, ahead of all important: more than double Weaponsmore than 3x They are sinners again The Invisible Manand more than 6x Long Legs again talk to me. Israel opened to $300K on 29 screens, ranked No. 2 on Thursday and Friday before passing Back rooms on Saturday to claim the No. The beginning here is above M3GAN, Black Phone, The Invisible Man and more than double Get out, talk to me, Weapons again Don’t Talk Bad. The Philippines was also strong with a $300K opening on 37 screens, launched on a national holiday on Wednesday and the top MPA film in the market. That gross is past life time Don’t Talk Bad, thing, again Black Phone. The opening is also very high The Invisible Man, Long Legsand more than double talk to me.
Holdings in Uni markets include UK and Ireland with $2M and $9M runs, surpassing lifetime Genetics again Don’t Talk Badand having gone before Black Phone again Something. It is also the highest grossing photo location of the coast. Mexico’s $1.3M third weekend had Thursday and Friday more than double last week’s total with a $3.1M cume (picture’s fourth-highest to date), ahead of that. Smile 2, Genetics again Get out at the same time. Weekend 2 UAE $900K boosted by Eid al-Adha holidays with $2M cume, above Weapons at the same time, past the lifetime of many articles including Black Phone, Smile 2, Don’t Talk Bad, Long Legs again Get out. Saudi Arabia is $700K the second frame of the $1.7M cume above The Invisible Man and almost twice talk to mewho has passed the lifetime of Don’t Talk Bad again Long Legs.
In non-EU markets, Infatuation made $2.1M third frame in Australia, +80% from last weekend for a total run of $5.5M (second highest grossing film). France added $900K in the third weekend for a $4.3M cume to date (third highest grossing country for the pic). Germany and Spain will follow on June 25 and 26, followed by Japan on July 17 and Korea on August 26.

Rhyan Hill as Tito Jackson, Tre’ Horton as Marlon, Jaafar Jackson as Michael, Joseph David Jones as Jackie and Jamal Henderson as Jermaine in ‘Michael’
Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur
Lionsgate and Universal’s Michael continues to be more epic than Epic Records with a worldwide history $846.2M$339.9M and more than half a billion overseas with $506.3M. And Japan is not open yet. It looks really good for producer Graham King to beat his box office records Michael perfect for dancing Bohemian Rhapsody‘s $911M is the all-time record for a musical biopic.
Global weekend of Michael it was $31.8M with $20.1M from 83 offshore locations and 8,304 locations in its sixth weekend.
Notable among Antoine Fuqua’s many targets is a UK 6th weekend of $2.3M, despite a hot weather attack with a cume of $64.7M, early on. Bohemian Rhapsody. Australia with a nice sixth frame of $1.8M and a $29M cume and in addition to the Freddy Mercury biopic and Oppenheimer. Brazil with $1.5M and a cume of $30.5M, passing Despicable Me 4 to become Universal’s highest-grossing movie of all time. Korea added $1.3M to the $10.3M cume. Sixth weekend in France is $1.2M for a total of nearly $51M, yes, before both. Oppenheimer again Bohemian Rhapsody. Mexico has $1.1M of a $30.6M cume, ahead of both of those comps. Germany, Jackson’s most visited country, is $1.1M in its 6th weekend with a cume of $31.7M before that. Rhap.

20th Century Studios/Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2 he did a $19.2M the fifth frame of the world with $13.3M from 52 offshore markets and $5.9M domestic for global cume $641.6M, $432.2M of that from international markets. The movie topped the non-local release this weekend in Georgia and Taiwan and is the second non-local release in Germany, Japan, Bosnia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Top destinations are UK ($43.4M), Italy ($36.6M), Brazil ($31.4M), Germany ($29.7M), Japan ($28.7M), Mexico ($28.2M), Australia ($27.9M), France ($24.7M), China ($15M) and Spain ($11.8M).
We will have more international updates for you tom’w.
Update on the world’s top movies of 2026 until May 31:
- The Super Mario Galaxy movie (University) $991.7M WW ($564.7M Intl, $427M domestic)
- Michael (Uni/LG) $846.2M (see breakdown above)
- Project Hail Mary (Amz) $677.7M ($335.4M Int’l, $342.3M local)
- Pegasus 3 (China release) $653.9M
- The Devil Wears Prada 2 (dis) $641.6M (see breakdown above)



