‘Equalizer 3’ Clocks Franchise-Best WW Debut Office

By Nancy Tartaglione

September 3, 2023

Though Labor Day is upon us domestically — and its somewhat equivalents in many overseas markets to mark the end of summer — the hits keep coming as holds this session were strong on the season’s leaders while a new entry surprised. To wit, and starting with the latter: Sony/Escape Artists’ The Equalizer 3 blazed to a $60.6M global start this weekend, to clock the franchise’s best opening ever. Of that, the $26.1M debut in 49 international box office markets was also a new record bow for the Denzel Washington-led series.

The offshore start is 19% ahead of the previous installment and 29% ahead of the original in like-for-like markets at current exchange rates. And, there’s plenty of releases still to come including Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Korea in October.

Through this initial suite, the Top 5 markets are the UK ($3.5M), France ($2.8M), Germany ($2.4M), Spain ($1.7M) and Saudi Arabia ($1.6M).