Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans' holiday film 'Red One' was a true gift for the box office and 'Gladiator II' ruled overseas! 'Red One' came in on the higher end of expectations with a $34.1 million domestic debut after it looked as though the big-budget holiday pic might have trouble getting to even $30 million.
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00:00Cool place. Welcome to the North Pole. Come again?
00:06Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans' holiday film Red One was a true gift for the box office
00:11and Gladiator 2 ruled overseas. Red One came in on the higher end of expectations with
00:16a $34.1 million domestic debut after it looked as though the big-budget holiday pick might
00:21have trouble getting to even $30 million. The Amazon MGM Studios film opened to $28
00:26million overseas and is in its second outing, wisely choosing to open the film early overseas
00:32in order to avoid a direct showdown with Paramount's Gladiator 2, which launched internationally
00:37this weekend ahead of its November 22nd domestic debut.
00:41We are 24 hours to Christmas. We need to find him.
00:44Listen to what I say. Let's save Christmas.
00:48Red One is also the first proper Christmas movie to play in theaters since before the
00:52pandemic when The Grinch opened in 2018. The family-friendly pick follows what happens
00:56when Santa Claus, whose codename is Red One, is kidnapped and the North Pole's head
01:00of security, played by Johnson, must team up with the world's most infamous bounty hunter,
01:05played by Evans, in a mission to save Christmas.
01:07Meanwhile, speaking of Gladiator 2, the Ridley Scott sequel epic roared to a record-shattering
01:12$87 million from 63 markets overseas, the biggest R-rated international opening in history
01:18for Paramount, as well as the biggest foreign launch ever for director Ridley Scott.
01:23The film sees Paul Meskel playing a grown-up Lucius who returns to Rome after being forced
01:27into slavery to battle not as a ruler, but as a gladiator out for revenge and power,
01:32seeking to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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