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‘Gladiator 2’ Has Claimed Victory Over a Goliath Global Box Office Milestone

Dec 6, 2024


While Gladiator 2 has perhaps fallen into the shadow of bigger box office goliaths like Moana 2 and Wicked, the film has still earned a respectable haul, despite its $250 million budget. After a successful Tuesday that saw Gladiator 2 haul in $2.9 million, the legacy sequel has officially crossed the $325 million mark at the global box office. Gladiator 2’s split is heavily skewed towards its international earnings, with $208 million coming from foreign markets and $116 million from domestic earnings. While the film’s total gross is now $75 million over its reported production budget, Gladiator 2 also reportedly featured a marketing budget of around $100 million, meaning the film would need to gross over $400 million to be a profit for Paramount Pictures, tough numbers to reach with such hefty competition.

Gladiator 2 is currently the 17th highest-grossing movie of the year at the domestic box office, recently passing Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Alien: Romulus, while still falling more than $20 million short of Venom: The Last Dance and A Quiet Place: Day One. Gladiator 2 also became the highest-grossing movie of Denzel Washington’s career after its second weekend in theaters, and the film also recently lifted director Ridley Scott past Tim Burton on the list of the highest-grossing directors of all time. Gladiator 2 has its international haul to thank for its most impressive feat, which was recently passing Bad Boys: Ride or Die to become one of the top 15 highest-grossing movies of the year internationally. If it can earn another $18 million in foreign markets, Gladiator 2 will climb past Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

‘Gladiator 2’ Is in Third With No Chance of Climbing Higher

Gladiator 2 finished its second weekend in U.S. theaters in the #3 spot, $50 million behind the second-place competitor in Wicked, which grossed a whopping $81 million during its second weekend in theaters, only a 28% drop from the weekend before. Gladiator 2 also fell more than $100 million short of the top spot, with Moana 2 breaking records in its debut over the Thanksgiving holiday on its way to earning over $139 million during the three-day weekend and more than $220 million over the five-day break.

Gladiator 2 is now playing in theaters everywhere. Stay tuned to Collider for future box office updates on the film and find tickets below for a showtime near you.

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.Cast Paul Mescal , Pedro Pascal , Denzel Washington , Connie Nielsen , Joseph Quinn , Fred Hechinger , Derek Jacobi , May Calamawy , Peter Mensah , Matt Lucas , Alexander Karim , Tim McInnerny , Lee Charles , Chidi Ajufo , Alfie Tempest , Riana Duce , Chi Lewis Parry , Paul Candelent , Hadrian Howard , Alexander Simkin , Mikhail Basmadjian , Matthew Charlery-Smith , Maxime Durand , Lior Raz Runtime 148 minutes Writers David Scarpa , Peter Craig , David Franzoni Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures Expand

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