AlthoughGladiator 2hasn’t been as big of a hit as Paramount would’ve liked, especially considering the film came with a $250 million budget, one of the biggest of the year. However, it has still grossed enough to earn a spot on some top box office lists of the year, including recently becomingone of the top 15 highest-grossing movies of the year domestically.Ridley Scott’s legacy sequel had its work cut out for it reaching this list, as it had to passVenom: The Last DanceandThe Wild Robotto do it, but it entered the arena againstTom Hardy’s superhero flick andLupita Nyong’o’s animated darling and came out victorious.Gladiator 2has grossed $145 million domestically and $252 million internationally for a worldwide total of $398 million.
After premiering one week earlier in international markets than it did in the United States, much ofGladiator 2’s box office success is due to its whopping international total. In addition to being in the #14 spot for the highest-grossing movies of the year domestically,Gladiator 2is also the 14th-highest-grossing movie of the year in foreign markets, with its $252 million total just being enough to surpassAlien: Romulus, but still falling more than $80 million short ofVenom 3, which it has already passed domestically.Gladiator 2is also just outside the top 30 on the list of the highest-grossing historical fiction movies of all time, defeatingThe Great GatsbyandThe Godfatherthis past weekend and now setting its sights onDjango UnchainedandLes Misérables.
How Does ’Gladiator 2’s Box Office Stack Up to the Original?
The short answer: not well.Gladiator 2has still yet to reach the domestic or international total of the original, despite the first film being released 24 years ago.Gladiator(2000) hauled in $187 million at the domestic box office and $263 million in foreign markets to bring its worldwide haul to $451 million, a total whichGladiator 2is still more than $50 million behind.Gladiator 2has been steadily tapering off at the box office the last few weekends, dropping anywhere between 35 and 60% each week, but the film still has a chance to overcomeRussell Crowe’s original, especially at the international box office.
Gladiator 2is still playing in theaters everywhere. Stay tuned to Collider for futurebox office updates on the filmand find tickets below for a showtime near you.
Gladiator II
Lucius Verus, the son of Maximus’s beloved Lucilla, returns to Rome after years in the wilderness. Captured by Roman forces led by General Marcus Acacius, he is thrust into the gladiatorial arena. As he battles for survival, he encounters Macrinus, a former slave-turned-merchant, and faces the corrupt twin emperors Caracalla and Geta.
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