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Three wide releases won’t even dent The Jungle Book‘s third weekend hold at No. 1, with the Disney live action title expected to rake in between $37M-$45M according to industry projections. Yesterday, the Jon Favreau-directed movie clicked past $200M stateside sending its global take to $563.6M worldwide. As many…

6TH WRITE THRU, MONDAY: Huntsman got flooded by The Jungle Book yesterday. In weekend actuals from ComScore today, The Huntsman: Winter’s War collected $19.44M, below the $20.08M reported by Universal on Sunday. Note that other industry reports on Sunday morning were in line with what Uni projected. The Cedric…

UPDATE, Monday, 3:14 PM: With a better-than-expected $98.9M weekend in international markets, The Jungle Book is still king of the box office. The frame reps a roughly 30% drop from last week and brings the offshore kitty to $341.3M ($4M more than estimated yesterday). Along with the domestic swing, the global total…

Disney’s The Jungle Book just became the highest-grossing Hollywood release ever in India, a country where 90% of the box office grosses go to films that are home grown. To make the record in India, little Mowgli ran past both Furious 7 and Jurassic World. After only 12 days in release in the country, the CGI/live…

Last night, Disney’s The Jungle Book took in $7 million — more than last weekend’s full three-day debut for Criminal — and there will be no stopping the Jon Favreau-directed CGI adventure going into its second weekend. The only wide opener to challenge it will be The Huntsman: Winter’s War, the opening expectation of…

In 49 territories which rep about 88% of the overseas marketplace, Disney’s The Jungle Book continued to go Kaa-ching on Monday, crossing $200M at the international box office. After adding $14M, the total offshore cume on the Jon Favreau-helmed live-action/CGI swinger is $203.9M. Domestically, it added $7M yesterday…

FINAL UPDATE, Monday, 1:28 PM: Disney’s The Jungle Book was king of the box office this weekend, having pulled in a final $103.2M, according to the studio and is poised to continue its reign next weekend. The movie debuted to the No. 2 all-time highest April opener and also only the second PG-rated Disney release…

MONDAY UPDATE, Writethru: Disney’s The Jungle Book has roared louder than projected with weekend actuals coming in at $138.6M versus Sunday’s estimate of $136.1M. That takes the offshore total to $189.9M after two frames. Coupling the overseas haul with the wild domestic start, the worldwide total is $294.1M which…

UPDATED, 12:51 PM: Matinee numbers are rolling in and The Jungle Book is on track right now to gross around $25M today (that includes the impressive $4.2M it brought in last night) for a high $70M three-day gross. The well-reviewed PG-rated adventure film from Disney should pick up steam as the weekend progresses with…

Open now in 36 international territories Disney’s The Jungle Book has amassed $57.1M through Thursday. That’s after a wild debut frame last weekend that saw it swing to $31.7M in just 15 offshore hubs, notably India and Russia. Added to those markets this week thus far are such key plays as France, Germany, Italy…

After starting its run through the overseas box office last weekend with $31.7M, Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book unleashes in North America this weekend at the same time it bows in other big markets such as China, the U.K., Brazil, Germany, France, Spain and Mexico. In other words, Disney’s live-action/CGI family treat…

It is simply astonishing to think that director Jon Favreau’s new screen version of the Rudyard Kipling classic The Jungle Book, which Disney releases Friday, was entirely shot in some buildings in downtown L.A. With the magic of CGI and special effects, he and his team have created a stunning visual marvel with…