Revising itsprojectionfrom December last year,Gower Street Analyticshas increased its forecast for global box office across 2023.

Gower is estimating thatinternational box officewill hit $23B (of that, China reps $6.8B).

This would be a 25% hike on 2022.

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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

The analytics firm is holding its Q2-Q4 estimates relatively steady.

Excluding China, overseas markets are eyed to reach $16.2B.

Germany is also rebounding.

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More recently, theres been great momentum fromThe Super Mario Bros Moviewhich has grossed $437.5M through Sunday.

Likewise, domestic is getting a boost fromSuper Mario, also over $430M.