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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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00:00Who plays? 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 a $34.1
00:17million domestic debut after it looked as though the big-budget holiday pick might have trouble
00:22getting to even $30 million. The Amazon MGM Studios film opened to $28 million overseas
00:27and is in its second outing, wisely choosing to open the film early overseas in order to avoid a
00:33direct showdown with Paramount's Gladiator 2, which launched internationally this weekend ahead of
00:38its November 22nd domestic debut. We are 24 hours to Christmas. We need to find him.
00:46Let's save Christmas. Red One is also the first proper Christmas movie to play in theaters
00:51since before the pandemic when The Grinch opened in 2018. The family-friendly pick follows what
00:56happens when Santa Claus, whose codename is Red One, is kidnapped and the North Pole's head of
01:00security, played by Johnson, must team up with the world's most infamous bounty hunter, played by
01:05Evans, in a mission to save Christmas. Meanwhile, speaking of Gladiator 2, the Ridley Scott sequel
01:10epic roared to a record-shattering $87 million from 63 markets overseas, the biggest R-rated
01:16international opening in history for Paramount, as well as the biggest foreign launch ever for
01:21director Ridley Scott. The film sees Paul Meskel playing a grown-up Lucius, who returns to Rome
01:26after being forced into 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. For more box office moves and updates, keep watching
01:37the Hollywood Reporter News.
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