Warner Bros/Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 opened to $46 million worldwide, launching with $30 million domestically and $16 million from overseas markets.

The sequel to the Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman 1990s property remains a U.S.-driven play, with the domestic market expected to supply the bulk of its box office. Internationally, however, the start landed below the studio’s hoped-for $18 million-$23 million range across 77 territories.

Stateside tracking had been more bullish, with expectations that Practical Magic 2 could approach $38 million and possibly reach $40 million. Its actual $30 million domestic debut instead put it closer to Bullock’s Lost City, while reinforcing the limits of a cult 1990s female-skewing property rather than a breakout on the scale expected for something like Devil Wears Prada 2.

As a global comparison point, Freakier Friday opened to $44.5 million worldwide, including $15.5 million abroad and $28.5 million domestic. By that measure, Practical Magic 2 is in the same general corridor, even if it did not deliver the kind of post-Labor Day surge Warner Bros. has seen from titles including the It franchise, Conjuring: Last Rites and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

The strongest overseas launch came from the U.K., where Practical Magic 2 opened to $3.9 million. That result was in line with the $3.5 million start for Lost City, which finished at $13.5 million there, and ahead of Freakier Friday’s $2.3 million opening, before that film ended at $12.1 million.

Australia followed with $2.2 million, topping the $1.3 million start for Freakier Friday in that market. Overall, the sequel’s best traction came in English-speaking markets.

Mexico opened to $1.2 million, below Lost City’s $2 million and Freakier Friday’s $2.7 million. Germany delivered $770,000, under Lost City’s $1.4 million but ahead of Freakier Friday’s $549,000. Spain contributed $651,000, similar to Lost City, while France posted $569,000, below Lost City’s $2.5 million. Other starts included Brazil with $528,000, Italy with $487,000, Poland with $315,000, UAE with $270,000, Holland with $253,000 and New Zealand with $237,000.

Lost City ultimately finished with $105.3 million domestic and $87.5 million international, for $192.9 million worldwide, though its first overseas weekend was staggered.

‘The Odyssey’ Keeps Climbing

Elsewhere at the global box office, Universal’s The Odyssey added $34.4 million in its ninth weekend from 85 territories, bringing its worldwide total to $1.68 billion. The Christopher Nolan film has become Universal’s highest-grossing theatrical release ever, overtaking Jurassic World.

Of the weekend total, $27 million came from offshore markets, including the film’s official opening weekend in Japan. There, The Odyssey earned $4.1 million at 360 screens, a figure that includes a week of Imax previews. Imax in Japan accounted for $2.5 million across previews and the weekend. The standard three-day opening was well above Oppenheimer and more than double Dune: Part Two.

Domestically, The Odyssey grossed $7.4 million in third place, down 43%, for a $600 million running total, with Imax screens continuing to support the run.

Korea added $5.2 million for a total of $87.6 million, with the film holding as the market’s clear No. 1 title. It is estimated to have surpassed the lifetime gross of Avengers: Endgame there, becoming Korea’s third-biggest Hollywood film of all time and Universal’s biggest film ever in the market.

China delivered $3.7 million in the film’s fifth frame, lifting the market total to $104.3 million. The movie remains Nolan’s second-biggest title there and is performing in line with Interstellar at the same point.

Germany saw a strong hold, aided by discounted tickets during Kinofest, with $1.6 million for a $61.8 million total. France added $1.3 million for $88.8 million, making The Odyssey the fourth-biggest MPA title of all time in the country and Universal’s biggest there. In the U.K., Nolan’s homeland, the film grossed $1.2 million for a $113.7 million running total and now stands among the top 10 movies ever in the U.K. and Ireland.

As Imax’s highest-grossing movie ever, The Odyssey has generated $506 million worldwide for the format. Its ninth Imax weekend brought in $14.6 million globally, including $4.5 million domestic, which represented 61% of its domestic weekend, for a U.S./Canada Imax total of $215.2 million. International Imax added $10.2 million for a $290.9 million total. Imax 70MM grosses were $3.2 million for the weekend, pushing that format’s total to $78.8 million.

Oasis Doc Finds Its Crowd

Disney’s concert documentary Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger opened to $8.2 million worldwide, with $1.4 million domestic and $6.8 million overseas. Imax accounted for 71% of the film’s domestic weekend.

In the band’s home country of the U.K., the documentary opened at No. 2 with $3.6 million, by far its top foreign territory. The top five theaters for Saturday were Vue Manchester Printworks, BFI IMAX, Showcase Glasgow East, Cineworld Glasgow Silverburn and Cineworld Ashton-Under-Lyne. Imax drove 14% of the U.K. gross as of the end of Saturday.

Elsewhere, the doc opened within the top five among MPA titles in multiple markets, including No. 1 in Thailand with $200,000, No. 3 in Japan with $400,000, No. 4 in Korea with $100,000, Indonesia and New Zealand, and No. 5 in Italy with $600,000, Australia with $300,000, Sweden, Chile and Uruguay. Mexico and Germany each posted $200,000, while France and the Netherlands each brought in $100,000.