UPDATE, THURSDAY AM: When the dust settled following the July 4 holiday, Illumination/Universal's leader, Despicable Me 3, ticked a touch higher at the international box office — to $98.8M through the weekend in 52 markets. Adding in Monday through Wednesday figures, the overseas gross is $159.6M for $266.6M…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: There were multiple moving parts at this weekend's international box office, including the debut of two animated threequels (Cars 3 & Despicable Me 3) and the return of The Mummy — leading in its sophomore offshore frame and nearing $300M global. Wonder Woman, meanwhile, is close to lassoing $300M…

MONDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU with Mummy (and more) actuals: Universal's The Mummy rose from Saturday's projections to a final $140.7M weekend launch in 63 international box office markets; that’s slightly down from Sunday’s estimate of $141.8M. The worldwide total is $172.3M through Sunday. Although those figures dropped…

Geoffrey Rush, with a new project on TV and a big-screen summer blockbuster in theaters, had lots to talk about when he visited our studio for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side. The youngest person at the time to achieve the acting trifecta of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony, Rush discusses his…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru with Wonder Woman actuals: In her maiden outing, Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman dominated the international box office — and came in higher than estimated on Sunday. The well-reviewed DC warrior cuffed a final $125M on 34,775 screens in 55 markets this weekend – up from yesterday’s estimate of…

8th UPDATE, Monday, 7:10 AM: Warner Bros./DC’s Wonder Woman beat its Sunday projections and will end her three-day reign with $103.1 million at the domestic box office. The Patty Jenkins-directed movie, which also reps the best opening ever for a female director, grossed $29.7M on Sunday, down 16% from WB’s revised…

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s 5th film in the Pirates franchise, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, has crossed the $500M mark worldwide in its 2nd frame. While the movie saw some wind taken out of its sails overseas with Wonder Woman swooping in this session, there was cannon fodder left in the Johnny…

Internationally, Disney is experiencing a nice run, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales crossing $100M in China and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set to pass $800M worldwide today. The news comes as Pirates chalked up another $39.4M on Tuesday to bring its total now to $365.7M For Pirates, the…

Despite any talk of franchise fatigue at the domestic box office, or a splattering from Rotten Tomatoes, the larger story for Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is told in its global tally, which as of this morning has a worldwide start of $326 million, the 20th-best worldwide debut of all…

UPDATED, Tuesday 12:19 PM: Final numbers are in for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and yesterday it took in another $55.5M to bring its global gross to $326M (that includes the $247.8M thru the U.S. Memorial Day holiday). The $326M earned by the fifth installment of the Jerry Bruckheimer…

Write-thru Monday AM on UPDATED, Sunday AM: Even though Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will bust into the top 25 global openings of all time with an estimated $275M by tomorrow, make no mistake: In the United States, this summer is on the verge of serious franchise fatigue, and this is only…

UPDATED, 9:04 AM: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales opened in nine more territories on Friday and now sits at an international tally of $86.5M (and climbing) with China leading the way at the box office. Audiences in the Middle Kingdom which enjoyed a Pirates premiere — the first world premiere of a…