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After "Strong" Start, Warcraft Movie Now Poised to Make $30M From International Opening

Warcraft is pacing ahead of Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman in Russia.

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Video game movie Warcraft opened widely in international markets last night, pulling in $9.3 million from 11 regions, according to box office numbers posted today by Deadline.

The site described this as a "strong start," and an indication that the movie could make $30 million or more internationally this weekend. This would be ahead of projections in the area of $20 million.

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In one of 11 international markets, Germany, Warcraft become the biggest opening day for any movie released in the country this year with $2.2 million. The film pulled in $2.8 million in Russia, which was good for the second-best opening day of 2016, ahead of Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but behind Deadpool.

Warcraft ticket sales in France amounted to $1.5 million (for Wednesday and Thursday). The other international markets, whose box office numbers were not mentioned in the report, include Austria, Denmark, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lebanon, Switzerland, Thailand, and the UAE.

Warcraft will open in nine more countries this weekend, including Norway and Sweden. It comes to China on June 8, and ticket sales in that country could be boosted by the fact that popular Chinese actor Daniel Wu is in the movie, Deadline said. Wu plays Gul'dan in Warcraft.

The film comes to the US on June 10. A recent projection said it would make a modest $25 million during its opening weekend, placing it in third or fourth place

According to Variety, Warcraft had a budget of $160 million. Director Duncan Jones has in the past talked about ideas for two further movies, but also acknowledged that he may not get the chance if the first one comes up short.

"I don't think anyone is going to be disappointed after this," Jones said about Warcraft back in July 2015. "And if it goes well, I am pretty convinced that [Blizzard story and franchise director Chris Metzen] and I have a very good idea of what story we can tell in three films, given the opportunity."

Reviews for Warcraft have been mixed. You can check out what some of the critics are saying in our review roundup.

Warcraft stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Robert Kazinsky, Ben Foster, and Dominic Cooper.


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