Director Ridley Scott may be pleased about his Exodus: Gods and Kings is in first place at the box office with an estimated $ 24.5 million; however, it is an extremely weak start to the $ 140 million epic (even with overseas box office), and with a critical slamming it can not compete with the likes of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1. (cinemanerdz.com)
Poseidon cost an admitted $ 160 million — and a rumored $ 200 million and its puny domestic gross of $ 60 million was matched by even punier DVD sales, and its surprising overseas box office of $ 120 million made only a small dent in a huge financial loss. (filmcomment.com)
To put the importance of the overseas box office into perspective, all of the 10 highest - grossing films of 2016 made more money overseas than domestically (the top film, Disney's Captain America: Civil War, made almost 65 % of its $ 1.15 billion total through international release). (fortune.com)