Field Workplace: Bridget Jones Mad Concerning the Boy crosses USD 100M regardless of no US theatrical run

Common and Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad Concerning the Boy has hit a milestone that requires celebration. After domestically releasing instantly on Peacock, the movie has crossed the USD 100 million mark on the worldwide field workplace. With Wednesday’s earnings included, the romantic comedy has amassed USD 101.3 million worldwide, persevering with its profitable theatrical run in 76 territories. The movie remains to be to roll out in key markets like Japan (April 11) and Korea (April 16), suggesting additional progress in its collections.

Directed by Michael Morris, Bridget Jones: Mad Concerning the Boy follows the titular character, performed by Renée Zellweger, as she navigates single parenthood following the demise of Mark Darcy, performed in earlier movies by Colin Firth. Alongside Zellweger, the film brings again Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver and introduces Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, with whom Bridget sparks romantic connections. Thoughts you, the latter two males are youthful than our heroine, bringing contemporary dynamics to the beloved franchise.

The movie’s field workplace efficiency has already outpaced the worldwide lifetime gross of Ticket to Paradise, making it Working Title’s highest-grossing movie post-pandemic. Within the UK and Eire, Mad Concerning the Boy stays a field workplace champion, sustaining its No. 1 place and contributing USD 47.6 million to its aforementioned world haul. It has surpassed the lifetime earnings of Bridget Jones: The Fringe of Purpose and Love Truly, solidifying itself because the fourth most profitable Working Title movie of all time and the third highest-grossing rom-com in UK field workplace historical past.

Aside from the UK, the movie has discovered huge reception in key markets, together with Australia (USD 8M) and the Netherlands (USD 4.5M), since its Valentine’s Day debut. Germany joined the checklist with a No. 1 opening this previous weekend.

Alongside Zellweger, Grant, Ejiofor, and Woodall, the movie options returning solid members Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, James Callis, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, and Emma Thompson. The screenplay is penned by Helen Fielding, the writer of the guide collection that impressed the movie and its three predecessors, in cooperation with Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Jo Wallett function producers, whereas StudioCanal and Miramax co-financed the movie, guaranteeing its world attain.

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