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The Disney tentpole has already earned $531 million worldwide.If anyone wondered whether lukewarm reviews would pose trouble for the opening weekend of , the answer is a no. Ditto for concern that audiences are fed up with Disney remakes; the movie scored the best start ever among its fellow stable of films after earning an A CinemaScore and glowing exit scores from ticket buyers.
In North America, the film skewed female by as much as 60 percent. The demo mix was 44 percent Caucasian, 22 percent African American, 20 percent Hispanic and 14 percent Asian/other, according to PostTrak. "It's a priority for us to bring different voices to the big screen," says Disney distribution chief Cathleen Taff. "That's what you saw with this amazing cast and the vision that Jon Favreau and Sean Bailey [Disney production president] brought to life. The story resonated across the board." has bitten off, in addition to helping reduce the year-to-date revenue deficit at the domestic box office from 9 percent to 7 percent.
That includes the second-biggest opening in Russia and Brazil , the fourth-biggest in Mexico and the fifth-biggest in Australia and India . And in all material markets, Favreau's film came in ahead of
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