Rush Box Office Proving a Stronger Engine Overseas
Ron Howard’s racing drama “Rush” is showing plenty of traction outside the United States with $30 million so far, more than double its $13.7 million domestic cume.
The strong foreign performance indicates that the tale of Formula 1 stars James Hunt and Niki Lauda — portrayed by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl –will gererate far more business in markets where Formula 1 is best recognized. The film has generated positive exit poll responses above 90% in the U.S., U.K. and France, according to financer-producer Exclusive Media.
U.K. grosses have nearly matched the U.S. total with $11.5 million in its third week of release with distribution partner StudioCanal.
In Germany, “Rush” took the first spot with 40,000 admissions Wednesday and has already totaled $729,000 from that market and Austria. Australia opened Thursday with $300,000.
Also opening this weekend are The Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Peru, Colombia and South Africa alongside Pakistan, Croatia, Czech/Slovakia, and Indonesia.
Italian grosses have totaled $6 million after three weeks. First-week grosses in France hit $1.3 million, $952,000 in Mexico, over $600,000 in seven Middle East markets and above $500,000 in New Zealand.
Author: Dave McNary (Vanity)
Rush Box Office Numbers
| Date | Numbers | Percentage |
| Domestic: | $18,095,000 | 37.6% |
| + Foreign: | $30,000,000 | 62.4% |
| = Worldwide: | $48,095,000 |
Rush Box Office Weekend Numbers (United States)
| Date | Rank | Weekend Gross | % Change | Theaters | Change / Avg. | Gross-to-Date | Week # | |
| Sep 20–22 | 38 | $187,289 | – | 5 | – | $37,458 | $187,289 | 1 |
| Sep 27–29 | 3 | $10,014,920 | +5,247% | 2,297 | +2,292 | $4,360 | $10,275,829 | 2 |
| Oct 4–6 | 5 | $4,408,000 (Estimate) | -56.0% | 2,308 | +11 | $1,910 | $18,095,000 (Estimate) | 3 |
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